TarHeal Wellness: A Podcast for Residents

About TarHeal Wellness: A Podcast for Residents

Welcome to TarHeal Wellness, the resident wellness podcast! From the University of North Carolina Hospitals Office of Graduate Medical Education, hosts (Robert Rowe, MD, MBA, MPH, Rui Ariyapala, MD, EdM, Sara Helvey, MD, MPH, MBA, and Daniel Carnegie, MD, MBA, MPH) explore the world of medical residency through interviews with current and former residents and experts in various wellness topics, including self-care, career decisions, professional and social relationships, and much more. Though expressed through UNC Hospitals residents, topics are relatable to trainees across the world.

Publisher

UNC Hospitals Office of Graduate Medical Education

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Sept 2022

Latest episode

14 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

99 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Aug 2025

   Episode 99 - Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, Part 2 – Mental Health, Mentorship, and Mission

   In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, she and Robert Rowe talk more about the UNC Women’s Center for Mood Disorders, which Dr. Meltzer-Brody helped found, and trainee opportunities at the Center. They also discuss her new role of Executive Dean. She’ll offer sage advice for current doctors in training and shares an impactful story from her own residency days, involving a murder on the wards. Catch up on Part 1 to hear about Dr. Meltzer-Brody’s medical career journey and how she became a mental health pioneer with support from UNC New Webpage! https://www.uncmedicalcenter.org/uncmc/professional-education-and-services/office-of-graduate-medical-education/tarheal-wellness-podcast/ (https://www.uncmedicalcenter.org/uncmc/professional-education-and-services/office-of-graduate-medical-education/tarheal-wellness-podcast/)

2. 

   12 Aug 2025

   Episode 98 - Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, Part 1 – If You Build It, They Will Come

   In this episode, Robert Rowe speaks with Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody—psychiatrist, internationally recognized perinatal mental health expert and the new Executive Dean of the UNC School of Medicine. The two discuss how an interest in community and personal stories led Dr. Meltzer-Brody down a path leading to medicine, psychiatry, and women’s mental health, building something from the ground up in medicine to benefit patients and how UNC supported her dreams. Dr. Meltzer Brody then explains postpartum depression and why trainees may be at increased risk, as well as how to identify, treat, and possibly prevent it. Lastly, the two explore the growing presence of physician mental health care that led to her creation of the Taking Care of Our Own Program here at UNC. Don’t miss Part 2, where Dr. Meltzer-Brody discusses the UNC Women’s Center for Mood Disorders, her new role of Executive Dean, advice for success in residency, and a personal story from her own training. New Webpage! https://www.uncmedicalcenter.org/uncmc/professional-education-and-services/office-of-graduate-medical-education/tarheal-wellness-podcast/ (https://www.uncmedicalcenter.org/uncmc/professional-education-and-services/office-of-graduate-medical-education/tarheal-wellness-podcast/)

3. 

   31 Jul 2025

   Episode 97 - Dr. Ntiense Inyang, Part 2 – Thinking Locally, Practicing Globally

   In part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Ntiense Inyang, Preventive Medicine Co-Chief Resident and future CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer, she and host Robert Rowe discuss careers transitions. The two then explore Ntiense’s global health work and open up about the seldom discussed topic of the challenges of personal relationships as a busy medical trainee, something that can greatly add to the stress of an already stressful work-life balancing act. Check out part 1, where we Ntiense discusses how disappointment in her career turned out to be a wonderful gift that led to her medical calling, and learning on the job as a resident. New Webpage! https://www.uncmedicalcenter.org/uncmc/professional-education-and-services/office-of-graduate-medical-education/tarheal-wellness-podcast/ (https://www.uncmedicalcenter.org/uncmc/professional-education-and-services/office-of-graduate-medical-education/tarheal-wellness-podcast/)

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

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

Quality

64

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

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