Clinician's Roundtable

Guest: Joshua J. Freemire, JD What is medical identity theft? What is the physician's responsibility as far as protecting patients from this threat? Attorney Joshua J. Freemire, with the firm Ober|Kaler, discusses identity security issues and your practice, with host Dr. Larry Kaskel.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: John Carey, MB, BCh, BAO What are the mechanisms that are suspect for increasing incidence of osteonecrosis of the jaw in those taking bisphosphonates? Is this a significant risk? Dr. John Carey, consultant physician in internal medicine and rheumatology at Galway University Hospitals, reviews the evidence potentially modifying or increasing the risk of patients devel...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Dan Roden, MD What are the tools that will finally make personalized medicine a reality? Dr. Dan Roden, the William Stokes Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, vice-chancellor for personalized medicine and the director of the John Oates Institute for Experimental Therapeutics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Bruce Bloom, DNA banks, el...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Dan Roden, MD The greatest side effect of medications is that they often don't do what we expect them to do. Dr. Dan Roden, professor in the departments of medicine and pharmacology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, talks with Dr. Bruce Bloom about variability in response to drugs. Genetic components are just one of many reasons patients respond differe...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Mike Katke What are medical foods? Are they good for patients, and what exactly are the benefits? Host Dr. Larry Kaskel investigates these products with Mike Katke, co-founder of Metagenics, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of medical foods.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Mike Katke Scientific evidence shows that therapeutic lifestyle programs are the most cost effective programs to prevent, improve, or cure chronic diseases such as diabetes. Host Dr. Larry Kaskel discusses with Mike Katke, co-founder of Metagenics, Inc., the elements of a therapeutic lifestyle program and the practical requirements for implementing a program. Tune in...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Selene Parekh, MD, MBA Ankle injuries extend from the common sprain, to the complex arthritis case that could warrant total joint replacement surgery. With respect to the basic sprain, why do we see so many of these injuries in our practices: are our ankles not strong enough, are we wearing the wrong shoes or are we simply more active than we used to be? What are t...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Marc Bessler, MD As the field of bariatric and minimally invasive surgery continues to grow, the gastric bypass procedure has grabbed many of the headlines, with solid interest in gastric banding as well. Looking ahead, how might the landscape change? Will a new bariatric procedure emerge as the safest and most effective choice? Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill welcomes Dr...

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD Guest: Margery Gass, MD If you have a patient who suffers from hypoactive sexual desire disorder, you may want to consider helping their libido with testosterone. One recent study showed improvement in women who used a testosterone-only patch without estrogen. Even though the patch is not FDA approved at this point, it could be an alternative in the future. Dr. Margery G...

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD Guest: Michael Holick, PhD, MD It seems these days patients know more about the benefits of Vitamin D than their physicians. Doctors are soaking up the information and making sure their patients are taking the proper levels of Vitamin D. Dr. Michael Holick, professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics and director of the Bone Health Care Clinic and the Heliotherapy,...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Matthew A. Menza, MD Impulse control disorders have become increasingly reported in Parkinson's Disease patients. Dr. Matthew Menza, professor of psychiatry and neurology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to explore the etiology of impulse control disorders in the general population and in Parkinson's patients. Are impulse control d...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Matthew A. Menza, MD Depression is present in as many as half of the one million people with Parkinson's disease in the United States. What evidence-based treatments should we be using? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. Matthew Menza, professor of psychiatry and neurology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, to talk about his work on diagnosing and treating depr...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Keith Kelleher Why is healthcare been such a growing area for organized labor to expand? From home health care workers and registered nurses, and even doctors, organized labor is finding an important audience in the medical care field. Keith Kelleher, president of SEIU Healthcare of Illinois and Indiana tells host Bruce Japsen about the labor movement among health profess...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Keith Kelleher Following the historic election of Barack Obama, one of the new president's longtime allies in organized labor now has a key voice in the nation's economic recovery and the healthcare debate. Keith Kelleher, president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare of Illinois and Indiana, talks with host Bruce Japsen about the seat at the table...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Berish Rubin, PhD Host Dr. Bruce Bloom welcomes Dr. Berish Rubin, professor in the department of biological sciences and head of the Laboratory for Familial Dysautonomia research at Fordham University in Bronx, New York. A genetic condition, symptoms include inability to swallow, respiratory congestion, poor muscle tone, and delayed developmental milestones. Dr. R...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Berish Rubin, PhD In only three months' time, researchers Dr. Berish Rubin and Dr. Sylvia Anderson and their team uncovered the genetic cause of familial dysautonomia (FD). Dr. Rubin, professor in the department of biological sciences at Fordham University, joins host Dr. Bruce Bloom to share his story and the research that led them to identify the gene mutation r...

Host: Mary Leuchars, MD Guest: Jeffrey D. Cirillo, PhD Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB) has been present in the human population since antiquity. Today over 2 billion people have been exposed. What can we learn form this remarkably resilient bacteria, and how do we address the formidable challenge of treating drug resistant strains? Dr. Jeffrey Cirillo, associ...

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: William Hanson, MD Robotic appendages assisting in surgery that allow procedures to be performed on a patient by a physician on the opposite end of the globe, and machines that kill cancer cells on a molecular level--these are just two of the medical advances that are already beginning to revolutionize medicine. Dr. William Hanson, director of the surgical intensive c...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Jun Ye, PhD Diagnosing life threatening diseases and other medical conditions could soon be as easy as breathing. June Ye, a physics professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder and his graduate student, Michael Thorpe, discuss their research on a technique that uses lasers to detect specific chemical compounds in the breath of patients. They explain to host Dr. La...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Sandy Praeger Sandy Praeger, past-president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), joins host Dr. Larry Kaskel to discuss the NAIC's July 2008 survey that analyzed how consumers handle healthcare expenditures.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Barbara Rutt, MDiv, BCC, Chaplains are increasingly being recognized as a critical resource on a hospital medical team. Our guest today, Chaplain Barbara Rutt, manager of Pastoral Care at the Lehigh Valley Health Network talks with host Susan Dolan, RN about her role as a member of the of trauma team, the open heart team and as a collaborator for the medical rounds...

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Susan Weisberg, MD What advantages are there for physicians who see patients at their homes, and what are the limitations of a home practice? Dr. Susan Weisberg, a pediatrician who sees patients in her home during clinic after-hours, explains her reasons for practicing at home. What's involved in setting up a home practice? Dr. Michael Greenberg hosts.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH A relatively new primary care practice based in Brooklyn, New York, is using new ways to serve the un- and under-insured communities in its own neighborhood. The practice, Hello Health, is based on membership and pay-per-visit office fees from patients instead of insurance, and encourages patients to communicate with their physician via ins...

Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP Guest: James C. Turner, MD Most of us have fond memories of our college years. As we now see in our families and in our practices, and perhaps retrospectively in ourselves, the behavior of college students is often influenced by what is perceived to be normal among their peers. Looking more specifically at social norms research, college students tend to overestimate ne...

Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP Guest: Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD As physicians, we are often asked to give our time and money to charitable medical organizations. With so many groups working on health issues across the world, how can we best decide where to focus our energy and our donations? Is it more important to focus on how much we give, what we give, or how we give? Dr. Cliff O’Callahan, p...