Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Shelly Batra, MD Join Dr. Shelly Batra, Medical Director of Operation Asha, a nationwide TB-eradicating initiative in India, as she speaks about the establishment of clinics in the slums of New Delhi. Their innovative use of DOTS (Direct Observance of Treatment System) is a cost effective way to save lives from this treatable disease.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Josef Woodman Join Josef Woodman, President of The Healthy Travel Company and author of the book, Patients Beyond Borders," as he discusses the advantages of medical care at foreign destinations.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Josef Woodman Join Josef Woodman, President of The Healthy Travel Company and author of "Patients Beyond Borders," as he discusses medical tourism.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Over 40 Million Americans suffer from arthritis. Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, based in Dallas, Texas, and author of "Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now," discuss his 4-step natural program to treat arthritis.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, based in Dallas, Texas, and author of "From Fatigued to Fantastic," as he discusses the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal insufficiency.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, based in Dallas, Texas, and author of "From Fatigued to Fantastic," as he disucces the diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, based in Dallas, Texas, and author of the book, "From Fatigued to Fantastic," as he discusses how to treat insomnia.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, based in Dallas, Texas, as he discusses his book, Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Gail Hansen, MPH Join State Epidemiologist, Dr. Gail Hansen, from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, as she discusses lessons learned from the 2004 Kansas outbreak of Bite Mites.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Linda Murray, MD, MPH Join the Chief Medical Officer for the Cook County Department of Public Health in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Linda Rae Murray, explain how to diagnose and treat itch mite bites.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Patrick O'Neal, MD Dr. J. Patrick O'Neal Director of Preparedness for the State of Georgia, discusses the public/ private partnerships in disaster preparedness.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Mike Murphy Dr. Bruce Bloom will be discussing the management of the chaos at the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse with first responders: Mike Murphy, Operations Supervisor and Jeff Czyson also Operations Supervisor At North Memorial Ambulance.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Your patient plans a business trip to Mumbai, India. Can he drink the bottled water there? He then plans to vacation in Cancun. Is it safe to eat an apple from the local street vendor? Our guest is Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky. She is an Expert Consultant, in the Division Of Global Migration and Quarantine, at the CDC, and a Professor of Medicine And Infectious Diseases in the Dep...

Host: Michael Benson, MD You are planning a trip to Sierra Leone to do medical humanitarian work. What vaccines do you need? Where can you find out? You are listening to ReachMD XM 233, the channel for medical Professionals. Our guest, Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky is an Expert Consultant, in the Division Of Global Migration and Quarantine, at the CDC, and a Professor of Medicine And Infectious Diseases in...

Host: Michael Benson, MD How do you advise your patients who travel internationally for work or play? When they travel to some tropical beach for vacation they definitely to not want to bring back memories of a date with Plasmodium falciparum. Our guest, Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky is an Expert Consultant, in the Division Of Global Migration and Quarantine, at the CDC, and a Professor of Medicine And Inf...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Yellowbook.com is a web site for looking up phone numbers. Yet for physicians, another Yellow Book, this one published by the CDC, is much more useful. It is guide for giving medical advice to travelers and is up-dated every two years. Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky, an Expert Consultant in the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine at the CDC, and a Professor of Medicine And I...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Christie Reed, MD, MPH Your patient is planning to adopt a baby from China? What medical advice can you give her? What can she expect in terms of health exams for the baby? Another aspect of family travel is travel oversees with small children? What are some of their health issues with these long trips? Learn the answers from our guest, Dr. Christie Reed. She is a T...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Christie Reed, MD, MPH You plan to spend two weeks in Madagascar at a clinic for victims of the Tsunami. Will you actually do any good or will your presence merely be an added burden for an overstrained system? What precautions do you need to take so that you will remain a treater and not become a patient? What about patients who travel to other countries for medica...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Christie Reed, MD, MPH Your patient plans to spend a month with relatives in India. He or she grew up there. Does your patient need any special counseling or treatment before returning to his or her ancestral“home”? Hint: the answer is yes. Our guest, Dr. Christie Reed is a Travelers' Health Science Officer at the Centers for Disease Control. She is also the GeoSent...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Christie Reed, MD, MPH Your patient has joined the Peace Corps and will be spending the next two years in Mali. What precautions does she need to take to safeguard her own health? Our guest, Dr. Christie Reed is a Travelers' Health Science Officer at the Centers for Disease Control. She is also the GeoSentinel Project Director of the Geographic Medicine and Health P...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Nicholas Bergman, PhD In a scene from the recent Bruce Willis movie, Live Free or Die Hard, anthrax sensors were triggered, prompting evacuation of the FBI headquarters. Yet do such sensors really exist, or was this just another flight of Hollywood imagination? Our guest, Doctor Nicholas Bergman, reviews the nation's multi-faceted approach to defense against anthrax...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Nicholas Bergman, PhD What do sheep, Islamic fascists and Vladimir Putin have in common? Anthrax. The "poor man’s" weapon of mass destruction, this disease has been recognized since Biblical times. Join our guest, Dr. Nicholas Bergman has his discusses the development of anthrax into a weapon of mass destruction. Dr. Bergman received his PhD in biochemistry and mole...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Nicholas Bergman, PhD Anthrax. Thought to be the sixth plague visited upon Pharoah in the Book of Exodus, the disease only causes episodic illness in humans. Yet it can cause a particularly gruesome death and can be easily treated if caught early. Our guest, Doctor Nicholas Bergman, explores the biology of naturally occurring anthrax infections in humans. Dr. Bergma...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Dr. Bruce Bloom will be discussing the importance of planning and coordination during a disaster with Dr. Marc Conterato, who was called to the Minneapolis bridge disaster to assist with rescue and recovery.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Donald Hudson, MD Dr. Hudson discusses different manifestations of PTSD in two different aircraft accident scenarios.