Medical Industry Feature

Host: Vaidehi S. Dedania, MD Guest: Yewlin E. Chee, MD Guest: Joshua H. Uhr, MD Does phacovitrectomy improve outcomes over conventional PPV for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair in a phakic eyes? Or does it introduce unnecessary complexity? Vaidehi Dedania, MD; Yewlin Chee, MD; and Joshua Uhr, MD, review results from a multicenter cohort study published in Ophthalmology Retina and discuss w...

Host: Maria Berrocal Guest: Dimitra Skondra, MD Could metformin reduce risk of wet AMD development? Maria Berrocal, MD, speaks with Dimitra Skondra, MD, PhD, about a study published in Ophthalmology Retina finding that metformin exposure was associated with up to 30% lower odds of new-onset wet AMD. They discuss what the findings mean for patients with and without diabetes, where the protective ef...

Guest: Benjamin Lee, M.D. Guest: Jeffrey Port, M.D. Guest: Jonathan Villena-Vargas, M.D. Surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine are advancing the use of single-port robotics for complex thoracic surgery. While multiport robotic surgery requires 4-5 incisions around the ribs, the single-port platform uses one incision through the diaphragm, improving surgery success and reducin...

Host: Barton Lynn Blackorby, MD Guest: Kyle Davis Kovacs, MD Guest: Matthew Starr, MD How aggressively should you manage a vitreous hemorrhage after a PVD when you can't see the retina underneath it? Barton Blackorby, MD, moderates a discussion with Matt Starr, MD, and Kyle Kovacs, MD, about a study published in Ophthalmology by Hasbolat et al examining 366 patients with PVD-related vitreous hemor...

Guest: Lawrence Lustig, M.D. On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh speaks with Dr. Lawrence Lustig, otolaryngologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia. Dr. Lustig has spent decades working to advance various interventions to treat genetic deafness and after years of research, his team was the first to show that gene therapies could be effective at reversing hearing loss in mo...

What happens when vitreous hemorrhage (VH) secondary to non-tractional PDR doesn't clear on its own? And does preoperative anti-VEGF actually change surgical outcomes? Maria Berrocal, MD, speaks with Sumit Sharma, MD, about a retrospective case series of 360 patients who underwent vitrectomy for non-clearing VH without tractional elements, examining whether preoperative anti-VEGF injection affects...

Guest: Leonardo Lopez, M.D. On this episode of Advances in Care, Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Leonardo Lopez, a psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian and vice chair for inpatient services in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Lopez and his team are at the forefront of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and have built one of the largest programs of its kind in the country dedica...

Guest: Loretta J. Nastoupil, MD Guest: Manali Kamdar, MD CAR T cell therapy has been established as a standard-of-care option in the second-line setting for appropriate relapsed/refractory patients with large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). 1 Some outcomes data suggest more favorable outcomes when CAR T is used in the second-line setting compared with subsequent lines of therapy. 2,3 That’s why it’s impor...

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Guest: Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS Severe hypertriglyceridemia (sHTG) affects more than 3 million people, but it often flies under the clinical radar. 1-3 When triglycerides are at or above a 500 mg/dL threshold, it’s no longer just an isolated lab value—it’s a level of hypertriglyceridemia where the clinical implications change, and where a more careful evalua...

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO, FACOFP Guest: Laura Sass, MD Pediatric influenza carries a significant clinical burden, with children under four experiencing one of the highest rates of influenza-related illness, healthcare visits, and hospitalization. 1,2 Seasonal influenza vaccination remains an evidence-based strategy to reduce illness and severe outcomes, with a well-established safety profile and...

Host: Maria Berrocal How much money are retina surgeons losing on secondary IOL procedures? In this episode of Clinical Minute: Retina, host Maria Berrocal, MD, speaks with Nimesh "Nemo" Patel, MD, whose research uncovered how many cases are unprofitable under current Medicare reimbursement rates, and assess how much cash surgeons burn per case. Dr. Patel discusses the implications for patient acc...

Guest: Howard Fine, M.D. Dr. Howard Fine, a neuro-oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, discusses how a new approach to glioblastoma research may expand treatment options and advance precision oncology. His preclinical model, GLICO, uses cerebral organoids, or mini brains, to create a more accurate representation of glioblastoma tumor biology. Through an advanced, high-thr...

What do large registry data reveal about outcomes after intraocular foreign body removal, and how should those findings shape surgical planning and patient counseling? In this episode of New Retina Radio Journal Club with VBS, Jordan Deaner, MD, moderates a discussion with Vaidehi Dedania, MD, and Rehan Hussain, MD, on a 2025 IRIS Registry analysis of nearly 4,800 eyes. The group reviews the delay...

Host: Maria Berrocal Guest: Audina Berrocal, MD Does socioeconomic status influence outcomes in proliferative sickle retinopathy? In this episode of Clinical Minute: Retina, host Maria Berrocal, MD, speaks with Audina "Nina" Berrocal, MD, of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, who published a retrospective review of more than 100 patients with proliferative sickle retinopathy. They explore whether the in...

Host: Maria Berrocal Guest: Audina Berrocal, MD Does socioeconomic status influence outcomes in proliferative sickle retinopathy? In this episode of Clinical Minute: Retina, host Maria Berrocal, MD, speaks with Audina "Nina" Berrocal, MD, of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, who published a retrospective review of more than 100 patients with proliferative sickle retinopathy. They explore whether the in...

Host: Priya Vakharia, MD Guest: Andrew Moshfeghi, MD The SOL-1 Phase 3 superiority trial compared the efficacy and safety of the investigational product OTX-TKI (axitinib intravitreal hydrogel) with aflibercept 2 mg. The primary endpoint was proportion of subjects who maintained visual acuity, defined as <15 Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study letters of best-corrected visual acuity loss...

Guest: Ibrahim Hussain, M.D. Neurological spine surgeon Dr. Ibrahim Hussain explains how expandable cages are being used in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions to optimize patient outcomes. These cages can be inserted with a very low profile to restore height and lordosis, and enable a faster recovery. At Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian, surgeons are pursuing innovative so...

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Guest: Sarah Sammons, MD Despite advances in the treatment of HR-positive HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, patients with PIK3CA -mutated disease who progress after a CDK4/6 inhibitor still face limited effective and tolerable treatment options. 1 This unmet need has fueled interest in zovegalisib (formerly RLY-2608), a next generation, pan-mutant-selec...

Guest: Mirella Mourad, M.D. On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh is joined by Dr. Mirella Mourad, maternal-fetal medicine specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian and co-director of the Preterm Birth Prevention Center at Columbia, to explore a groundbreaking new technology aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of preterm birth. Preterm birth impacts approximately 1 in 10 pregnan...

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Guest: Maggie Emerson, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC Guiding patients and caregivers through the fast-moving landscape of digital therapeutics can be a challenging but worthwhile part of providing effective and accessible care. That’s why Dr. Charles Turck speaks with Dr. Maggie Emerson about how we can best partner with patients and caregivers around this relatively...

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Guest: Joseph Goldberg, MD Our understanding of depression has evolved over the past several decades, leading us to some potential new treatment options that focus on neuroplasticity, chemical imbalance, and negative cognitive biases. Learn more about the history of depression treatment approaches and the emerging concept of neuroplasticity with Dr. Charles...

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Guest: Madhukar H. Trivedi, MD The brain is constantly changing as a result of experience, stress, emotional processing, learning, and memory. 1 And neuroplasticity adds another layer to these approaches by focusing on what’s actually changing in the brain. 2 Tune in with Dr. Charles Turck as he speaks with Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, Founding Director of the Cen...

Guest: Thomas S. Bottiglieri, D.O. On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh sits down with Dr. Thomas Bottiglieri, Chief of the Primary Care Sports Medicine Division at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, to discuss the evolving landscape of concussion care—from prevalence to emerging diagnostic breakthroughs. With over 2 million estimated concussions occurring annually in the United St...

Guest: Pierre Elias, M.D. Learn how Dr. Pierre Elias and his team at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia have established a deep learning lab called CRADLE, which uses basic medical imaging, EKGs, and echocardiograms to build advanced AI models that help identify all forms of structural heart disease, including cardiac amyloidosis and valvular regurgitation. These tools not only improve screening ac...

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO, FACOFP Guest: Felicia Cosman, MD Starting with the presence of a prior fracture, advancing age, and bone mineral density, there are numerous factors that increase the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women. 1 But despite these common predictors, treatment rates of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women have consistently remained low. 2 For instance, in the last decade, l...