Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Linda Clever, MD Dr. Clever discusses why professionals are at high risk for burnout and strategies to address it.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Jonathan Sheldon, JD Today we use a series of chemicals which may not render criminals unconscious but rather paralyze their breathing. With this in mind, have we really evolved in our scientific rationales?

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Jonathan Sheldon, JD A recent study published in PLOS Medicine went further than just giving political opinions when the authors researched the techniques used in lethal injection from two US states and concluded that these protocols may not reliably affect death through the mechanism intended.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Ralph Hruban, MD Dr. Hruban discusses novel approaches in the detection and treatment of both pancreatic pre-cancerous lesions and pancreatic cancer. New developments hold promise for successful prevention and treatment of this once almost universally fatal illness.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Ralph Hruban, MD Dr. Hruban discusses the Pancreatic cancer risk assessment system developed at Johns Hopkins (PancPRO) and what steps may be taken based on this risk assessment to find and treat pancreatic neoplasms before they become metastatic killers.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Ralph Hruban, MD Dr. Hruban, one of the world's foremost authorities on pancreatic cancer, discusses the genetics and risk factors for pancreatic cancer. Insights from his database are leading to advances in screening and early detection of this terrible disease.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Julie Falco, MS Even though medical cannabis is illegal in Illinois, Julie Falco, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis for over 20 years, believes it's important that physicians, healthcare professionals, legislators and the public know her story.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Daria Ruffolo, RN, MSN Join Daria Ruffolo, RN, MSN-CS, CCRN, ACNP, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Nurse Practitioner as she discusses emergency care for Presidents Eisenhower & Reagan and Steve Irwin & Princess Diana.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Daria Ruffolo, RN, MSN Join Daria Ruffolo, trauma/surgical critical care nurse practitioner for over 30 years, as she gives a historical perspective on emergency surgery of the Presidents.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jay Keystone, MD, MPH Join Dr. Jay Keystone, travel and tropical medicine specialist at Toronto General Hospital in Canada as he offers his best travel advice.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jay Keystone, MD, MPH Studies show that 97% of traveler's will make a food or beverage error within 72 hours of arrival often resulting in a trip being ruined due to illness. Join Dr. Jay Keystone, Travel and Tropical Medicine specialist at Toronto General Hospital in Canada as he offers a crash course in travel medicine.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Bruce Doblin, MD, MPH Join Dr. Bruce Doblin, Vice President of IDEAL REFORM, as he discusses the politics of medical cannabis.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Bruce Doblin, MD, MPH Join Dr. Bruce Doblin, Vice President of IDEAL REFORM, an Illinois organization working towards legislation that would allow patients access to cannabis for medical purposes, as he offers a medical cannabis 101.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Kenneth Cusi, MD, FACP, FACE Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, is a common, often "silent" liver disease. Join us as we discuss surprising effects that pioglitazones have in NASH.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Lawrence Rudel, PhD Monounsaturated fat is considered to be the healthiest type of general fat. Tune in as we answer the question, "What is the role of monounsaturated fat in heart disease?"

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Lawrence Rudel, PhD Dr. Larry Rudel joins Dr. Larry Kaskel to discuss the enzyme ACAT2 and its confirmed relationship with LDL. Dr. Rudel's new study in mice raises a tantalizing possibility. By inhibiting ACAT2, will we one day be able to eat any kind of fat we want without raising our risk of heart disease?

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH In this segment, Dr. Plowe describes the current state of malarial control on a global level. By his account, physicians and the general public do have good tools for control including effective treatments, bed nets, intermittent preventive treatments, indoor residual spraying (e.g. DDT), and good progress on vaccines. The challenge, howev...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH In this segment, Dr. Plowe describes the malarial preventive treatments and travel-precautionary strategies applied for patients, including chemoprophylaxis, mosquito abatement methods, and chemical repellants such as DDT and Silent Spring. The interview concludes with an examination of natural immunity to malaria and the question on wheth...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH In this segment, Dr. Plowe overviews the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for malaria, as well as the current states of resistance, comparatively on national vs. global levels. The stark discrepancies in available resources for treatment and prevention become quickly apparent as Dr. Plowe describes personal experiences facing total la...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH In this segment, Dr. Plowe describes the pertinent biological features of malarial infection and the scope of malaria's impact on a global level. Many physicians are surprised to learn that between one and three million people continue to die each year secondary to this disease. The interview revisits familiar concepts such as the parasiti...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Stephen Nicholls, PhD The ASTEROID investigated the impact of high-dose rosuvastatin therapy on the rate of atheroma progression in patients with coronary artery disease.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Margaret Bauman, MD Dr. Bauman explores how a family adjusts when a child has been diagnosed with autism.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Jennifer Lynch, MD Dr. Lynch explains what is known about the neurobiology of sleep.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Jennifer Lynch, MD Dr. Jennifer Lynch explores how changes in sleep occur with neurodegenerative disease, and what to look for in your patients.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Jennifer Lynch, MD Dr. Jennifer Lynch identifies common causes of insomnia in the elderly.