Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: William Swiggart, MS, LPC Disruptive physician behavior is often tolerated until a crisis emerges which then triggers disciplinary action. How else might we handle this delicate situation? William Swiggart, the co-director for the Center for Professional Health at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss their programs for physic...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Philip Ninan, MD After many years of trying, Wyeth has received approval and is currently marketing the newest antidepressant in the US -- desvenlafaxine. What do you need to know about this medicine? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. Philip Ninan, vice president for Neuroscience Global Medical Affairs at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to discuss the ins and outs of desven...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Philip Ninan, MD Have you ever wondered how and why the physicians in the top positions of the pharmaceutical companies leave academia to enter industry? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. Philip Ninan to talk about his transition from being an academic professor at Emory University School of Medicine to becoming vice president for Neuroscience in Global Medical Af...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Kaimana MacDonald, MD Patients with a history of trauma or neglect are at increased risk for dissociative disorders. These are often hidden and remain undiagnosed even after years of treatment. How can a physician best understand these problems? Dr. Kai MacDonald, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California in San Diego joins host Dr. Leslie L...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: John Kao, MD, MBA Physician Innovator - Is that you? Our guest, psychiatrist and author of the recent best selling book Innovation Nation, Dr. John Kao talks of his most recent career. Dr. Kao calls himself an ‘instigator of new things.' Join host Dr. Leslie Lundt as she learns the ingredients of innovation and how it differs from creativity. Physicians can be inno...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Lori Brotto, PhD Treatment of early-stage cervical and endometrial cancer is associated with significant sexual difficulties in at least half of women following hysterectomy. The success in treating these cancers has resulted in a focus on quality of life issues during remission. What can we do to help these women? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. Lori Brotto, as...

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Candace Cain, PA-C Host Lisa D'Andrea speaks with Candace Cain about the ability of physician assistants and nurse practitioners to change specialties within all fields of medicine. Ms. Cain informs us of the steps necessary to make the transition from one specialty to another in a competent and safe manner.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Patrick O'Doherty Patrick O'Doherty, vice president of the ProAssurance Insurance Company and a leading expert on insurance coverage and potential liability exposure, explains the new federal rule of civil procedures, regarding the discovery of electronic records, to which medical practices are now being exposed. Mr. O'Doherty talks with host Dr. Larry Kaskel abo...

Host: Jordan Metzl, MD Guest: John Kennedy, MD Several studies looking at efficacy for custom and off-the-shelf orthotics indicate that the vast majority of patients don't need a custom device. How do we decide who is an appropriate candidate for each product? How does this debate about specialized product lines project to running shoes and other items that help us work toward better foot health f...

Host: Jordan Metzl, MD Guest: John Kennedy, MD Commonly perceived as a minor injury, ankle sprains are dismissed by many athletes, in particular, who are encouraged to shake it off, play through pain, and pursue some simple rehab as their game and practice schedule allows. Yet there is more to simple ankle sprains than we may realize, including diminished proprioception and balance that may leave...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Ted Love, MD Anticoagulants like heparin have been around for decades, but the drugs have drawbacks for many patients. Dr. Ted Love, Chief Executive of biotech company Nuvelo, tells host Bruce Japsen about targeted anticoagulant therapies that are being developed to be safer and more effective than the old standby heparin therapy and other blood treatments.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Ted Love, MD With ongoing questions about the manufacturing of heparin in China and concerns about a potential shortage of the anticoagulant, some are wondering whether there is a need for new heparin alternatives. Dr. Ted Love, chief executive officer of the San Francisco biotech company Nuvelo, tells host Bruce Japsen about the biotech industry's pursuit of synthetic va...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Tim Walbert The climate for innovation in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries is fraught with risk, but also holds great potential for reward. Tim Walbert, the chief executive of Horizon Therapeutics, tells host Bruce Japsen about the prospects for growth in life sciences and the biopharmaceutical industry outside of Big Pharma and what that means for physicians.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Tim Walbert Why take two pills when you can just take one? Welcome to the latest phenomenon in healthcare: combination pills. Tim Walbert, president and chief executive officer of Horizon Therapeutics, tells host Bruce Japsen about the drug industry's push toward combining two or more treatments into one pill, and the potential benefits for us and for our patients.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Roy Steigbigel, MD We are getting our first in-depth look at some of the research behind raltegravir, a powerful therapy for multi-drug resistant HIV infection already approved by the FDA. How is this raltegravir data impacting current clinical strategies for attacking the virus in multi-drug resistant patients? Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill probes this question and muc...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Roy Steigbigel, MD In the quest to find therapies for multi-drug resistant HIV, researchers have zeroed in on raltegravir. The latest data indicates this potent agent provides the highest reported virologic suppression rate among multi-drug resistant patients. Is raltegravir proving more effective than antiretrovirals? Does it carry any prominent side effects? Dr....

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Robert M. Blumm, PA-C Surgical physician assistants are becoming an important part of the workflow of hospitals. Guest Robert Blumm, a practicing physician assistant since 1970 and president of the Association of Plastic Surgery Physician Assistants, outlines with host Lisa D'Andrea the capabilities and contributions of the surgical physician assis...

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Robert M. Blumm, PA-C Guest Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA, discusses how surgical physician assistants are contributing to the quality of care in hospitals throughout the country. In addition, Mr. Blumm outlines the training and credentials of surgical physician assistants.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Emily Hill, PA The economic benefits of utilizing a physician assistant depend upon properly coding and billing the services performed by these providers. Emily Hill explains to host Lisa D'Andrea the most common coding mistakes made by practitioners when billing for services rendered by mid-level providers such as physician assistants. Ms. Hill pr...

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Emily Hill, PA Guest Emily Hill explains how to properly code the services performed by your physician assistant under the physician to obtain full reimbursement. After listening to this show, you will understand the rules and be able to maximize reimbursement for the services rendered by your physician assistant.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Richard Ricker, RpH, MBA A new pharmacy robot at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, is designed to eliminate life-threatening human medication errors. Richard Ricker, administrative director of the pharmacy department at Loyola University Medical Center explains how the prescription filling-robot dispenses as many as 600 doses of medications each h...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Emile Allen, MD Dr. Emile Allen, an urologist and founder of Practice Pearls, discusses the disabling injury he suffered while practicing medicine, and how his experience as a patient gave rise to his new career. Practice Pearls is a website that provides doctors strategies to improve and grow their practice. Dr. Allen informs host Dr. Larry Kaskel about other informa...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Jeffrey N. Hausfeld, MD, MBA Is there more cash in your practice than you know? Dr. Jeffrey Hausefeld, associate clinical professor of surgery at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and managing director of FMS Financial Solutions, shares with host Dr. Larry Kaskel, practical tips on how to find more cash in your practice. Learn to nego...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Jeffrey N. Hausfeld, MD, MBA Is it time to send reinforcements after your delinquent patients? Dr. Jeffrey Hausfeld, associate clinical professor of surgery at George Washington University School of Health Sciences and managing director of FMS Financial Solutions, tells us how to make debt collections more manageable. Find out how to collect more efficiently, and lear...

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Kevin Ault, MD Excessive alcohol and tobacco use are obvious risk factors for throat cancer, yet new research is revealing that the human papillomavirus (HPV) is also a significant risk factor for the disease. HPV, in fact, is partly responsible for the continuing rise in the incidence of throat cancer over recent years. Dr. Kevin Ault, associate professor of ob...