Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: James Gottesman, MD Dr. Michael Greenberg welcomes Dr. James Gottesman as he discusses how using a computer generated consent and information forms can help reduce physician stress.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: James Gottesman, MD In this segment, Dr. Michael Greenberg speaks with Dr. James Gottesman about how a more extensive informed consent can save doctors time and money

Host: Renee Matthews, MD Guest: Anita L. Nelson, MD In this segment, Dr. Anita Nelson talks about Implanon and other options for female contraception.

Host: Renee Matthews, MD Guest: Anita L. Nelson, MD In this segment, Dr. Anita Nelson talks about Lybrel and other female contraceptive options.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Charles Lockwood, MD Abruption and pregnancy loss in every trimester have been attributed to the thrombophilias. Yet the latest evidence casts doubt on some of these long-held assumptions. Learn about what are real risks and those that are not as well as the nuances of clotting prophylaxis during pregnancy.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Charles Lockwood, MD All thrombophilias are not created equal. Some even come inherited as homozygous or heterozygous. Learn about the risk of DVT and pulmonary embolus for the various thrombophilias.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Charles Lockwood, MD Six relatively common thrombophilias can lead to serious morbidity in women particularly when combined with high estrogenic states such as pregnancy, estrogen containing contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy. Learn about the prevalence, mechanisms, and laboratory diagnoses of these often hidden, heritable dangers to your patients.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Charles Lockwood, MD Although largely unheralded, professional societies provide valuable networks to support and expand research. Learn about some of the remarkable discoveries at the cutting edge of obstetrics and gynecology from the President of Society for Gynecolgoic Investigation--the foremost association of researchers in women's health.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Morey Kraus, PhD No professional society recommends umbilical cord blood banking, although the Institute of Medicine endorses a pilot program to set up a public bank. While there is no morbidity from cord blood collection, there are nuances about its utility and skeptics have raised concern about its substantial expense. Hear about the pros and cons of umbilical cor...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Morey Kraus, PhD Current research focuses on increasing the number of stem cells available from each unit of umbilical cord blood. New uses are also being discovered--learn about effort to regrow heart muscle and even neural tissue.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Morey Kraus, PhD Umbilical cord blood transplants can treat 40 diseases. Learn about the broad uses for this resource and the nuances of collection and banking cord blood.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Morey Kraus, PhD Mr. Kraus, founder and chief technology officer of Via-Cell Corporation, will discuss the science and history of cord blood transplantation

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Matthew Nock, PhD Dr. Matthew Nock discusses the challenge of recognizing the warning signs of suicide.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Matthew Nock, PhD Dr. Matthew Nock discusses the motivation of parents to participate in psychological treatment for their children.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Matthew Nock, PhD Dr. Matthew Nock talks about Conduct Disorder, the most frequent psychological referral for young people and a major public health problem.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Matthew Nock, PhD Dr. Matthew Nock will be discussing the prevalent and dangerous phenomenon of self-injury - deliberately causing physical harm to oneself as a way of dealing with emotions or situations.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: John Carney, MEd Hear John Carney, Vice President, Aging and End of Life, at the Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City, MO. as he discusses Dr. Kevorkian, euthanasia and physician assisted dying.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: John Carney, MEd Hear John Carney, Vice President, Aging and End of Life, at the Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City, MO as he discusses the futility laws and the Baby Emilio case.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia & Fatigue Centers and author of "From Fatigued to Fantastic" discuss the latest research, and treatment of chronic fatigue.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Medical Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers and author of "From Fatigued to Fantastic" as he offers a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 101.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Thomas Sequist, MD Dr. Sequist discusses the details of his summer research program for Native Americans at Harvard Medical School called "Four Directions."

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Thomas Sequist, MD Dr. Sequist discusses current initiatves to improve healthcare provdied to Native Americans

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Thomas Sequist, MD Dr. Sequist discusses the inequities in care for Native Americans compared to other populations in the U.S.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Joshua Cohen, PhD Dr. Cohen discusses how benefit must be taken into account when considering the overall effect of medications on our patients.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Joshua Cohen, PhD Dr. Cohen discusses how comparison of drug risks to risks of more well recognized activities in the arenas of occupations, transportation and recreation can help patients put medication risk into perspective.