Tag: Windows into Health

Windows into Health Care Part 2: 50 Years in Family Medicine with Joseph Reed

Joseph Reed has been a family doctor in Buckhannon, West Virginia for more than 50 years. Now in his early 80s, Reed continues to see patients a couple days a month at St. Joseph’s hospital. In our next installment of our occasional series, Windows into Health Care, health reporter Kara Lofton talks to Reed about his career and how he’s seen medicine change over the last half century. 

Appalachia Health News is a project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, with support from Charleston Area Medical Center and WVU Medicine.

Windows Into Health Care, Part 1: Trauma and Poverty

In part one of this occasional series, Windows Into Health Care, health reporter Kara Lofton talks with Crittenton Services CEO and President Kathy Szafran on the issue of Trauma and Poverty.

Szafran outlines work Crittenton is doing to provide trauma-informed elementary schools – exploring ways to break the cycle of trauma by working with both kids and their families and provide insight into the effect trauma can have on the developing brain. 

Windows Into Health Care, hosted by Kara Lofton, is an occasional series featuring health professionals around the state who work in important, but little known aspects of health care.

If you’d like to share your own idea for a topic or interviewee, please email Kara at klofton@wvpublic.org or send her a Tweet @KaraLofton.

Appalachia Health News is a project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, with support from the Benedum Foundation, Charleston Area Medical Center and WVU Medicine.

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