Dr. Nicole Rochester: Your GPS Doc

by | Dec 20, 2018 | Podcasts | 0 comments

Dr. Nicole Rochester has known she wanted to be a pediatrician since she was about eight years old.  A Washington, DC native whose dad was a Redskins season ticket holder, Dr. Rochester has advocated for her own family members and given medical care to children in the...

Episode 93: A Million Ordinary Days

by | Apr 20, 2017 | Podcasts | 0 comments

Author and essayist Judy Mollen Walters has been battling Crohn’s disease for over 16 years with oral medications, injections, biologic therapies and a devoted caregiver husband.  In today’s show: how she balances writing with managing her autoimmune disease, and the...

Episode 83: Owning It

by | Feb 9, 2017 | Podcasts | 0 comments

For the past fifteen years Kim Schofield has been living with Lupus, a disease her employer didn’t accept as valid because Lupus is an invisible disability.  In today’s show, Kim talks about how her life changed after her diagnosis, from getting fired for having a...

Episode 82: Your GPS Doc

by | Feb 2, 2017 | Podcasts | 0 comments

For nearly two decades, pediatrician Dr. Nicole Rochester has had an insider’s view of the way hospitals work.  In today’s show she shares her knowledge, explaining how the doctor-patient relationship has changed over the years, how the fast-paced nature of hospitals...