Each week, host Dr. Lisa Belisle sits down with the people who shape the state: entrepreneurs and educators, physicians and artists, community builders and keepers of place. She brings a clinician's ear and two decades in radio and writing to every conversation.
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I actually think that it's like social events again. If you're calling for a consult, you're essentially calling and asking somebody to do work for you. But it's somebody asking for your help on a topic that they consider that you have some expertise in and that's like what you should do. And if you know that person already, because you were at a party with them three weeks earlier and you met them there, then it's a lot easier.
Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect. They occur in almost one in a hundred births. Now not all of those defects are serious enough to require surgery, but at least 40 to 50% are.
My art has always been a way for me to process things, a way for me to explore my experiences in a really tangible way, in a way that just almost felt visceral. I've always used my art as a way to seek joy.
Meet Your Host
MD · PhD · MPH · MBA
Dr. Lisa Belisle is a board-certified family physician, writer, and the host of Radio Maine. She works at the intersection of medicine and the human spirit, in the clinic, on the air, and on the page.
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Radio Maine is produced in partnership with the Portland Art Gallery, Maine's premier destination for contemporary fine art. Visit the gallery at 154 Middle Street in Portland, or explore the work of gallery artists online.
From Off the Wall · Portland Art Gallery Artist
I consider the opportunity I have to paint to be a gift.
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Previously: Love Maine Radio
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