Last year, Margarita Camacho, MD, Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation, RWJBarnabas Health, completed her 650 th career heart transplant, hitting a milestone of more transplant surgeries than 80 percent of the transplant teams in the nation. Today, she is one of only 200 women in the United States to become a board-certified thoracic surgeon, with even fewer specializing in heart transplants. In this episode, Dr. Camacho discusses her unique journey to becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon and how her
trailblazing career has forged a new path for women in medicine.

Last year, Margarita Camacho, MD, Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation, RWJBarnabas Health, completed her 650 th career heart transplant, hitting a milestone of more transplant surgeries than 80 percent of the transplant teams in the nation. Today, she is one of only 200 women in the United States to become a board-certified thoracic surgeon, with even fewer specializing in heart transplants. In this episode, Dr. Camacho discusses her unique journey to becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon and how her trailblazing career has forged a new path for women in medicine.

The “Healthy Together” podcast, presented by RWJBarnabas Health, will educate, inspire, and comfort you. Take an inside look on important health issues in a relatable way with your host, award-winning WCBS Newsradio 880 journalist, Marla Diamond. Marla takes you on a journey inside the walls of New Jersey’s largest academic health system. You’ll hear from leading doctors, medical professionals, and actual patients as they share their own stories and experiences on “Healthy Together”. Find out how with the expertise of today’s leading medical heroes. After all, life is better when we are all healthy together.

The &ldquo;Healthy Together&rdquo; podcast, presented by RWJBarnabas Health, will educate, inspire, and comfort you. Take an inside look on important health issues in a relatable way with your host, award-winning WCBS Newsradio 880 journalist, Marla Diamond. Marla takes you on a journey inside the walls of New Jersey&rsquo;s largest academic health system. You&rsquo;ll hear from leading doctors, medical professionals, and actual patients as they share their own stories and experiences on &ldquo;Healthy Together&rdquo;. Find out how with the expertise of today&rsquo;s leading medical heroes. After all, life is better when we are all healthy together.

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Pioneering Modern Medicine: From the Heart

Join us for a discussion with Colin O’Reilly, DO, FAAP, FACOP, FCCM, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH) to learn more about their innovative Chronic Illness Management Program. Dr. O’Reilly will provide an overview of this comprehensive program which provides the patient and family with a structured, comprehensive care plan to address their medical, nutritional, psychological, and communication needs to enhance the child’s total well-being. He will also address what a typical four-week inpatient stay in the program consists of and how success is measured.

Join us for a discussion with Colin O’Reilly, DO, FAAP, FACOP, FCCM, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH) to learn more about their innovative Chronic Illness Management Program. Dr. O’Reilly will provide an overview of this comprehensive program which provides the patient and family with a structured, comprehensive care plan to address their medical, nutritional, psychological, and communication needs to enhance the child’s total well-being. He will also address what a typical four-week inpatient stay in the program consists of and how success is measured.

An Innovative Approach to Managing Chronic Illnesses in Children

Hear from Su Wang, MD, Medical Director, Center for Asian Health, and internal medicine physician at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, and a member of RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group as she shares her breast cancer journey and the lessons she learned.  Su’s breast surgeon Sarah Schaefer, MD, at CBMC joins the conversation sharing her perspective as a breast surgeon for more than two decades in practice.  From the way screening, and treatment has changed to genetics and recovery, hear from one of our doctors on the best things that women can do to reduce their risk and protect themselves from breast cancer. RWJBarnabas Health together with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center provides patients with access to the most advanced treatment options close to home.

Hear from Su Wang, MD, Medical Director, Center for Asian Health, and internal medicine physician at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, and a member of RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group as she shares her breast cancer journey and the lessons she learned.  Su’s breast surgeon Sarah Schaefer, MD, at CBMC joins the conversation sharing her perspective as a breast surgeon for more than two decades in practice.  From the way screening, and treatment has changed to genetics and recovery, hear from one of our doctors on the best things that women can do to reduce their risk and protect themselves from breast cancer. RWJBarnabas Health together with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center provides patients with access to the most advanced treatment options close to home.

When the Doctor Becomes the Patient:  Lessons Learned by a Breast Cancer Survivor

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Amisha Malhotra, Infectious Disease Expert, from The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, part of the Children’s Health Network at RWJBarnabas Health, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Malhotra is also the co-director of the RWJBarnabas Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.

She will discuss how to navigate the germosphere this winter with your kids with an emphasis on the risks regarding Polio, influenza, RSV, Rhinovirus, Enterovirus, Monkey Pox and COVID-19.

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Amisha Malhotra, Infectious Disease Expert, from The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, part of the Children’s Health Network at RWJBarnabas Health, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Malhotra is also the co-director of the RWJBarnabas Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Program. She will discuss how to navigate the germosphere this winter with your kids with an emphasis on the risks regarding Polio, influenza, RSV, Rhinovirus, Enterovirus, Monkey Pox and COVID-19.

Pioneering Modern Medicine: From the Heart

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