Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Paul Markovitz, MD Antidepressants are among the most commonly prescribed medications in primary care, yet a new antidepressant which became available over a year ago has not been widely used. Dr. Paul Markowitz discusses MAO inhibitors and dispels many of the myths surrounding using them.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Paul Markovitz, MD Dr. Markowitz discusses borderline personality disorder – how to recognize it and what to do. Current research suggests the basis is biochemical and structural.

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Robert Blendon, ScD On July 1, Massachusetts launched perhaps the most ambitious effort yet by any state to provide healthcare to all of its citizens. The health plan was passed with strong bipartisan support, including the support of then-Gov. Mitt Romney. For months, residents of Massachusetts have seen one report after another by critics warning that the health plan wi...

Host: Mark Chyna, MD Man cannot help but interact with his biological environment, as a member of his own ecosystem, and not always with a result that is positive for his species. But it is always in a manner that shapes the world of the smallest creatures, the world of infectious diseases.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Gabriela Cora, MD Individuals and organizations have 5 areas to consider when evaluating their health: physical, emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual. Dr. Cora discusses how to evaluate and improve in each dimension

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Gabriela Cora, MD AIM I AM a stepwise plan to achieve health and happiness in your life. Dr Cora discusses your value system and mission.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Gabriela Cora, MD In an ideal world, we would work 8 hours, sleep 8 hours and play 8 hours each day. Most of us are not successful at achieving a healthy work and life balance. Dr. Cora discusses strategies to help you regain the balance in your life.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Gabriela Cora, MD Millions of Americans are thinking, planning, and scheming about how to stretch a 24-hour day into an endless and productive workday, an endless loop of "useful" time. Dr Corá gives us tips on how to realign our goals with our value system.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Elizabeth Woodcock, MBA Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by esteemed practice management author, Elizabeth Woodcock. Elizabeth discusses her latest book, Mastering Patient Flow. She will urge listeners to "attack the familiar" and "understand the PDCA cycle".

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Elizabeth Woodcock, MBA Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by esteemed practice management author, Elizabeth Woodcock. Tune in to hear about her latest book, Mastering Patient Flow. She will give great action steps regarding patient flow and she will depict the "Patient-Centered Practice of the Future".

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: David Terman, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Dr. David M. Terman, Director of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. Dr. Terman takes us into the mind of a suicide bomber and the role that fundamentalism plays in that mind.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: David Terman, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel and Dr. David M. Terman, Director of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis seek to answer if psychoanalysis is waning in popularity and esteem.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: David Terman, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. David M. Terman, Director of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. They will discuss the nuances of psychoanalysis and highlight what the Chicago Institute does differently.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Elizabeth Tieman, MD Work-life balance: how many of us can say we have it, let alone come close to having it? Board-certified radiologist Dr. Betsy Tieman is one healthcare professional who can say she achieved work-life balance by leaving private practice where she was working 14 hours a day to take advantage of locum tenens work, which also enabled her to train and...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Mark Brouse Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Mark Brouse, president of VISTA Staffing Solutions, the only locum tenens company that provides both domestic and international assignments. They will discuss the who, what, where and how of these exciting opportunities.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Robert Wachter, MD In this segment, Dr. Wachter talks about the specific information technology advances that have most improved patient management thus far. He then previews future information technology support that will make a more important impact.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Deepak Bhatt, MD Join Dr. Larry Kaskel as he welcomes Dr. Deepak Bhatt, Associate Director of the Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular Coordinating Center. Dr. Bhatt gives sheds light on ACS from the vantage point of an invasive cardiologist.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Deepak Bhatt, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. Deepak Bhatt who serves as the Associate Director of the Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular Coordinating Center. Tune in to hear their discussion of ACS.

Host: Renee Matthews, MD Guest: Joan Lappe, PhD In this segment, Dr. Joan Lappe discusses the role of Vitamin D and Calcium supplementation in cancer prevention.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH Guest: Cameron Riviere, PhD Guest: Marco Zenati, MD The HeartLander is a miniature mobile robot that delivers minimally invasive therapy to the surface of the beating heart. Drs. Cameron Riviere and Marco Zenati describe the development and uses of this unique device.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: J. Lee Nelson, MD Microchimerism may have a role to play in evolving theories in transplantation biology, HIV, Alzheimer's disease and even breast cancer. Dr. Nelson discusses some cutting-edge hypotheses and strange observations in each of these fields.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: J. Lee Nelson, MD While the transfer and persistence of fetal cells into the maternal circulation is counter-intuitive, an even stranger occurrence is the reverse. Dr. Nelson discusses the evidence that maternal cells are transferring into the fetus. In the case of neonatal lupus it appears that maternal stem cells differentiate into cardiac tissue and might incite...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: J. Lee Nelson, MD Fetal cells persisting in maternal tissues for 50 years and then causing a graft versus host reaction? Medicine does not get more bizarre, but this seems to be the case for systemic sclerosis. Dr. Nelson examines the growing evidence to support this new look at some of the "auto-immune" diseases.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: J. Lee Nelson, MD Rheumatoid arthritis often improves during pregnancy. Why? Truth is stranger than fiction here as it seems that that immunologically competent fetal cells transferring into the maternal circulation help mitigate the mother's immune response to "self."

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: J. Lee Nelson, MD Rheumatoid Arthritis often improves during pregnancy. Why? Truth is stranger than fiction here as it appears that immunologically competent fetal cells leaking into the maternal circulation moderate the maternal immune response to "self."