Talking Pediatrics wins eHealthcare Leadership Award
The Talking Pediatrics podcast is proud to be a platinum award-winner in the 2022 eHealthcare Leadership Awards, in the category of “Best Digital Physician Engagement.” Learn more.
Talking Pediatrics is a clinical podcast by Children’s Minnesota, an independent health system devoted entirely to kids. We explore the pediatric care experience from all angles, discussing the most complex cases, expert advice and practical wisdom from colleagues who understand the challenges physicians face in modern health care. While we’re pressing pause on new episodes, our podcast library is full of insights to help you care for kids and families. Explore past episodes and keep listening.
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Talking Pediatrics: Farewell For Now, Part 2
December 19, 2025
The Talking Pediatrics planning committee discusses the logistics and behind-the-scenes work of creating a clinical podcast for health care professionals.
Meet the Hosts
On our return episode, Dr. A. Kade Goepferd interviews all of the new hosts for this season of Talking Pediatrics.
Latest episodes
Talking Pediatrics: Farewell For Now, Part 2
December 19, 2025
The team discusses their experiences of being a pediatric provider doing a podcast.
Talking Pediatrics: Farewell For Now, Part 1
December 8, 2025
The team discusses their experiences of being a pediatric provider doing a podcast.
A Question of Ethics: Catholic Bioethics for the Pediatric Clinician
November 21, 2025
Shared decision-making in pediatrics requires partnering with families and helping them align their values with the medical facts. Having an understanding of these values can help clinicians partner with parents and align towards a treatment plan that is best for the child. On this episode of A Question of Ethics, Dr. Wolfe talks with bioethicist Mary Homan about how Catholic bioethics influence family medical decisions.
Talking Pediatrics Trailblazers: Dr. Emily Chapman
November 7, 2025
This trailblazer episode features Children’s Minnesota’s new president and CEO, Dr. Emily Chapman. Notably, Dr. Chapman is the first woman to be president and CEO in our organization’s 100-year history. Listen to her journey from child life specialist to pediatrician to executive physician leader, including lessons she has learned along the way and the inspiring vision she has for the future of pediatrics and kids health.
A Question of Ethics: Hmong Bioethics for the Pediatric Clinician
October 31, 2025
Shared decision-making in pediatrics requires partnering with families and helping them align their values with the medical facts. Having an understanding of these values can help clinicians partner with parents and align towards a treatment plan that is best for the child. On this episode of A Question of Ethics, Dr. Wolfe talks with cultural consultant and expert Shaman Tou Ger “Billy” Lor to discuss how Hmong culture and spirituality influence family medical decisions.
After the PICU: Understanding Post ICU Trauma in Kids
August 22, 2025
When a child faces a life threatening illness or injury, we often assume that they have “recovered” when they leave the ICU, the hospital or graduate from follow up. For many kids and families, however, the traumatic stress of an ICU stay or a life threatening illness or injury lingers, with families often searching for help and answers in how to best support their child. Joining us on this episode is Jen Aspengren, founder and CEO of Alongside Network, an organization that works directly with families to validate, connect and support them as they adjust to life after the hospital.
Crack The Case: Periorbital Edema and Abdominal Distention in a Previously Healthy Toddler
June 9, 2025
Evaluation of a child with edema can be stress-inducing given the differential diagnoses invoked including nephrotic syndrome, liver disease and heart failure. Determining the cause involves dusting off some principles of physics. Protein, namely albumin, hangs onto water to maintain intravascular osmotic pressure. Not having enough protein causes leakage into surrounding tissues to create characteristic puffiness, begging the question: are we losing protein or not making enough? If protein and osmosis are not the primary drivers, we must also consider capillary hydrostatic pressure as we see with the engorged vessels of heart disease or the retention of fluids with chronic kidney disease. This case investigates a toddler with an initial complaint of periorbital edema and abdominal distention to frame an approach to edema in pediatrics.
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Meet the hosts
Introduction to Talking Pediatrics podcast, a clinical pediatric podcast by Children’s Minnesota
Dr. Kade Goepferd, Chief Education Officer at Children’s Minnesota and host of Talking Pediatrics introduces our clinical podcast and gives a sneak preview into what you can expect as we partner with you in the care of your pediatric patients.
James Burroughs
Host of: Equity Actions
Senior Vice President for Government and Community Relations and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
Children’s Minnesota
Siva Chinnadurai, MD
Host of: Specialty Spotlight with Siva
Pediatric Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist
Children’s Minnesota
Bryan Fate, MD, MPH
Host of: Crack the Case with Dr. Fate
Pediatrician
Children’s Minnesota
Courtney Herring, MD
Host of: Evidence-based Charm: Guidelines with Courtney
Pediatric Hospitalist
Children’s Minnesota
Gabrielle Hester, MD
Host of: The Outside Hospitalist
Pediatric Hospitalist
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C
Host of: A Question of Ethics
Director of Ethics
Children’s Minnesota
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