Beyond the Stethoscope

About Beyond the Stethoscope

Beyond the Stethoscope brings you inside the conversations shaping health care across Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. Each episode features Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic and Holy Cross Health physicians, clinical leaders and frontline colleagues sharing insights about how health care is evolving—and what it means for patients and families in our communities.

Publisher

Beyond the Stethoscope

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Apr 2024

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

47 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   S5E8: Your Primary Care Provider as the ‘Captain of the Ship’ for Your Health

   A primary care provider does more than treat you when you’re sick. They help preventing disease, identifying health concerns early and coordinate care at every stage of life. In this episode of Beyond the Stethoscope, Priya Vasdev, MD, an internal medicine physician with Holy Cross Health, explains why she considers the primary care provider as the “captain of the ship” for your health. Dr. Vasdev also discusses the importance of building a trusting relationship with your provider and encourages scheduling an appointment before you get sick.

2. 

   18 Sept 2026

   S5E7: What Your Primary Care Doctor Wishes You’d Ask

   It’s normal to feel a little anxious or worried before a doctor’s appointment. But oftentimes, those nerves can cause patients to forget what they planned to ask their provider. On this episode of Beyond the Stethoscope, Adora Chinelo Ilochonwu, MD, a family medicine practitioner with Holy Cross Health Partners in Kensington, shares the questions primary care physicians wish more patients would ask and how to prepare to make the most of your next appointment.

3. 

   15 Aug 2026

   S5E6: Finding Balance in a Social Media-Driven World

   In this episode of Beyond the Stethoscope, Anna Zacharcenko, PsyD, a clinical health psychologist and director of the behavioral health education residency program at St. Mary Family Medicine Bensalem, discusses the positives and negatives of social media. Learn how to balance your “real life” with what you see on screen, which can help decrease feelings of anxiety, depression and other harmful effects of too much scrolling.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 13 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

16

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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