Épisodes

  • Episode 213: Rapid City's First Epilepsy Monitoring Unit with Donald Barr, M.D.

    Episode 213: Rapid City's First Epilepsy Monitoring Unit with Donald Barr, M.D.
    Oct 13 2026
    Until this year, families in western South Dakota had to drive to Minnesota or Colorado for epilepsy monitoring. Now Monument Health has opened the region's first epilepsy monitoring unit, right here in Rapid City. Epileptologist and neurology section chief Dr. Donald Barr talks about what happens during a five-day stay and why doctors sometimes want to trigger a seizure on purpose. He also covers the surgery that can actually cure epilepsy, and how watching his own father live with the disease shaped his career.

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    32 min
  • BEST OF DOC TALK Episode 160: What Every Woman Should Know About Breast Cancer with Ashlea Semmens, M.D.

    BEST OF DOC TALK Episode 160: What Every Woman Should Know About Breast Cancer with Ashlea Semmens, M.D.
    Oct 6 2026
    This is a repeat episode. Dr. Ashlea Semmens, M.D., medical director of the Breast Center at Monument Health, joins Doc Talk to walk through what every woman should know about breast cancer, risk factors you can and can't control, how to do a real at-home self-check, when mammograms actually start and what they can and can't catch, and what treatment looks like once a diagnosis comes back.

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    27 min
  • BEST OF DOC TALK Episode 189: Women’s Reproductive Cancers with Keely Ulmer, M.D.

    BEST OF DOC TALK Episode 189: Women’s Reproductive Cancers with Keely Ulmer, M.D.
    Sep 29 2026
    This is a repeat of one of our most compelling Doc Talk conversations. Dr. Keely Ulmer, gynecologic oncologist at the Cancer Care Institute at Monument Health, shares her remarkable path from the Pine Ridge Reservation to the operating room. She walks through the four main gynecologic cancers, the symptoms women too often brush aside, and why the HPV vaccine is the closest thing we have to a cancer eraser. If you or someone you love has ever put off a screening, this one's worth a second listen.

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    25 min
  • BEST OF DOC TALK Episode 121: Why Mental Health Is Physical Health, with Breanna Janovy, CSW-PIP

    BEST OF DOC TALK Episode 121: Why Mental Health Is Physical Health, with Breanna Janovy, CSW-PIP
    Sep 22 2026
    This is a repeat episode. Mark sits down with Breanna Janovy, CSW-PIP, a certified social worker at Monument Health, to talk about something that doesn't get said enough: your mental health and your physical health are the same thing, really. Breanna breaks down why so many of us will run to urgent care for a stomach ache but won't say a word about feeling anxious or depressed, and she shares what it actually looks like to ask for help, why the first visit isn't as scary as you think, and how Monument Health is making mental health support available right in the Sturgis clinic.

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    17 min
  • Episode 205: Diverticulitis and Robotic Colon Surgery with Steven Donahue, M.D.

    Episode 205: Diverticulitis and Robotic Colon Surgery with Steven Donahue, M.D.
    Aug 18 2026
    Host Mark Houston sits down with colorectal surgeon Dr. Steven Donahue to talk about diverticulitis, a condition Houston has lived with for over two decades. They walk through what causes it, when repeat flare-ups turn into a real conversation about surgery, and what recovery looks like using Monument Health's da Vinci robotic surgery system. Houston shares his own experience going through the procedure, start to finish, and Dr. Donahue breaks down what patients can actually expect, from that first consult to the fear most people have about ending up with a colostomy bag.

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    26 min
  • BEST OF DOC TALK Episode 140: Beating Chronic Pain with the Intrathecal Pain Pump, Dr. Steven Frost

    BEST OF DOC TALK Episode 140: Beating Chronic Pain with the Intrathecal Pain Pump, Dr. Steven Frost
    Sep 15 2026

    This is a repeat airing of Doc Talk with Monument Health. Anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist Dr. Steven Frost, Rapid City's first pain management doctor, joins Mark Houston to talk about the intrathecal pain pump, a device that delivers pain relief straight to the spinal cord at a fraction of the dose needed with oral medication. They cover how it works, who's a candidate, and why getting ahead of chronic and cancer pain can lead to a better quality of life and better outcomes.


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    27 min
  • Episode 204: Separating Perimenopause Fact from Fiction with Heather Moline, M.D.

    Episode 204: Separating Perimenopause Fact from Fiction with Heather Moline, M.D.
    Aug 11 2026
    Millions of women are turning to social media for answers about perimenopause and menopause, but how much of it holds up? Dr. Heather Moline, an OB-GYN with Rapid City Medical, joins Mark Houston to cut through the noise: what actually separates perimenopause from menopause, why two decades of fear around hormone replacement therapy were built on flawed research, and what treatment really looks like today. It's a candid, practical look at symptoms, testing, and the long-term health benefits women may have missed out on, and a clear first step for anyone wondering if this is them.

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    29 min
  • BEST OF DOC TALK Episode 187: Psychiatry in the Black Hills with Chaston Ellis, D.O.

    BEST OF DOC TALK Episode 187: Psychiatry in the Black Hills with Chaston Ellis, D.O.
    Sep 8 2026
    In this repeat episode of Doc Talk, Chaston Ellis, D.O., Psychiatrist at Behavioral Health in Rapid City, speaks on Monument Health’s efforts to increase access to psychiatric treatment and mental health care in the Black Hills. Dr. Ellis shares a bit about his background and motivations for pursuing psychiatry and gives perspective on how social media might be complicating anxiety disorders, while simultaneously helping to destigmatize mental health care. The most important message Dr. Ellis would like to share is that mental health care is now more accessible in the area than it has ever been before and that simply showing up and staying optimistic is one of the biggest steps you can take toward improvement.

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    27 min