The JPS Podcast

Podcast series produced by JPS Health Network.

Navigating MS 07/30/2024

Navigating MS Closing out Season 5, hosts Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings take a deep dive into MS and discover ways to still live a meaningful life in the face of so much unknown. In this season, we're highlighting the stories of how, in spite of a difficult diagnosis, we ultimiately can take back control of our lives. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS Newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/32249502

The Scoop on Ear, Nose, and Throat 07/23/2024

The Scoop on Ear, Nose, and Throat From scooping out tumors to cleaning out ears, hosts Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings meet with ENT surgeon Dr. Peter Wickwire to get to the bottom of what ENT specalists do and when to consider seeing one. In this season, we're highlighting the stories of how, in spite of a difficult diagnosis, we ultimiately can take back control of our lives. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS Newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/32249447

Set for Success 07/16/2024

Set for Success Who takes care of you in a post-acute setting? Hosts Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings learn about post-acute care services, how we ensure patients don't fall through the gaps, and are set up for better success in taking charge of their health. In this season, we're highlighting the stories of how, in spite of a difficult diagnosis, we ultimiately can take back control of our lives. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS Newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/32147832

What Do You Know About Anemia? 07/09/2024

What Do You Know About Anemia? In this season, we're highlighting the stories of how, in spite of a difficult diagnosis, we ultimiately can take back control of our lives. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS Newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/31796552

In a Word: Sepsis 07/02/2024

In a Word: Sepsis Hosts Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings meet with JPS sepsis coordinators to break down myths and get the word out: what is sepsis? In this season, we're highlighting the stories of how, in spite of a difficult diagnosis, we ultimiately can take back control of our lives. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS Newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/31686002

Healing Starts at Education 06/25/2024

Healing Starts at Education Advancements in the ways we treat and talk about HIV have come a long way, but how can we come together as a community to be even better? Hosts Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings sit down with patient Albert Jones and Healing Wings social worker Danielle Call to talk about breaking down barriers and moving past stigmas when being there for those living with HIV. In this season, we're highlighting the stories of how, in spite of a difficult diagnosis, we ultimiately can take back control of our lives. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS Newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/31870502

Living with Diabetes 06/18/2024

Living with Diabetes "I have too much to be here for, and I have too much to do to just let these things put me in a state of mind where I can't get up and do anything." Armando Enrriques was hit with a life-altering diabetes diagnosis that sent him immediately to the ER. Emerging from a near-fatal stay, Enrriques decided with the help of his JPS educators a new plan of action so that he could live the life he wanted to live, on his terms, and stay healthy to keep his diabetes in check. Hosts Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings sit with inpatient diabetes educators Val Smyre and Bea Pandit to talk living with diabetes and how to change the trajectory of one's life for the better. In this season, we're highlighting the stories of how, in spite of a difficult diagnosis, we ultimiately can take back control of our lives. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS Newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/31685867

Reframing a Win 06/11/2024

Reframing a Win How do you define a life well-lived? Chronic pain impacts individuals both mentally and physically, often leaving patients with a seemingly impossible dilema: let pain control your life or adjust for the life you want to live. This week, hosts Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings meet with clinical psychologist Dr. Adam Guck to explore the complex aspects of a diagnosis, chronic pain, and how to reframe what a win is. In this season, we're highlighting the stories of how, in spite of a difficult diagnosis, we ultimiately can take back control of our lives. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS Newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/31685687

Season 5: Highlighting Resilience 06/06/2024

Season 5: Highlighting Resilience We're back with with season 5 of The JPS Podcast! Hosts Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings hightlight the resilience in us all, whether through conversations on living with diabetes or managing recovery in a post-acute setting. In spite of whatever it is you're dealing with, you still have the power to change your life for the better. Episodes start dropping July 11, 2024! For more stories, visit our newsroom at: Tell us about you! If conversations in healthcare speak to you, speak to us: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/31633207

Charting the Path 06/27/2023

Charting the Path The OR can be a lot to take in as a patient, and can be the source of a lot of stress and misunderstanding. So what does JPS do differently in the OR to communicate better with patients and team members to cultivate a positive and safe environment for all? Tatiyana Giddings and Brian Maschino get to listen to some voices from the OR and sit with RN clinical manager Allison Nelson to hear about the huddle process, and all the hands it takes to keep this well-oiled machine running. This wraps up our 4th season of The JPS Podcast. We're proud of how far we've come, and you all make this possible. If you haven't already, scroll around and listen to some of our other great episodes from the season. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/27284079

Shepherding Life-Long Learners 06/20/2023

Shepherding Life-Long Learners The residency programs at JPS Health Network allow doctors to enhance their knowledge and skills while striving to provide exceptional patient care. While attending new resident orientation with PGY 1 interns, hosts Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings get to the core of "why" we do what we do, and how new generations of physicians are paying it forward for communities at home and abroad. Learn more about educational opportunities at JPS and our residency programs here: If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/27200526

Building Community Around Care 06/13/2023

Building Community Around Care As JPS expands westward, how do we build and add upon the strong sense of community existing in diverse pockets across Tarrant County? And how does the community help in return by keeping us a pillar for health delivery? Polytechnic Health Center is that pillar for its area, central to Tarrant County. Could there be something about the care provided there that could be replicated abroad? Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings chat with Dr. Robert Richard about the special ingredients that make the Polytechnic Health Center an anchor for its community. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/27030567

The Power of Advocacy 06/06/2023

The Power of Advocacy Over years of service, forensic nurse Connie Housley found her niche at JPS helping survivors of sexual assault, and through her dedication has continuously built a robust Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program to support adolescent and adult victims. Host Tatiyana Giddings sits with Connie to talk JPS' SANE Program, and how we provide a compassionate and secure environment for victims of sexual assault. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Resources: JPS Forensics Department: 817-702-7263 Tarrant County Rape Crisis Center: 817-927-2737 SAFE Haven of Tarrant County: 877-701-7233 If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/27030552

BONUS Men's Health: Prioritize You | Talking Colorectal Cancer with Dr. Capati 05/30/2023

BONUS Men's Health: Prioritize You | Talking Colorectal Cancer with Dr. Capati In this bonus episode, we take our men's health even further to discuss the colon and how to screen and take preventative measures for colorectal cancer with gastroenterologist Dr. Capati. If you haven't yet, give our main episode this weekend a listen, "Men's Health: Prioritize You" If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/26964651

Men's Health: Prioritize You 05/30/2023

Men's Health: Prioritize You It's Part 2 of taking care you YOU. Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings meet with Dr. Grant Fowler, the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, to emphasize the importance of men taking care of their health and tips for how they can improve it. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/26963892

In It Together 05/02/2023

In It Together It's okay to not be okay, and you're not alone in feeling it. Hosts Tatiyana Giddings and Brian Maschino meet with peer support specialists Frances Wall and Melanie Cooper who have lived their own struggles with mental health and substance abuse, and came out on the other side to be the support needed for others dealing with those same struggles. Through their personal journeys, Frances and Melanie describe the invaluable tools and perspectives they bring to the table when providing behavioral health care for the JPS Health Network. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/26712009

Women's Health: I Am Worth It 04/25/2023

Women's Health: I Am Worth It "You can't pour from an empty glass." That's how Obstetrics and Gynecology NP Melissa De Hoyos sees it. Many women put their health on the back burner for their family, career, life in general. It's easy to not realize that taking time to care for yourself benefits everything in our orbit. Tatiyana Giddings meets with Melissa to discuss the importance of caring for yourself and the benefits of maintaining your overall health. If you're interested in learning more about this conversation or how we put the show together, visit the JPS newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/26638896

Heart, Health, and Hope 04/18/2023

Heart, Health, and Hope Congestive heart failure is a disease that affects people of all ages, and may sound scary if you aren't properly informed on what the diagnosis means. Join Tatiyana Giddings and Brian Maschino as they break down CHF with Dr. Sandeep Kamath and PA Gregory Duck. It may seem like a lot, but it's not the death sentence it once was. If you're interested in learning more about CHF or how we put the show together, visit the JPS newsroom to find our episode show notes: Tell us your story, or just let us know how we're doing. We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/26569995

Food is Healthcare 04/11/2023

Food is Healthcare Host Tatyiana Giddings' grandma swears by the hidden power of sweet potatoes: that they help her prevent cancer. The relationship between food and healthcare can be challenging to explain. In this episode, we meet with Megan Settlemyer, an Outpatient Dietitian, to learn more about oncology nutrition and to find an answer to that burning question she's had all these years regarding her grandma and those sweet potatoes. If you're hungry for more, visit our newsroom at: You can find additional resources in our show notes, as well as more behind-the-scenes information on everything discussed in this episode PLUS a recipe to help you enjoy sweet potatoes in a new light. Share your favorite sweet potato recipe, or just let us know how we're doing! We read every comment: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/26496819

BONUS Art in Medicine: A Visit to the Amon Carter 04/07/2023

BONUS Art in Medicine: A Visit to the Amon Carter In this bonus episode to our season launch, we're proud to share an interview from October 2021 at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art with Dr. Virginia Watson and Amanda Blake, the Carter's Director of Education, Library, and Visitor Experience, talking more about how we use the arts to bridge these gaps in our communication. As well, we take a closer look at artwork from episode one and touch on how photography can assist those with dementia. If you missed our first episode about Art in Medicine, subscribe and check it out in the feed! Visit the JPS Health Network newsroom to dig more into our show notes, or browse stories from everything else happening at JPS: If this conversation in art and medicine speaks to you, speak to us: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/26472537

Art in Medicine 04/04/2023

Art in Medicine Art surrounds us, art motivates us, art speaks to something often unspoken. So how exactly does medicine fit into this? Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings meet up with Dr. Ginger Watson, a hospitalist at JPS Health Network, to understand how art bridges these gaps in the conversations we're having to be better caregivers, patients, people. For more, visit our newsroom at: You can dig more into our show notes, listen to an additional conversation we had with Dr. Watson and Amanda Blake of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and browse stories from everything else happening at JPS! If this conversation in art and medicine speaks to you, speak to us: /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/26405145

Season 4: Sweet Potatoes and More! 03/31/2023

Season 4: Sweet Potatoes and More! We're back with more for season 4! Brian Maschino and Tatiyana Giddings take us on a journey to see how partnering with our community improves the ways we give and receive care. /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/26379015

A Conversation On Mental Health and Suicide 09/30/2022

A Conversation On Mental Health and Suicide Tatiyana Giddings sits down with Dr. Alan Podawiltz, JPS Chair of Psychology, to discuss suicide and how to help those showing signs of ideation. /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/24549300

We'll Never Forget 06/22/2021

We'll Never Forget After a year on the frontlines battling COVID-19, some JPS team members share their hardships and how they found the strength to push forward. /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/19555955

Breaking the Language Barrier 06/15/2021

Breaking the Language Barrier The best doctors and nurses in the world can't solve the problems of patients if people can't tell them what's going on. Scott Wuerz sits down with members of JPS Language Services to discuss how they bridge that communication gap, so patients of all cultures can get better no matter what language they speak. /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/19476506

They Don't Teach You This In School 06/08/2021

They Don't Teach You This In School Our first year residents reflect on what their first year was like at JPS, and how being thrown directly into the middle of the pandemic has made them more adaptable providers. /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/19390985

Dealing With Grief 06/01/2021

Dealing With Grief Host Scott Wuerz sits down with Glenda Mutinda and Annia Palacios to demystify grief, and discuss that it's okay to not feel okay. /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/19304153

Getting Better With Age 05/25/2021

Getting Better With Age The need for geriatric care is rising. This week, Scott sits down with doctors Reena Mathews and Nnyekaa Collins to discuss the rising need for senior care, and what JPS is doing to ensure those resources are available. /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/19223438

Overcoming Isolation and Loneliness 05/18/2021

Overcoming Isolation and Loneliness Aside from COVID-19 infections shining a spotlight on comorbidities, feelings of isolation and loneliness due to the pandemic have further amplified existing conditions. Behavioral health specialist Dr. Buck helps us identify these feelings, and how we can better help our mental health. /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/19139711

Service Above Self 05/11/2021

Service Above Self Volunteers have been an integral part of the care found at John Peter Smith hospital. Until the pandemic sent them all home. This week Scott sits down with Volunteer Services to talk what’s changed during the pandemic, and what’s next for our community members looking to serve. /episode/index/show/jpshealthnetwork/id/18914462

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