This is the premier episode of Perspectives, featuring colleagues Bob Kieserman and Christina Richmond, discussing the patient experience in December 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued. This is a fascinating conversation representing the patient perspective and the provider perspective.

Robert Pardi is a life coach living in Italy with a fascinating story to tell. This episode of Perspectives is a superb one and discusses the role of the life coach and how coaching can improve the wellbeing of an individual. This is a "must-watch" episode for everyone.

Laura Wingate is Senior Vice President of Education, Support, and Advocacy of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. Laura oversees patient and professional education, state and federal advocacy, and support programming for the Foundation. In this informative interview hosted by Charlotte Grinnell, Laura explains the two related diseases and how the Foundation is supporting patients who must cope with the diseases. This is an important interview about patient advocacy and patient support.

Dr. Soma Mandal is widely regarded as one of America’s top physicians in midlife women’s health. Dr. Soma Mandal is a board-certified internist who has helped thousands of women to successfully navigate menopause and reinvent themselves along the way. She earned her MD at New York University School of Medicine, and did a prestigious research fellowship at Oxford University in England. In this episode of Perspectives, Dr. Mandal brings a fresh perspective to the topic of menopause, particularly for women of color.

Dr. Heather Stone is one of the leading proponents in the world on functional medicine. In this fascinating interview with host Charlotte Grinnell, Dr. Stone explains the concept behind functional medicine and how this approach offers optimal diagnostic tools for caring for patients.

Host Charlotte Grinnell interviews Emily Davis, a prominent patient advocate and a member of the staff of Cancers Centers of America. Emily explains the role of the patient advocate, and the value of having a trained advocate on your side when facing all types of conditions, but especially for cancer patients.