S5 E3: Dr. Archelle Georgiou, Getting the Medical Care You Want and Need

Building on more than 30 years of experience as a board certified Internal Medicine physician, business executive, mother, and on-air medical correspondent, Dr. Archelle Georgiou brings a multi-dimensional, data-driven approach to understanding and taking action in your own health.  In this podcast, we discuss aging not a disease we need to cure or a process we need to change, but aging as a part of life. We discuss ageism and how to not only overcome it, but celebrate it. One of the biggest takeaways from this episode is Archelle’s book Health Care Choices: 5 Steps to Getting the Medical Care You Want and Need. This book teaches readers how to use her CARES™ Model, a five-step approach to making medical choices that are both evidence-based and aligned with personal preferences. Clinically trained professionals are experts in diagnosis and treatment. An individual is an expert in his/her/oneself. You need both the expertise of the clinician and that of yourself to come up with the best treatment plan and best outcome FOR YOU. This is a book for every age group, religion, race, and gender. As we learn in this episode, you need to learn this process when there is no urgency or life-threatening circumstance so that when those situations arise, it is second nature. We finish the episode discussing ways Archelle prepares herself for the various audiences she speaks to: board rooms, students, media personnel, TV watchers, clinicians, etc. This is an episode everyone should listen to or re-listen to with notes on your phone or paper and pencil. You are your own best advocate and the only one who truly knows what you want out of life.  Learn more about or connect with Archelle Georgiou: Here Buy her book: Here Our Non-Profit Spotlight is CaringBridge. __ Katie Harms @[email protected], www.katieharms.com or Lisa Rubin @ [email protected], www.wardrobeconsulting.net . Follow Us On: Instagram LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Please take a moment to rate our podcast wherever you are reading or listening to this! Thank you! We are thankful to our sponsors Continental Diamond, Renae Keller and Scherer Bros Closets