Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Mark Plaster, MD In this segment, Dr. Plaster talks about what it was like to leave clinical practice as a successful ED physician and enlist in the US Marine Corps for the first time just after September 11th.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Mark Plaster, MD In this segment, Dr. Plaster talks about starting up his journal, Emergency Physicians Monthly. Today this is the number one free journal in ED medicine. It features his signature column, Night Shift.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jerry Nadler, MD How does an MD also find the time to build a career in research and development? Dr. Nadler discusses 'Protected Time' and how he was able to move from a practicing clinician to researcher.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jerry Nadler, MD Dr. Jerry Nadler, Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Director of the Diabetes and Hormone Center of Excellence at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA discusses his Type I diabetes research looking for a two-drug cure.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Raghu Mirmira, MD,PhD Physician-scientists are stretched to the max-one foot by the bed and the other by the bench. What makes them choose this life?

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Raghu Mirmira, MD,PhD Dr. Raghu Mirmira, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Director of the Diabetes and Hormone Center of Excellence at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA is here to discuss his work with transcription factors, the timing of their expression, the genes they target and their structural properties in the...

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Steven Miles, MD Steven Miles, M.D. discusses his book, Oath Betrayed, Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Steven Miles, MD Steven Miles, M.D. discusses his book, Oath Betrayed, Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Steven Miles, MD Steven Miles, M.D. discusses his book, Oath Betrayed, Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Steven Miles, MD Steven Miles, M.D. discusses his book, Oath Betrayed, Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror. Upon seeing the photographs of abuse at Abu Gharaib, Dr. Miles asked, " where were the prison doctors while the abuses were taking place?"

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Lynne McFarland, PhD Dr. McFarland discusses the data on the use of probiotics for conditions other than diarrhea.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Lynne McFarland, PhD Dr. McFarland discusses the data on the use of probiotics for various types of diarrhea.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Lynne McFarland, PhD Dr. McFarland discusses what probiotics are and how to evaluate their effectiveness, safety and purity.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: John Hollingsworth, MD Dr. Hollingsworth discusses the use of alpha blockers and calcium channel blockers in helping with the passage of kidney stones.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: John Hollingsworth, MD Dr. Hollingsworth discusses traditional methods for assisting patients with the passage of kidney stones and why other therapies are needed.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Peter Muench, MD In this segment, Dr. Peter Muench re-explains the Green Light Laser Treatment for BPH and specifically addresses his experience with larger than average prostates.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Peter Muench, MD What are the benefits of Green Light Laser Vaporization for treating enlarged prostate? How long does it last? Is it any better than traditional treatments? In this segment we hear from Dr. Peter Muench who has performed more that 150 Green Light Laser Vaporization surgeries.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Peter Muench, MD In this segment, Dr. Muench discusses the possible treatment options for Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy and introduces a new therapy he uses called Green Light Laser.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Peter Muench, MD In this segment, Dr. Peter Muench explains the pathology of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy and describes the evaluation process of an enlarged prostate.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Marc Rothenberg, MD While national research funding is often difficult to come by sometimes the patients themselves can make a difference in finding treatments and/or cures for disease. Dr. Marc Rothenberg explains his experience with CURED, an organization started by the family of one of his patients to help secure research money and raise awareness of EOS.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Marc Rothenberg, MD In this segment, Dr. Rothenberg talks about the physiology of a food allergy and then updates us on some of his current research findings related to the genetics of EOS.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Marc Rothenberg, MD In this segment, Dr. Rothenberg discusses the many different therapy options available for sufferers of eosinophilic esophagitis. He talks about when and why to start treatment and considers the morbidity of not treating the disease.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Marc Rothenberg, MD In this segment, Dr. Marc Rothenberg discusses the causes and symptoms of Eosinophilic Esophagitis.

Host: Laura Humphrey, PhD Guest: Monique Ernst, MD, PhD In this segment, Dr. Monique Ernst responds to questions regarding how changes in the adolescent brain may cause and/or react to the daily activities and behaviors of a typical teenager. Specifically she addresses stress, sleep, social relationships and interaction with video games.

Host: Laura Humphrey, PhD Guest: Monique Ernst, MD, PhD Many psychopathologies are discovered in adolescence as the brain is still undergoing tremendous change. In this segment Dr. Monique Ernst discusses teen onset psychological disorders and how various treatment options may impact brain development.