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What does medicine look like when it is practiced with attention to place, history, and the long arc of care? These conversations gather Maine physicians, researchers, and public health leaders who are remaking practice in small rural clinics, on islands, inside translational research labs, and across the line between Western medicine and integrative approaches. You'll hear the protocol one Damariscotta doctor uses to reverse cognitive decline, the thirty-year practice of a Peaks Island rheumatologist, the work that has cut wait times from eighteen months to two weeks at one Maine hospital, and why two physicians believe medical communication is a clinical discipline of its own.
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Featured · Episode 257
Dr. Chuck Radis, a Peaks Island rheumatologist, reflects on thirty years of practice, his new book, and the twenty-year medical conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Barkin that became A Healthy Conversation on WGAN Newsradio.
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Featured · Episode 221
Dr. Jeffrey Barkin, a Maine psychiatrist, describes medical communication as its own clinical discipline: how physicians listen, how information moves between clinician and patient, and how the quality of a conversation affects outcomes. He co-hosts A Healthy Conversation on WGAN with Dr. Belisle.
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Featured · Episode 222
Dr. Susan Woods on what participatory medicine actually asks of a clinic, Tom Ferguson's e-patient framework, and the long line of public health work that runs from the Maine Tobacco Helpline to the food on a family's kitchen table.
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October 26, 2025
Dr. Lisa Belisle welcomes back Dr. Chuck Radis, rheumatologist, author, and storyteller, to discuss his newest book, Mystery in the Room (RHEUM): A Physician’s Journey Treating Pa...
April 26, 2025
Susan Woods, MD, MPH is a digital health pioneer whose career has bridged the exam room and the cutting edge of technology. In this inspiring conversation with Dr. Lisa Belisle ...
April 19, 2025
is a practicing psychiatrist, multimedia journalist, and co-host of A Healthy Conversation on WGAN, where he brings clarity and calm to today’s most pressing healthcare issues. ...
April 5, 2025
is a physician associate evolving the approach to patient care at Gardiner Family Medicine in Gardiner, Maine. Originally from Bangor, Meegan completed her education at the Univ...
March 15, 2025
is the Vice President of Mission at Northern LIght Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine. With a background in education and healthcare, Melissa has spent 17 years leading initiativ...
March 8, 2025
How can we keep our brains healthy as we age? Dr. Allan “Chip” Teel has spent decades exploring this question, both as a Maine-based family physician and an innovator in indepen...
March 1, 2025
is a scientist, educator, and wellness advocate whose work bridges the worlds of biomedical research, martial arts, and mindfulness. A faculty scientist at MaineHealth, and prof...
January 11, 2025
is a pediatrician and geneticist who is passionate about improving the health of children beginning at a foundational level. A Nebraska native, Tom earned his medical degree fro...
Books, organizations, teachers, and projects mentioned across these conversations. A starting point for following a thread further.
Maine Tobacco Helpline / Maine QuitLink · MaineHealth Institute for Research · Society for Participatory Medicine · University of Maine · Full Circle America · MaineGeneral Health · Tufts University School of Medicine · Elder Care Network · University of Arizona · University of New England PA Program · University of Washington · Vanderbilt University · Gardiner Family Medicine · Maine Tobacco Helpline · McCauley Residents · Mercy Hospital · Special Olympics Maine · WGAN Newsradio 560 · Fork Food Lab · Maine Life Sciences Network · Maine Medical Association · MaineHealth · Sisters of Mercy · Miles Hospital
Dr. Dale Bredesen · Laura Mrazik · Dr. Jeffrey Barkin · Tom Ferguson
The End of Alzheimer's (book) · A Healthy Conversation (WGAN)
Human Genome Project
Peaks Island
In Episode 214, Dr. Chip Teel, a Damariscotta family physician of thirty-five years, walks through the ReCODE Protocol developed by Dr. Dale Bredesen of Apollo Health. The conversation covers personalized lifestyle intervention, the Bredesen books The End of Alzheimer's and The First Survivors of Alzheimer's, and why a small rural Maine practice is the right setting for brain-health work.
In Episode 213, Dr. Lucy Liaw, a faculty scientist at the MaineHealth Institute for Research, discussed cardiovascular and metabolic disease at the molecular level and the quieter discipline of teaching yoga and martial arts alongside lab work.
Episode 218 with Meegan McCullagh, a physician associate at MaineGeneral Health, describes a hybrid care model that cut wait times from eighteen months to two weeks while preserving the clinician-patient relationship.
In Episode 221, Dr. Jeffrey Barkin, a Maine psychiatrist who co-hosts A Healthy Conversation on WGAN with Dr. Belisle, describes medical communication as its own discipline: how physicians listen, how information moves between clinician and patient, and how the quality of the conversation affects clinical outcomes.