Meet the Experts - Health Channel

Meet the Experts

Meet the Experts

In partnership with Baptist Health South Florida, the Health Channel, features medical specialists who discuss important health issues and answer live audience questions. Meet some of our contributors:

Our experts in Mental Health

L.B. Irigoyen

Exercise Physiologist with Baptist Health South Florida

Graciela Jimenez

Graciela Jimenez, Psychotherapist with Care & Counseling, and Amy Exum, Psychotherapist with Care & Counseling at Baptist Health South Florida explain about the meaning of cognitive behavioral therapy. They say cognitive behavioral therapy brings different tools about the thought-stopping techniques and the way how to help the patient to change them. “How to intercede into […]

Francisco «Tito» Jou

Exercise Physiologist with Baptist Health South Florida

Diana de la Lanza

Founding Mental Health Counselor at The SEED School of Miami

Ana Lara

Outpatient Psychiatry Supervisor with Banyan Health

Dr. Paula Levine

Psychologist and Founding Director of the Miami Counseling Resource Center

Jeanette Alonso, LMHC

What is orthorexia? Jeanette Alonso, Licensed Psychotherapist, explains how patients with it behave with an extreme avoidance of some types of food, and how common it is. How can you know the severity of someone’s eating disorder? Jeanette Alonso, Licensed Psychotherapist, explains how she determines if their patients need an outpatient treatment or if they […]

Martin G. Lopez

Teresita Calero, Psychotherapist with Care & Counseling at Baptist Health South Florida, explains self-aware is being in the here and the now. “Knowing that I am here, that I am aware of what’s surrounding me, I am aware of myself, of how I am feeling and I have an awareness of how you are feeling”. […]

Dr. Molly McShane

Psychiatrist and Medical Director for Monte Nido & Affiliates

Debra Houry, M.D., MPH

Principal Deputy Director, CDC Debra Houry, MD, MPH, is currently serving as the acting principal deputy director of CDC. As the director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Dr. Houry leads innovative research and science-based programs to prevent injuries, overdose, and violence and to reduce their consequences. She provides direction and […]

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