Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Roni Zeiger, MD Host Dr. Bruce Bloom welsomes Dr. Roni Zeiger, product manager of Google Health and primary care physician, to discuss the controversial realm of physician ratings and how Google will enter this arena.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Roni Zeiger, MD Google Health seeks to do for medical patients what it does for general search. What does Google Health offer our patients now, and what does it seek to provide in the future? Discussing Google Health - focusing around both privacy and possibility - with your host, Dr. Bruce Bloom, is Dr. Roni Zeiger, product manager of Google Health and primary ca...

Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP Guest: Jill Grimes, MD The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has indicated that 19 million Americans — including one in four teenage girls — are infected with at least one sexually transmitted disease (STD). As physicians, we know that these diseases are far more common than most people think. But are we doing our best to educate our patients and provide appropriate sc...

Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP Guest: Jill Grimes, MD More than five million Americans struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. How can you determine if your patients' moments of forgetfulness are an early sign of this illness? How can you help families make tough decisions about independent living? Dr. Jill Grimes, a practicing family physician in Austin, Texas, and author of the chapter on Alzheimer’s i...

Host: Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MBA Guest: Howard Wetsman, MD With hypertension research, researchers typically look for reductions in blood pressure numbers as target outcomes. Chronic pain management, by comparison, usually calls for measures of subjective experiences of pain. But what are we looking for as target outcomes for addiction? Join Dr. Stu Gitlow in speaking with guest Dr. Howard Wetsma...

Host: Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MBA Guest: Howard Wetsman, MD What are the facts and stereotypes of addiction? New Orleans based psychiatrist and author of QAA: Questions and Answers on Addiction , Dr. Howard Wetsman discusses addiction in general, including the labels and treatments, with host Dr. Stuart Gitlow.

Host: Mary Leuchars, MD Guest: Peter Baquie, MD The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing introduced unique health risks and preparation needs for athletic teams from participating nations. Dr. Mary Leuchars is joined by guest Dr. Peter Baquie, Medical Director for the 2008 Australian Olympic Team. They will discuss unique measures undertaken by the Australian medical personnel to protect the health of el...

Host: Mary Leuchars, MD Guest: Peter Baquie, MD Dr. Mary Leuchars is joined by guest Dr. Peter Baquie, Medical Director for the 2008 Australian Olympic Team. They will discuss unique measures being undertaken by the Australian medical personnel to protect the health of elite athletes abroad. What are some of the challenges inherent in overseeing the "medical home" of a traveling team, or in tendin...

Host: Mary Leuchars, MD Guest: Ken Fitch, MD Dr. Mary Leuchars is joined by guest Dr. Ken Fitch, past-Chairperson of the Australian Olympic Committee's Medical Commission and current member of the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee. The topic is asthma in elite athletes, and Dr. Fitch shares insights on how the Australian Olympic team's physicians assess, treat, and prepare...

Host: Mary Leuchars, MD Guest: Ken Fitch, MD Host Dr. Mary Leuchars speaks with Dr. Ken Fitch, past-Chairperson of the Australian Olympic Committee's Medical Commission and current member of the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee. Their topic of conversation is sports medicine and the differences in clinical care of athletes between American and Australian health systems. Th...

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Arlin Rogers, PhD Arlin Rogers, PhD, chief of comparative pathology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, details a new genome study which is helping to explain why men are saddled with liver cancer more often than their gender counterparts. Dr. Rogers aims to raise awareness for the influence of hepatitis B and C, and the role of an important cell mediator...

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Geoffrey Joyce, PhD The individual's healthcare in the last 12 months of life costs about 25% of total healthcare costs for that person's life. Should policy makers’ better control end-of-life costs? This is just one of many questions addressed in this segment about weighing the effectiveness of treatment vs. cost. Join us as host Dr. Bill Rutenberg interviews Senio...

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH Guest: Joseph Hill, MD, PhD Dr. Joseph Hill, Chief of the Division of Cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, talks to host Dr. Matthew Sorrentino about the changes that occur in the myocardium when the heart begins to fail. They explore more specifically autophagy, a new concept of cardiac remodeling that may be both beneficia...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Samantha Collier, MD Quality measurement is becoming more known with grades of hospitals, nursing homes and doctor groups becoming more prevalent. But how about prescription drugs? Dr. Samantha Collier, the chief medical officer of HealthGrades, one of the nation’s largest independent healthcare ratings companies, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about ranking pre...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Samantha Collier, MD Everybody from the government to large employers are getting in the business of quality measurement. But what does one of the major commercial enterprises involved in health grades think of this movement? Dr. Samantha Collier, chief medical officer of HealthGrades, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen how one of the nation’s largest independent he...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard Salvi, PhD Dr. Richard Salvi, professor in the department of communicative disorders and sciences, and director of the Center for Hearing Deafness at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, outlines potentially fertile areas of research in our pursuit of more effective treatment regimens for tinnitus with host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill. We...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard Salvi, PhD Major advances in tinnitus research are making investigators very optimistic about our ability to treat the condition now and in the future. What are the most effective therapeutic measures for tinnitus? What are the specific mechanisms behind our various treatment options? Dr. Richard Salvi, professor in the department of communicative disorders...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard Salvi, PhD We're learning more about tinnitus at a steady clip, as researchers use newer imaging modalities to help us understand the origin of the condition, and consider lifestyle and behavioral modifications that may limit its effects. Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill explores the main causes of tinnitus with Dr. Richard Salvi, professor in the department of com...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard Salvi, PhD A neurological condition that can be highly distressing, tinnitus affects as much as fifteen percent of our population, according to some surveys. How should medical professionals counsel their patients on this condition? Are we moving closer to understanding the basic triggers of tinnitus? Dr. Richard Salvi, professor in the department of commun...

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Steve McKee Hear Steve McKee, author of the book, My Father's Heart: A Son's Journey , as he discusses why it was so difficult for him to make the decision to take a statin for his heart disease.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Steve McKee Steve McKee's paternal grandfather died of a heart attack at age 53, his father died of a heart attack at age 50 and he discovered he had heart disease at the age of 52. Hear author Steve McKee as he discusses his experience with heart disease in his book, My Father's Heart: A Son's Journey .

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Suzanne Clough, MD Dr. Suzanne Sysko Clough is the Chief Medical Officer of WellDoc Communications, a technology based healthcare company located in Baltimore, Maryland. Hear Dr. Clough as she discusses how the WellDoc cell phone-based technology helps patients manage their diabetes.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Mitchel Berger, MD Malignant Glioma: A diagnosis your patient wants do not want to receive. As their primary physician what more can you tell your patient? What does the latest research indicate about the pathobiology of Gliomas? In this segment our guest Dr. Mitchel Berger, Professor and Chair of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco,...

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Richard Rosenfeld, MD Dr. Richard Rosenfeld, professor of otolaryngology at the State University of New York Health Sciences Center, joins host Dr. Bill Rutenberg for an in-depth discussion of the current guidelines for the management of sinusitis. Dr. Rosenfeld discusses current criteria for evidence-based diagnosis and recommended treatment.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Richard Rosenfeld, MD Dr. Richard Rosenfeld, professor of otolaryngology at the State University of New York Health Sciences Center, joins host Dr. Bill Rutenberg for an insightful discussion of the current care guidelines for pediatric otitis media. Dr. Rosenfeld addresses difficulty and necessity of accurate diagnosis in order to safely apply "watchful waiting" as...