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Hosted by William Trick · health · EN-US
Stories of clinicians, educators, innovators, and researchers who built or led programs of excellence in government health institutions. Each guest has excelled in clinical medicine, program building, or public health. They persevered and succeeded through a clear vision, collaboration, and a passion for the mission of government-run health systems. Their stories will inspire those seeking change in their own organizations.
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Signup to Generate a PitchStories of clinicians, educators, innovators, and researchers who built or led programs of excellence in government health institutions. Each guest has excelled in clinical medicine, program building, or public health. They persevered and succeeded through a clear vision, collaboration, and a passion for the mission of government-run health systems. Their stories will inspire those seeking change in their own organizations.
Inspired To Heal is hosted by William Trick. The show has published 47 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "From Secretary to Executive Nurse: Learning the Chronic Care Model at an FQHC" (26 October 2026, 39 minutes), "Healing Across Cultures: A Pediatrician's Journey Through Migrant, Native Hawaiian, and Tribal Healthcare" (29 September 2026, 45 minutes), and "How Community Health Centers Began: The War on Poverty's Lasting Legacy" (1 September 2026, 45 minutes).
Inspired To Heal publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 47 episodes.
Booking probability for Inspired To Heal is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Inspired To Heal requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Inspired To Heal's contact route on record: verified email.
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William Trick hosts Inspired To Heal, a health podcast with 47 episodes published.
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Wanda Montalvo didn’t set out to work in healthcare, but she took a job as a clinic secretary in Brooklyn to avoid a Manhattan commute. That front-desk experience taught her more about health system gaps than any...
Episode #2
After graduating from Wake Forest Medical School, pediatrician Jennie McLaurin spent her career serving migrant farmworker families, Native Hawaiian communities on Molokai, and the Lummi Nation in Washington State. In...
Episode #1
Dan Hawkins, former Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Research at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), to trace the 60-year history of the community health center movement. Hawkins...
Episode #22
Cook County Hospital's former Institutional Review Board (IRB) leaders discuss the principles and structures that protect participants during research. How does a major public safety-net institution protect marginalized...
Episode #21
What literal or figurative tool is essential for a long, fulfilling career in medicine? In this episode, healthcare veterans from Chicago’s legendary Cook County Hospital—including doctors, nurses, social workers, legal...
Inspired To Heal
In this episode, veteran disease detective Dr. Udo Buchholz from Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) unpacks five outbreak investigations spanning Los Angeles to Germany. Dr. Buchholz reveals the twists of tracking...
Episode #23
How do lessons from combating Ebola and MERS stop opioid overdoses? Former Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner and CDC official, Dr. Allison Arwady, reveals how applied public health methods can defeat the...
Episode #22
How do global public health leaders stop the spread of bloodborne viruses? In this episode of the Inspired To Heal podcast, host Dr. William Trick sits down with Dr. Yvan Hutin from the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Episode #21
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Pauline "Polly" Thomas , who began her career with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in New York City in 1981—the exact year the HIV/AIDS crisis first surfaced in...
Episode #20
Dr. Steven Aks led the Toxicology Division and served as a physician in the legendary Emergency Department at Cook County Hospital—the real-life Pitt. As the frontline expert for life-threatening poisonings, he managed...
Episode #20
What happens when an epidemiologist becomes a patient? Dr. Juan Alonso-Echanove spent most of his career in public health, including using epidemiologic principles to prevent firearm-related deaths in Puerto Rico. After...
Episode #19
Dr. Bill Burman was foremost a clinician and researcher, providing patient-centered clinical care to patients infected by HIV or tuberculosis. After a surprise request to direct Denver’s public health department, he...
Episode #18
Numbers tell a story, but they rarely tell the whole story. Claire Dillavou, PhD, has made a career out of building and revising public health surveillance systems informed by the most critical variable: Community...
Episode #17
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Episode #16
When CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers get the call, they go wherever an outbreak leads. For pediatrician Jim Marks, that meant three weeks investigating a rubella outbreak with a source that inspired a...
Episode #15
What happens when an aspiring nurse is turned off by healthcare in college? For Catherine Dentinger, a Peace Corps stint in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a chance meeting with public health legend Jonathan...
Episode #14
Fungal infections are commonly associated with irksome, but relatively benign infections, such as athlete’s foot. However, when fungi (molds and yeasts) get into our blood or cerebrospinal fluid, the infections can be...
Episode #19
What prepares a physician for the pace of Cook County Hospital? For Jay Shannon, it started with growing up among 11 siblings. After training at Parkland Hospital, Dr. Shannon began his career at Cook County Hospital...
Episode #13
Two pivotal moments shaped American healthcare: the creation of Medicaid in 1965 and the signing of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. While the ACA slashed the uninsured rate by nearly half, the system remains fragile...
Episode #12
In the 1980s, pediatricians often were called to evaluate febrile children for meningitis—a disease that could mean lifelong disability, or death. Today, that scene is dramatically less common, thanks to public health...
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comedian, writer, podcast host, Illinois Christian Home Educator's (ICHE)
former CDC Director, NYC Health Commissioner, current President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, Resolve to Save Lives
VP Equity, Diversity and Belonging in Medical Education at AMA, Honest Pint Theatre Company
Temple / Football Starts Here
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