Many thanks to James Gordon, MD, for joining me for this 20-minute Medscape interview about stress reduction for health care professionals in the time of COVID-19. Dr. Gordon is a psychiatrist at Georgetown Medical School as well as the founder and executive director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC. Dr. Gordon has been a pioneer in helping people learn to deal with stress in their lives by exercise, healthy eating, meditation, mindfulness, and other

In Episode #4 of “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner” podcast, Rabbi Jeremy Simons and I discussed the role of the hospital chaplain in modern medical care and the importance of spiritual healing. While in rabbinical school, Rabbi Simons, Assistant Rabbi at Temple Israel in Memphis, TN, received extensive training to comfort people afflicted with illness, whether they are Jewish or not. We examined the value of spiritual healing and how difficult it is to measure. The