Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Thomas Goetz, MA, MPH One of the newest emerging healthcare ventures sells genome profiles. For $1000 and a saliva sample you can get a report describing your personal genome. In this segment host Larry Kaskel discusses with Thomas Goetz, deputy editor of Wired magazine, his recently published cover story on retail genomics.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Laurie Malinowski, RN Researcher and Nurse, Laurie Malinowski shares with us her role in the NIH multisite, inner city, Anti-IgE study to decrease asthma in inner city children. The study is being conducted in 9 medical centers throughout the US is recruiting participants through January 2009.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Jacqueline Pongracic, MD Children's Memorial Hospital is one of eight Medical Centers participating in this two year, double blind, placebo controlled study which is a phase four clinical trial of the IgE blocker Xolair. In this segment join host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg learn from co-investigator, Dr. Jacqueline Pongracic about the logistics of conducting the study.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Jacqueline Pongracic, MD Our guest, Dr. Jacqueline Pongracic is the co-investigator of the Inner City Asthma Study sponsored by the NIH and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. In this segment, Dr. Pongracid speaks with host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg about the objectives of the study and the study protocol.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: John Donoghue, PhD Dr. John Donoghue, Director of the Brain Science Program at Brown, discusses the emerging field of neuroprosthetics and the possibilities of new help for paraplegics and those with advanced neurological diseases.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: John Donoghue, PhD Dr. John Donoghue, Director of the Brain Science Program at Brown, gives us the history and lay-of-the-land in research studies of how the brain controls movement. Are there applications for paraplegics and those with advanced neurological diseases?

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Bill Richardson Democrats have made healthcare reform a much higher priority than Republicans. And many of the Democratic candidates’ proposals are similar. But Richardson’s proposal differs in some important respects from those of the other Democrats. He would let Americans aged 55-64 to buy into Medicare. He would expand health care for young children and allow young ad...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: James Rohrer, MD Utilization management programs often zero in on patients either with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, CHF, asthma and depression or those patients that use a higher than expected amount of health care services. Might there be another way? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Professor Jim Rohrer from the Mayo Clinic to discuss his latest research usi...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Cindy B. Ivanhoe, MD 1 in 10 Americans have a condition that can be called a severe disability. With the aging of the population and the likelihood of having a disability increasing with age, the number of patients in our practices with disabilities is expected to increase dramatically. Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. Cindy Ivanhoe as she discusses severe disabi...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Cindy B. Ivanhoe, MD Cerebral Palsy. The picture that comes to our minds is usually of a child, but 80% of CP patients are adults. What do we need to know about treating them? Dr. Cindy Ivanhoe joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss strategies for treating adults with CP.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Cindy B. Ivanhoe, MD Stroke is the third leading cause of death in America and the No. 1 cause of adult disability. Are you doing everything you can to help your patients recover? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes physiatrist Dr. Cindy Ivanhoe to discuss long term management of stroke.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Cindy B. Ivanhoe, MD Dr. Cindy Ivanhoe, Attending Physician at the Brain Injury and Stroke Program at TIRR (The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research)discusses rehabilitation of movement disorders with host Dr. Leslie Lundt.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Rachel Herz, MD Will technology bring us an electronic nose? What role might we expect scent to play in entertainment? Dr. Rachel Herz, the world’s leading expert on the psychology of smell, joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss the future of smell.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Rachel Herz, MD Is aromatherapy scientifically based? What did Freud think about the role of smell in psychotherapy? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes the world’s leading expert on the psychology of smell, Dr. Rachel Herz to discuss smell and therapy.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Robert McClory Robert McClory associate professor emeritus at Northwestern university, a former priest and author of numerous articles on the issues of Catholicism and medicine, discusses the evolving healthcare implications of new directives of the Catholic church and the patients end of life choices.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Robert McClory Robert Mcclory associate professor emeritus at Northwestern University, a former Catholic priest and author of numerous articles on the issues of Catholicism and medicine, discusses the religiuos implications on the medical care decisions that supported Terry Schiavo.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: William Haskell, MD Dr. William Haskell, professor emeritus (active) of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the lead author of the 2007 guidelines for physical in activity in adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association, discusses key differences between the 1995 guidelines and the latest recommendations...

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: William Haskell, MD Dr. Haskell, the lead author of the 2007 guidelines on physical activity for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association, outlines the new data linking exercise to health benefits. He also discusses the new guidelines and suggests how to implement them in our practices.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Lucille Marchand, MD Lucille R. Marchand BSN, MD, is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, Wisconsin. She also practices integrative and palliative medicine at the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center. Hear Dr. Marchand as she discusses integrative oncology.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Sherwin Nuland, MD Hear Dr. Sherwin Nuland, professor of surgery at Yale University, as he discusses his book, The Art of Aging: A Doctor's Prescription for Well-Being.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Sherwin Nuland, MD Dr. Sherwin Nuland is a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he currently teaches bioethics and medical history. Hear Dr. Nuland as he discusses his book, How We Die, winner of the National Book Award.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Judy Capko While you couldn't get through your day without the help of your office staff, it is unwise to be too dependent. How do you regularly keep your finger on the business side of the practice without becoming overwhelmed. Join an interesting practice management discussion with host Dr. Larry Kaskel and his guest Judy Capko.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Judy Capko Has patient loyalty diminished? What are common patient gripes? What changes can you make to improve the relationship with your patients? Join our guest Judy Capko, author of Secrets of the Best Run Practices share her insider information with host Dr. Larry Kaskel.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Allan Siperstein, MD Thyroid cancer has traditionally been difficult to accurately diagnose and re-detect in the case of a recurrence. Why is it so difficult to diagnose and have we made further progress in the ability to better identify the markers of thyroid cancer? Dr. Allan Siperstien of Cleveland Clinic Foundation has published research in the area of finding...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Allan Siperstein, MD Metastatic liver cancer does not have an optimistic prognosis, however there are a variety of treatment options enabling patients to live longer. Dr. Allan Siperstein, of the Cleveland Clinic, specializes in Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA), offered predominantly to patients unable to undergo liver resection. Join us to learn more about RFA and a...