Dr. Mark Kandutsch rejoins the Island Health Podcast for his 3rd appearance, but first in season 2. Dr. Kandutsch specializes in family medicine. His medical interests include orthopedic and sports medicine, and he is certified in regenerative injection therapies including platelet-rich plasma therapy and prolotherapy. What has been great about hav…

Dr. Ormanda Johnson joins the Island Health podcast with hosts Molly Moon and Justin Starbird. She is board-certified, a family physician specializing in family medicine, dermatology, and public health. Her medical interests and expertise include occupational health and medical education. She previously practiced in the UK and Bahamas, which is als…

Dr. Stuart Davidson joins host, Justin Starbird, and new cohost Molly Moon to discuss his recent promotion, how he got to Maine, and his philosophy on practicing medicine. As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Davidson envisions the role as a liaison between the medical staff and the hospital administrative staff. In his words, "The role here, continues to…

Kate Worcester, PA-C, specializes in family medicine and general surgery at Cooper Gilmore Health Center. Today, she’s joining Oka Hutchins & Justin Starbird to talk about Botox and its therapeutic applications. Her medical interests and expertise include internal medicine, critical care, cardiology, pulmonology and general surgery. Since joining M…

Dr. Jorge Peacher recently joined MDI Hospital’s Lisa Stewart Women’s Health Center, and is one of only a handful of board-certified Urogynecologists practicing in the state of Maine. Today, Dr. Peacher joins Oka Hutchins & Justin Starbird to walk through some of the common misconceptions about Urogynecology. Urogynecology is also know as female pe…

Dr. Katie Gassman is a board-certified Family Medicine Physician specializing in Family Medicine with Obstetrics, and she's also the medical director of Lisa Stewart Women's Health Center here on MDI. She joins Justin Starbird & Oka Hutchins to discuss her new role, the community, and best practices.…

Amory Gray, RD, LD, Clinical and Outpatient Dietitian and Patty Zavaleta, RN, Diabetes Educator and Care Manager both provide diabetes education to our community, Amory as a nutritionist and registered dietitian and Patty as a care manager and diabetes educator. Join Oka and Justin as they dive in to discuss the common myths surrounding diabetes to…

Amory Gray (RD, LD, Registered Dietitian) and Patty Zavaleta (RN, Nurse Care Manager & Diabetes Educator) both provide diabetes education to our community, Amory as a nutritionist and registered dietitian and Patty as a care manager and diabetes educator. Oka and Justin dive in to discuss the common myths surrounding diabetes to address questions t…

On this episode of Island Health, Oka Hutchins & Justin Starbird speak with Mary Parham, the new Community Health Educator for MDI Hospital. As a Community Health Educator, she works to provide integrated care out in the community. As part of her new role at MDI Hospital, Mary organizes activities such as blood drives at our local town office, free…

Cancer Patient Navigators Julie Pelletier, RN and Heather Sinclair, LSW join hosts Oka Hutchins and Justin Starbird to talk about the MDI Hospital’s new Cancer Patient Navigator Program. The new Program gives patients and their families an extra layer of support as they move through the healthcare system. The Cancer Patient Navigator Program is fun…

On the latest episode of Island Health, Oka Hutchins & Justin Starbird spoke with Melissa Violette, Birch Bay's music therapy program director. Melissa has been working as a music therapist for more than 25 years and in Maine since 2015. On Island Health this week, she details what makes music therapy work, how it helps, and how she has been instru…

In this episode of Island Health, Dr. Mark Kandutsch & runner Robin Clarke join Oka Hutchins and Justin Starbird to talk about Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy. Robin was able to run and WIN a 5k within 10 days of here procedure. She was also able to run in her second Boston Marathon a short time later.

In this episode, Oka and Justin learn all about Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP) and the benefits it can have when recovering from injury, and aches and pains.