From left to right: NYC Health + Hospitals Senior Director of Emergency Management Richard James Salway, MD, Clinical Director of the Primary Care Safety Net Clinic at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull and podcast host Michael Shen, MD, and NYC Health + Hospitals Senior Director of System-Wide Special Pathogens Program Syra Madad at the taping of Episode 3: Ready for the Next Pandemic of The Remedy podcast. (Image provided)
NYC Health + Hospitals today released the third episode of its new podcast, The Remedy, featuring leaders and health care providers from the nation’s largest municipal health care system. Episode 3: Ready for the Next Pandemic considers how New York City’s public hospital system has consistently answered the challenge of Ebola, COVID-19, and Mpox all while staying ahead of the latest health crisis. Host Dr. Michael Shen is joined by NYC Health + Hospitals’ own Dr. Syra Madad, Senior Director of System-Wide Special Pathogens Program, and Dr. Richard James Salway, Senior Director of
Emergency Management. Together, they discuss how NYC Health + Hospitals is preparing for the next pandemic and keeping New Yorkers safe and healthy. Episode 3: Ready for the Next Pandemic is available now at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio and other podcast platforms.
“NYC Health + Hospitals’ new podcast The Remedy is a way to connect to our patients, our staff, and other healthcare providers,” said NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO Mitchell Katz, MD. “We are proud to serve all patients regardless of their immigration status or ability to pay, and these conversations with some of our leaders across the health system shine a light on how we get it done.”
“What I’ve learned is that there’s so much thought that goes into running a big health system like ours. I hope the podcast is able to share some of that with our audience,” said The Remedy Host Michael S. Shen, MD.
The health system’s role as a city agency and the major safety net health system for New York City offers a singular voice that no other health care podcast can. The mission of NYC Health + Hospitals encompasses the ability to provide care to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay; offer new and exciting programs to its patients, including lifestyle medicine and telehealth abortion care; and respond to the challenges that face New York City, including the Covid-19 pandemic, the homelessness crisis, and the current migrant crisis. The host and guests are all health system employees with a special perspective on the work they do for patients. The podcast will include seven episodes, with a new episode released every two weeks.
Michael S. Shen, MD is a primary care doctor at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull and the Clinical Director of Woodhull’s Primary Care Safety Net Clinic for people experiencing homelessness. Dr. Shen was recently selected to be a Health Affairs Podcast Fellow where he created a 3-episode series about safety net hospitals. He is also an artist who works in watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, and digital media. His illustrative work has been published by National Geographic Books, the American Medical Association’s Journal of Ethics, and the Annals of Internal Medicine. Find him on Twitter @MikeShenMD.
