Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Bradley Riemann, PhD Dr. Bradley Riemann discusses medications and cognitive-behavioral therapy used to treat OCD.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Bradley Riemann, PhD Dr. Bradley Riemann discusses the reasons why OCD is under diagnosed and how clinicians can make an accurate diagnosis of OCD.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Robert Lowes Senior editor Bob Lowes joins Dr. Kaskel to discuss the glory days of the doctors lounge and explore why the reasons that have led up to their disappearance. Learn the positives and negatives in how this impacts all doctors.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Catherine Spong, MD Although some of our listeners publish regularly in the medical literature, many do not. The process has definitely changed over the past several decades as standards for scientific evidence have gone dramatically up. In this segment, Dr. Spong examines this trend and offers an insider's perspectives on the peer-review processes inherent to all m...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: James Bream, JD Attorney Jim Bream of Querrey & Harrow shares real life examples of disclosure and challenges Dr. Kaskel and the listeners to judge whether the scenarios are in compliance with HIPAA regulations. Tune in for the do's and don'ts.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Catherine Spong, MD In this segment Dr. Spong examines the proverbial "birth" of an Obstetrics and Gynecology medical paper, from its first "conception" (submission) to the eventual "delivery" (publication).

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Catherine Spong, MD In the early 1970's, fetal monitoring technology escaped from the laboratory into the clinical environment in a rapid, almost chaotic sequence of events. The assumption upon which fetal monitoring was based was that most mental retardation and cerebral palsy occurs from lack of oxygen during labor, and is therefore preventable. We now that this a...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Catherine Spong, MD In the 1950's the standard treatment for premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome was 100% oxygen. An estimated 10,000 babies were blinded before the dangers of high oxygen treatment were fully understood. As physicians, many of us are only too aware that we still provide some treatments to patients because that's "the way we always h...

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Pauline Chen, MD Join transplant surgeon, Dr. Pauline Chen as she discusses her book, Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Pauline Chen, MD Join transplant surgeon Dr. Pauline Chen as she discusses her article, "Dead Enough? The Paradox of Brain Death."

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Jerry Morris In this segment, Mr. Morris describes for listeners the experience of bringing the Carolinas MED-1 into the heart of Hurricane Katrina's devastation zone. Through 41 days of active deployment, the medical crew treated over 7400 patients, amounting to approximately 350 patients seen every 12 hours. Mr. Morris describes these events, from the tragic to t...

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Jerry Morris In this segment, Jerry Morris overviews the functions, capabilities, resources and missions of the Carolinas MED-1. He then depicts the scenes of running such an emergency department and maintaining strong personnel in the wake of sudden natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, where the units were deployed for 41 days.

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Andrew Sperling, JD, MA A disturbed violent young man was repeatedly identified as someone who desperately needed help. Yet he never got that help, and the Virginia Tech tragedy was the result. What does that tell us about our mental health system? And How can it be fixed? Andrew Sperling of the National Alliance on Mental Illness gives us his prescription.

Host: Laura Humphrey, PhD Guest: Anne Willis, MA Anne Willis, Manager of Survivorship Programs for the National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship, discusses the work this advocacy organization does both in legislation and in creating a national support network for survivors.

Host: Laura Humphrey, PhD Guest: Anne Willis, MA Anne Willis, Manager of Survivorship Programs for the National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship, discusses the work this advocacy organization does both in legislation and in creating a national support network for survivors.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: James Bream, JD When it comes to HIPAA, you just want to know what you can and cannot do. Attorney Jim Bream of Querrey and Harrow joins Dr. Larry Kaskel in order to tell you.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: James Bream, JD Join Dr. Larry Kaskel and attorney Jim Bream of Querrey and Harrow as they explore everything you need to know about HIPAA with regards to privacy policies.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: James Bream, JD Join Dr. Larry Kaskel and attorney Jim Bream of Querrey and Harrow as they banter back and forth over the HIPAA regulations. What they mean to you and how to implement them in your daily practice.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Randall Curtis, MD Join Dr. Randall Curtis as he describes what doctors who receive the highest marks in the ICU do. Dr. Curtis is Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle and attending physician in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Harborview Medical Center. His research focuses on measuring and improving the quality of end-of-life ca...

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Randall Curtis, MD Join Dr. Randall Curtis as he discusses his latest research on measuring and improving the quality of end-of-life care for patients in the ICU. Dr. Curtis is Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle and attending physician in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Harborview Medical center. His research focuses on measuri...

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Marilyn Werber-Serafini Marilyn Werber Serafini of National Journal talks about Hillary Clinton's health care experience in 1993 when she headed a health care commission for her husband Bill Clinton, and now as she moves forward with her own presidential campaign.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Keith Thulborn, MD, PhD Keith Thulborn, M.D., Ph. D. discusses use of the 9.4 tesla MRI to better understand healthy and diseased human brains

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Keith Thulborn, MD, PhD Keith Thulborn, M.D., Ph. D. discusses his work in designing and acquiring the most powerful MRI machine yet.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Keith Thulborn, MD, PhD Keith Thulborn, M.D., Ph. D. discusses how fMRI works and it's latest uses.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Larry Rosen, MD Dr. Larry Rosen discusses the role of holistic care in newborns and explains the benefits and differences from traditional care.