Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Farhad Zangeneh, MD Guest: Robert Busch, MD Host Dr. Farhad Zenganah is joined by Dr. Robert Busch and they will be discussing current incretin treatment options and what is in the pipeline. They will discuss the differences between oral and injectables incretin treatment options and how clinicians can individualize treatment options for their patients, while determining the benefits and ris...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Lee Philip Shulman, MD, FACOG, FACMG Join host Dr. Matt Birnholz as he welcomes Dr. Lee Shulman, professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and division chief of the Feinberger School of Medicine at Northwestern Hospital, Chicago, IL. They will discuss the screening for Down syndrome, what are the current screening modalities and what is on the horizon. As well as the...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Host Dr. Matt Birnholz welcomes Dr. Brian McDonough as they discuss the silent pandemic in the growing and alarming rates of childhood obesity. Brian McDonough, MD, FAAFP, is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and Chairman of The Family Medicine Department at St. Francis Hospital, Wilmington,...

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Guest: Mark Moyad, MD, MPH This discussion focuses on the current state of evidence behind vitamins, herbs, and supplements in popular demand. What does the latest research recommend for use, and what should we be avoiding? Featured is Dr. Mark Moyad, the Jenkins/Pokempner Director of Preventive & Complementary Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Gregory Pokrywka MD FACP FNLA NCMP Primary care is the mainstay for managing patients with hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia. But in practice we don't often encounter it in isolation; comorbid conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and coronary artery disease follow dyslipidemia like common catch phrases, so it becomes necessary to understand this problem in t...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Andrew Sama, Dr. The emergency room has long been an entry point for medical care for the seriously injured, young parents with a sick child and increasingly poor uninsured Americans with nowhere to turn. But policymakers increasingly see the emergency room as less like those depicted on shows like Grey's Anatomy as a place for patients to abuse the system and run up cost...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Howard Bauchner, MD For 127 years, the Journal of the American Medical Association has been one of the nation's best-known medical journals. This summer, its 16th editor, pediatrician Dr. Howard Bauchner, takes over editorial oversight from Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, who has served as the Journal 's editor since 2000 . Dr. Bauchner talks to host Bruce Japsen about the steps...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Tom X. Lee, MD A new primary care model is making news across the country that offers personalized medicine, like the concierge healthcare that is becoming more common, but at a much more affordable price. Dr. Tom Lee, founder of One Medical Group, with offices in San Francisco and New York, is looking to set a nationwide example for primary medical care by offering perso...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Rebecca Skloot In 1951, cancer killed an impoverished young African American mother named Henrietta Lacks. Cells biopsied from her tumor, without her or her family's knowledge, went on to be critical in establishing an important cell line, known as HeLa, that has been part of a medical revolution. HeLa cells have been used in the discovery of the polio vaccine, cancer tre...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Jeffrey Kullgren, MD, MPH When a patient visits the doctor's office, time is precious. But, given the rising cost of medical care in the United States, making time for direct and open conversation with patients about healthcare prices has never been more important. Dr. Jeffrey Kullgren of Penn Medicine tells host Bruce Japsen about the need for doctors to find a moments i...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Carolyn Robinowitz, MD While much of the nation's attention is focused on new medical benefits under the healthcare overhaul signed into law by President Obama, mental health advocates are stepping up attention to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which began providing benefits to millions of patients with addictions, depression and other mental illness....

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Timothy Jost Consumer groups for decades have criticized and wondered how much money health insurance companies actually spend on medical care. Under the health care reform law, they will actually come closer to knowing thanks to the so-called medical-loss ratio provisions of the legislation. Host Bruce Japsen talks with Washington and Lee University School of Law health...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Roland Goertz, MD If patients take advantage of flexible spending accounts to help pay for their medical care, the health reform law is triggering some changes for them and doctor practices. Most notably, over the counter items like pain relievers and allergy meds will require a prescription. Host Bruce Japsen talks with Dr. Roland Goertz, president of the American Academ...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Barbara Levy, MD As health reform brings a focus on the budget for Medicare, a little-known but influential group with links to the AMA and specialty societies is getting a closer look. It's called the Relative Value Scale Update Committee and it is at the center of a debate over whether doctors have too much control over the flow of taxpayer dollars in the Medicare progr...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH An estimated 4 out of 5 serious medical errors involve miscommunication that occurs when care is 'handed off' from one care provider to another. Dr. Mark Chassin, president of the Joint Commission, the organization that's studied handwashing and potentially dangerous acronyms and abreviations, tells host Bruce Japsen about how the Commission's C...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Thomas Scully, JD In a two-part series, as health reform brings a focus on the budget for Medicare, we look from two sides at a little known but influential group convened by the American Medical Association. It's called the Relative Value Scale Update Committee and some critics say it has too much control over the flow of taxpayer dollars in the Medicare program. Tom Scu...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Eric Whitaker, MD An initiative sprouting on the South Side of Chicago that was once led by First Lady Michelle Obama aims to become a national model for re-educating communities on everything from appropriate emergency department usage to outpatient care and healthy life choices. Dr. Eric Whitaker, executive vice president of strategic affiliations and associate dean of...

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Susan Bachrach, PhD Guest: Richard Hirschhaut Physicians and scientists played an integral role in implementing the racial eugenics program in Nazi Germany, which culminated in the murder of six million European Jews. How can a better understanding of physician involvement in what ultimately led to the Holocaust help us frame issues being debated in medicine toda...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: John Adams, PhD Health insurance companies are pushing physician ratings to steer more patients to what they see as less expensive but higher quality medical care. But doctors are finding these new measurements aren't always accurate. John Adams, a senior statistician at RAND Health in the Statistical Research and Consulting Group, tells host Bruce Japsen how doctor ratin...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: George Korch, PhD The federal government has acknowledged the United States needs to overhaul its effort to develop better measures to counter pandemic flus and bioterrorist threats. So with nearly $2 billion committed, Dr. George Korch, secretary of preparedness and response at the US Department of Health and Human Services, tells host Bruce Japsen about how this new ini...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Karen DeSalvo, MD Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the horrific memories of disaster and devastation remain, but the healthcare system has created a legacy of resilience for the city's safety net and a potential national model beyond the primary care medical home. Dr. Karen DeSalvo, professor of medicine at the Tulane School of Medicine and a leader in the health syste...

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH One of the most horrific disasters in modern history, the Holocaust, is being illuminated through a lens that is of particular interest to medical professionals, through a traveling exhibit called Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race . Nazism's roots in biology and genetics interlinked medical professionals with its advocacy of a eugenic...

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Rebecca Thomley, PhD Five years after Katrina, some mental health issues linger. Dr. Michael Greenberg talks with Rebecca Thomley, a psychologist and CEO of Orion Associates, based in Minneapolis, about the mental health situtation in New Orleans and her group's walk-in mental health clinic in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, opened post-Katrina.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Angela Gardner, MD As healthcare reforms take place, changes are also in the offing in the emergency department amid demands that EDs be able to turn attention from treatment of routine conditions to disasters and other true emergencies. Dr. Angela Gardner, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, tells host Bruce Japsen about tomorrow's needs for the em...

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH Long after the clean-up process from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is complete along the Gulf of Mexico, we'll still be examining the health effects of this catastrophe. While there is a wealth of information on the health effects of specific contaminants, the effects are less known regarding mixtures of contaminants. What are some of t...