Deprescribe with Shawn Gill

Conversations to reimagine our relationship with medicines and rethink our approach to healthcare. Dr. Shawn Gill is a deprescribing pharmacist; join him as he explores a variety of topics ranging from deprescribing, the challenges of healthcare sustainability, personal growth, raising resilient children, and much more. shawngill.substack.com

Deprescribe with Shawn Gill is a health podcast hosted by Shawn Gill, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Shawn Gill hosts Deprescribe with Shawn Gill, a health show with 15 episodes published.

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  #15: Angela Chung | How To Communicate Effectively | My Origin Story in Deprescribing | Leveraging Dr. ChatGPT and much more.

  Jul 7, 202557 minS0

  <p>Welcome to the 15th episode of Deprescribe! Our guest today is Angela Chung, founder of Speak Fluent. Angela is a registered speech therapist (Speech Language Pathologist), communication coach, and Founder. She runs a virtual speech clinic, Speak Fluent, with the goal of helping entrepreneurs and individuals improve their communication skills. By providing tactics, techniques and strategies, Angela and her team help individuals improve their communication habits, pronunciation, voice and non-verbal cues to become more compelling, confident and successful.</p><p>In this conversation, we discuss the challenges of navigating Canadian healthcare and advocating for quality patient care, the nuances...

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  #14: Nicole Lamberson | Tapering Benzodiazepines: Lessons Learned From Experience, Surviving Benzodiazepine Withdrawal, Physical Dependence vs. Addiction and Much More.

  May 9, 202557 minS0

  <p>Nicole Lamberson is a physician assistant, taper coach, and patient advocate based in Virginia. After personally navigating a complex and protracted withdrawal from benzodiazepines and psychotropic polypharmacy, Nicole has dedicated her career to supporting others through the often misunderstood world of psychiatric drug withdrawal. She’s the Medical Director of the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, a founding member of the Benzodiazepine Action Work Group of the Colorado Consortium, and an associate at the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal. Nicole is also a core contributor to The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines and serves on the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s pati...

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  #13: Dr. Hasan Merali | Lessons from Toddlers, How To Write and Publish Your First Book, Modern Parenting, Embracing Play and Risk, and Much More.

  Mar 26, 202550 minS0

  <p>View The Show Notes Page For This Episode. </p><p>Dr. Hasan Merali, MD, MPH, is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University and a pediatric emergency medicine physician at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on child injury prevention in low- and middle-income countries. He has published more than twenty-five peer-reviewed journal articles, and his work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, CNN, Science, Medium, The Boston Gl...

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  #12: Dr. Zia Poonja and Rex Farrand | Founders of MyHealthspan | Insights from Oncology and The Importance of Quality of Life | The Future of Longevity Medicine and Much More.

  Mar 18, 20251h 22mS0

  <p>Welcome to the 12th episode of Deprescribe. In this episode, I interview Dr. Zia Poonja and Rex Farrand, the co-founders of MyHealthspan, a platform focused on longevity medicine and health optimization. </p><p>In this conversation, we discuss the importance of early screening, biomarkers, and a proactive approach to health. Rex shares his background in tech and how it informs MyHealthspan’s approach to healthcare, while Zia emphasizes the need to improve quality of life in the context of longevity medicine. We explore misconceptions about longevity, the services offered by MyHealthSpan, and the future of healthcare with advancements in AI...

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  #11: Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring | Lessons From Psychiatry and The FDA, SSRIs and Tardive Dysphoria, Polypharmacy and Deprescribing, Rethinking Informed Consent, and More.

  Feb 25, 20251h 16mS0

  <p>View the Show Notes Page for This Episode</p><p>Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring is a board-certified psychiatrist, former FDA medical officer, and renowned authority on psychiatric drug safety and tapering. As the co-founder of TaperClinic, the largest psychiatric deprescribing practice in the United States, Dr. Witt-Doerring has dedicated his career to helping individuals safely discontinue psychiatric medications, particularly after experiencing significant adverse reactions or protracted withdrawal. His mission is to empower patients to reclaim their mental clarity, physical health, and independence from medications that were often prescribed as quick fixes for complex problems. His YouTube channel, Dr. Josef, has...

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