Butts & Guts: A Cleveland Clinic Digestive Health Podcast

Listen to this week's Butts & Guts as Hannah Kerr, MD discusses kidney transplants, a new topic for the podcast. Learn answers to common questions on kidney transplants, and how innovations in surgical techniques provide a better quality of life for patients undergoing the procedure.

Angelika Erwin, MD, PhD and Rabi Hanna, MD join Butts & Guts to discuss the unique topic of lysosomal storage diseases. While rare, these diseases can affect organs throughout the body and even lead to death if untreated. Listen as Dr. Erwin and Dr. Hanna share common symptoms, how these are diagnosed, and how Cleveland Clinic Children's treats young patients with these diseases.

Dietitian Julia Zumpano joins Butts & Guts for a special episode of Dr. Steele's favorite game, Truth or Myth. With the holidays coming up, learn more about common questions on topics like dieting, superfoods, coffee, vitamins and more to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The Patient Perspectives series returns to Butts & Guts with Brittney, a patient of Dr. Steele's who fought young-onset colorectal cancer. Listen as Brittney shares her patient journey from symptoms to diagnosis to treatment, and how her family and faith helped her through those challenging times.

Butts & Guts continues our Breast Cancer Awareness Month series with Julie Lang, MD and Stephanie Valente, MD discussing lymphovenous bypass surgery and its connection to breast cancer. Learn more about this procedure and the advances being made in breast surgery at Cleveland Clinic.

Emre Gorgun, MD joins Butts & Guts for a third time to give listeners a refresher on the differences between rectal cancer and colon cancer, as well as share an exciting update on new surgical approaches that leave patients with an improved quality of life post-treatment.

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Eric Klein, MD, Chairman of Cleveland Clinic's Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, joins this special episode of Butts & Guts to discuss unique breakthroughs - from screening to diagnosis to treatment - that will improve prostate cancer care for men everywhere.

Dysphagia (also known as difficulty swallowing) is a symptom of many different medical conditions. Cleveland Clinic Florida gastroenterologist Alison Schneider, MD joins Butts & Guts to discuss swallowing disorders as well as treatment and therapies that can improve quality of life for those suffering with these issues.

While colonoscopy is the gold standard of colorectal cancer screenings, it's certainly not the only method to detect this disease. Cleveland Clinic Florida gastroenterologist Brenda Jimenez, MD, joins Butts & Guts to discuss how flexible sigmoidoscopies, FIT tests, and other screenings compare to a colonoscopy.

In 2020, Cleveland Clinic was the first hospital in the world to use a recently FDA-approved ablation technology that can destroy large liver tumors. Eren Berber, MD, Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Surgical Liver Tumor Ablation Program, joins Butts & Guts to discuss liver tumors, treatment options, and this innovative ablation procedure.

Michael Cline, DO, Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Gastroparesis Clinic, joins Butts & Guts to give a refresher on gastroparesis (partial paralysis of the stomach). Dr. Cline also gives an update on new research on the connection between certain autoimmune disorders and this disease.

Like with other organs, the need for liver donations outweighs the supply of available donors. Cristiano Quintini, MD, Program Director and Surgical Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Liver Transplantation Program joins Butts & Guts to discuss the importance of this surgery, common questions and misconceptions, and innovations taking place with living donor liver transplants.

Colorectal cancer is one of the leading cancer diagnoses for both men and women in the United States. As of May 2021, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommends that screenings for colorectal cancer start at age 45, as compared to the prior recommendation of age 50. Listen in as Butts & Guts host Scott Steele, MD shares his thoughts on this change.

In recent years there's been a rapid increase of fatty liver disease diagnoses. Dr. Jamile Wakim-Fleming, Director of Cleveland Clinic's Fatty Liver Disease Program, joins Butts & Guts to discuss this disease along with dietary and lifestyle changes that can improve the condition.

You may know someone (or maybe it's happened to you!) who has either had problems with gallstones or had their gallbladder removed. Diya Alaedeen, MD, Section Chief for the Department of General Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital joins Butts & Guts to discuss this common issue, how gallstones form, and how they're treated.

Hard to detect, pancreatic cancer is usually not found until advanced stages which leads to increased mortality. Listen as Robert Simon, MD joins Butts & Guts to discuss signs and symptoms you should know, as well as innovative surgical procedures that can remove affected tissue.

April is Donate Life Month, and Butts & Guts is excited to have Charles Miller, MD, Cleveland Clinic's Enterprise Director of Transplantation, join to discuss the important topic of organ donation. Learn about common questions and misconceptions about becoming a donor, and the innovative ways Cleveland Clinic's Transplant Center is providing better outcomes and quality of life for do...

Each year, lives are saved and transformed because of innovative transplant expertise. Anil Vaidya, MD, Director of Cleveland Clinic's Intestinal Transplant Program, discusses incidence rates and types of intestinal transplants, when they are needed, and what's on the horizon for improving quality of life post-transplant.

Sarah Vogler, MD joins Butts & Guts to wrap up Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month 2021. Listen as she discusses colorectal cancer symptoms to watch out for, as well as updates in screening guidelines and colonoscopy prep.

The 4th Angel Mentoring Program is an innovative, interactive approach to cancer support in which patients and caregivers are matched with trained volunteers. Matches are primarily made based on similar age and cancer experiences to best empower caregivers and patients with knowledge, awareness, hope and a helping hand. Listen as coordinator Mary Jones joins Butts & Guts to discuss this uplift...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the United States, but advances in early detection and treatment make it one of the most preventable and treatable forms of cancer. David Liska, MD, Director of Cleveland Clinic's Weiss Center, joins Butts & Guts to discuss the hereditary aspect of colorectal cancer. Listen as he...

Pediatric surgeon David Magnuson, MD, and oncologist Stacey Zahler, DO, join Butts & Guts to share their unique perspectives on hepatoblastomas, rare liver tumors most commonly found in children ages 3 and younger.

There's been a rapidly evolving paradigm shift in cancer treatment, and immunotherapy has been on the leading edge. While this practice has been around for a long time, new studies and trials have lead to a better understanding about how to best attack cancers. Oncologist Alok Khorana, MD joins Butts & Guts to dive into immunotherapy and how it's been applied to colorectal cancer tre...

With advances in pediatric cancer treatment now allowing more than 80 percent of children to survive at least five years (and hopefully many more) after diagnosis, addressing the long-term negative consequences of treatment is increasingly important. Infertility is a top concern, and pediatric oncologist Seth Rotz, MD joins Butts & Guts to discuss fertility preservation options.

The holidays are over, and many are thinking about losing some weight as we begin the new year. When a large amount of weight loss is being considered, bariatric surgery could be an option. Jesse Gutnick, MD joins Butts & Guts to discuss this procedure, obesity, BMI, and criteria for bariatric surgery candidates. Plus, learn what patients can expect when they come to Cleveland Clinic for this...