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Podcast Archives – Communications
Patients Come First Podcast – Morgan McDowell
October 19, 2026
Podcast Archive – Communications Patients Come First Podcast – Morgan McDowell This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Morgan McDowell, President of the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners and Director of Advanced Practice Provider Education at Centra Health. She joins us for a conversation about her career and clinical work, the important…
Patients Come First Podcast – Kevin Key
October 11, 2026
Podcast Archive – Communications Patients Come First Podcast – Kevin Key This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Kevin Key, a Virginia man who received a life-saving living-donor kidney transplant at VCU Health’s Hume-Lee Transplant Center. The conversation covers Kevin’s history with kidney disease, a frightening health crisis that landed him on emergency…
Patients Come First Podcast – Allison Held
October 3, 2026
Podcast Archive – Communications Patients Come First Podcast – Allison Held This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Allison Held, Director of the VCU Health Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP). She joins us for a conversation about the work of the MLP at the intersection of health care and legal services to help patients navigate…
Patients Come First Podcast – Boryana Peeva
September 27, 2026
Podcast Archive – Communications Patients Come First Podcast – Boryana Peeva This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Boryana Peeva, an intensive care unit nurse at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center and a lifelong adventurer. She joins us to discuss a personal journey that’s taken her from her homeland in Southeastern Europe to…
Patients Come First Podcast – Leora Brown
September 20, 2026
Podcast Archive – Communications Patients Come First Podcast – Leora Brown This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Leora Brown, BSN, RN, CNOR, Program Manager for Product Implementation at Sentara Health. She joins us for a conversation about her work on the successful advocacy effort that resulted in a state law being passed to…
Patients Come First Podcast – Dr. Josue Chery
September 12, 2026
Podcast Archive – Communications Patients Come First Podcast – Dr. Josue Chery This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Josue Chery, Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation at the VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center, for a conversation about heart surgery, organ transplantation, and how his lifelong passion for painting informs his approach to…
