Meet the Experts - Health Channel

Meet the Experts

Meet the Experts, Health Channel

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 Exercise

Melanie Rinaldi

Founder of Rinaldi Performance, Gyrotonic Coconut Grove

Frankie Ruiz

Chief Running Officer at Life Time and The Miami Marathon

Ivan Saavedra

Exercise Physiologist with Baptist Health South Florida

Joann Santiago-Charles

The philosophy of yoga can make you shift your way of thinking. Joann Santiago-Charles, Oncologic Exercise Physiologist with Miami Cancer Institute, explains how yoga can help cancer patients with distressing. After radiation or surgery, a breast cancer patient can do exercises. Joann Santiago-Charles, Oncologic Exercise Physiologist with Miami Cancer Institute, shows you which ones she […]

Marc Scanlan

TRX, Kettlebell, and Steel Mace certified Trainer & Owner of Strength and Balance Fitness Personal Training Studio

Dr. Michael Swartzon

Sports Medicine Dr. Michael Swartzon says that even professional athletes are susceptible to injuries. “The moment you have an injury, that’s the number one risk factor for you to have the injury again,” Swartzon explains. In addition, the specialist mentions the orthopedics job is “to prevent it from happening again”. For patients who have had […]

Frankie Telfort

Exercise Physiologist and Owner of Old Bull Athletics

Tony Thomas

J.D. Founder of Tony Thomas Sports – Leader of Community Active Lifestyle and Athletics

Jerome Turner

Owner of The People’s Gym

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