The concept of well-being in healthcare doesn't just refer to doctors and nurses. When caregivers feel supported and fulfilled in their work, the patient experience also improves, impacting our entire community.

Dr. Maureen 'Mo' Leffler, ChristianaCare's Chief Wellbeing Officer, joins us to discuss why caregiver wellbeing matters for safety, outcomes, and trust. We discuss how burnout is an occupational injury - not a personal flaw - as well as the evidence linking clinician distress to and lower patient satisfaction, and how targeted programs and tools such as GROW (Get Rid of Waste) and WIN (the Wellbeing Integrated Network) change the story.

The results of these efforts speak for themselves, as we see declining burnout trends and hear from caregivers who say these efforts are "game changers." Recognition from the American Medical Association's Joy in Medicine program underscores a broader roadmap: integrate wellbeing alongside patient experience, safety, quality, and finance with the same rigor and accountability.

If you care about safer, kinder, more reliable care, you'll want to hear how these approaches turn ideas into outcomes.

Maureen "Mo" Leffler, D.O., MPH, serves as ChristianaCare's Chief Wellbeing Officer of ChristianaCare. In this role, Dr. Leffler leads the ChristianaCare Center for WorkLife Wellbeing and strategies to enhance the professional fulfillment and wellbeing of ChristianaCare's nearly 14,000 caregivers, overseeing advocacy programs and initiatives to optimize their experience and foster a culture of wellbeing throughout the organization. She works closely with leaders across key departments to address factors impacting caregiver wellbeing.

Links:

• ChristianaCare Center for WorkLife Wellbeing
• ChristianaCare News: ChristianaCare Honored With Gold Level 2025 Joy in Medicine Award
• ChristianaCare News: Maureen Leffler, D.O., MPH, Named Chief Wellbeing Officer
• Medical Grand Rounds: Physician Wellbeing

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Structural heart disease is a condition that affects the heart’s structure, its valves, chambers and walls. Minimally invasive procedures are transforming treatment for these complex conditions.

Many diagnoses that once required open heart surgery can now be treated with minimally-invasive procedures, resulting in shorter hospital stays, fewer complications, and a faster return to the activities you love. Dr. Neil Wimmer, Medical Director of the ChristianaCare Structural Heart Program, and Interventional and Structural Cardiologist Dr. Erin Fender join us to unpack how transcatheter therapies work, why outcomes now rival open heart surgery, and what it's like to see patients go from breathless to walking the halls the next day.

Along the way, we explore who qualifies, how to start with primary care or general cardiology, and what a comprehensive heart team brings to complex cases.

If you've wondered whether valve disease still means a big operation, or you're caring for someone slowing down with subtle symptoms, this deep dive offers clarity and hope.

Neil Wimmer, M.D., MS, is the Medical Director of the ChristianaCare Structural Heart Program and an expert in transcutaneous aortic valve replacement (TAVR), which enables patients who aren't good candidates for open heart surgery to receive a new heart valve inserted through a catheter. The procedure has increased in popularity in recent years.

Erin Fender, MD, is board-certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. A cardiology researcher and educator, Dr. Fender is engaged in educational programs and lecture series, and has presented nationally.

Links:

• ChristianaCare Cardiology
• ChristianaCare Structural Heart Disease Program
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) at ChristianaCare
• ChristianaCare News: ChristianaCare First in Delaware to Offer Breakthrough Tricuspid Valve Disease Treatments
• ChristianaCare News: A Minimally Invasive Alternative to Open Heart Surgery

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What if a community could turn generosity into faster answers, wider access, and life-changing research? It's a question that drives ChristianaCare's Office of Philanthropy and the subject of our conversation with Dia Williams Adams, ChristianaCare Vice President of Philanthropy, and Dr. Thomas Schwaab, Bank of America Endowed Medical Director of ChristianaCare's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute.

On this episode of For the Love of Health, we start with the heart of philanthropy—love of humankind—and draw a clear line between traditional funding that keeps operations running and donor dollars that push care forward. From a universal mammography system that delivers results in minutes to the Moxi cobot that frees clinicians for high-touch moments, we show how gifts become tangible relief for patients.

We discuss how community support sustains one of the nation’s strongest clinical trial programs, as well as initiatives beyond hospital walls, showing how these investments close the gap between what insurance covers and what healing requires.

It's a conversation that unpacks how donor support creates care that is innovative, compassionate, and accessible, right where you live, and shows that no gift of time, talent, treasure, or testimony is too small. Listen now to learn how your donation may just help your own neighbor.

Thomas Schwaab, M.D., Ph.D. is the Bank of America Endowed Medical Director of ChristianaCare's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute and leader of the Cancer Service Line, as well as an innovative and energetic board-certified urological surgeon. Dr. Schwaab provides overall direction and leadership for the Graham Cancer Center and cancer care activities. He directs community outreach and research and works to reduce the incidence, prevalence and mortality of cancer in the state of Delaware and the region.

Dia Williams Adams is ChristianaCare's Vice President of Philanthropy, where she leads the development team and secures philanthropic support for the mission of ChristianaCare. Her responsibilities also include fostering a culture of philanthropy and stewardship, both internally and externally.

Links:

• Learn about ChristianaCare Office of Philanthropy
• Make a Gift Online
• The Junior Board of ChristianaCare
• Host Your Own Event Benefitting ChristianaCare
• ChristianaCare Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Friends of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center
• ChristianaCare News - Lacing Up for Hope: ChristianaCare's Friends 5K Run/Walk Raises Over $300,000 to Fight Cancer

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