Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Steven P. Stanos, Jr., DO What else can you do to help rid your patient of chronic pain? Send them to camp. Boot camp. Pain boot camp. In this segment, learn about an interdisciplinary method to evaluate and treat pain from our guest Dr. Steven Stanos, Medical Director of the RIC Center for Pain Management. In pain boot camp, a team of physicians, physical therapist...

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Steven P. Stanos, Jr., DO What are the neurological mechanisms of chronic pain? How and when does acute pain transform to chronic pain? How can a physician know if their patient can be treated safely with narcotics? Join host Dr. Bill Rutenberg talk with the Medical Director of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Center for Pain Management, Dr. Steven Stanos fo...

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Miles Varn, MD PinnacleCare is a professional health advisory firm. Hear Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Miles J. Varn, as he discusses how PinnacleCare offers its members a vast array of services.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Steven Kravet, MD, MBA Measuring the proportion of primary care physicians, we know the United States lags far behind other developed nations. How does this impact cost value and overall utilization of our health care system? Steven Kravet, MD, MBA, assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, weighs in on the status of primary c...

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Steven Kravet, MD, MBA How does the relationship between health utilization and the availability of primary care providers impact health care utilization trends? Steven Kravet, MD, MBA, assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, explores potential opportunities to relieve some of the logistical and financial burdens of our heal...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Kathleen Jaeger, JD Given the tremendous savings that generic drugs provide their patients, you would think doctors would know to turn to generics, but that is not always the case. To help educate them, some health care companies are turning to what is called counter detailing. Kathleen Jaeger, president and CEO of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association tells the Chicago...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Kathleen Jaeger, JD Some physicians are still skittish about prescribing generic drugs, but the manufacturers of these less expensive medicines say they are increasingly important and there is less need to worry about their quality and safety than ever before. Kathleen Jaeger, president and CEO of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce J...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Kathleen Jaeger, JD Some of the most expensive drugs in the country are derived from biotechnology. But there is no law or regulatory pathway at the Food and Drug Administration to allow for cheaper biotech drugs such as those derived from chemicals like cholesterol pills or arthritis tablets with which doctors and their patients have become so familiar. Kathleen Jaeger,...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Ophir Klein, MD, PhD Where do we stand with stem cell research, and what does the future hold for this controversial field of investigation? Host Dr. Bruce Bloom discusses stem cell research with Dr. Ophir Klein, of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at the University of California, San Francisco.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Ophir Klein, MD, PhD What are the mechanisms behind animal tooth regeneration, and what can tooth stem cell research tell us? Your host, Dr. Bruce Bloom and Dr. Ophir Klein, of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at the University of California, San Francisco discuss stem cell research and the potential clinical applications pointed to by the study of the mou...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Ophir Klein, MD, PhD Dr. Ophir Klein, of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at the University of California, San Francisco discusses his research on the mouse incisor and its continual growth correlated with stem cells, with your host, Dr. Bruce Bloom. Listen in as the Dr. Klein explores the world of stem cell research on the mouse incisor as related to over...

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Merrill Goozner As Massachusetts moves to authorize a mandate on individual health insurance, are these efforts hamstrung by state-level conflicts of interest? Will similar conflicts arise on the national level? Merrill Goozner, director of the Integrity in Science Project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, addresses several obstacles to universal health c...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Owen J. Dahl, MBA Have you thought about speaking out, taking action to help reform our healthcare system? What can you do? Where do you begin? How can you make a difference? In this segment medical practice management consultant Owen Dahl talks to host Dr. Larry Kaskel about the steps a physician can take and the specific channels he can use to make a difference in h...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Owen J. Dahl, MBA What are the greatest challenges in your practice? Is it collections? Or possibly conflicts between your staff? Most likely the greatest challenges don’t have to do with doctoring. Is it time to call in a consultant to help you manage costs effectively and move on? Join host Dr. Larry Kaskel with practice consultant Owen Dahl as they discuss the role...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Jawed Fareed, PhD The FDA has issued an extensive recall on several contaminated heparin products, problems which have been traced back to ingredients from China, which were so similar to heparin that the contaminants fooled standard quality testing. Dr. Jawed Fareed, professor of pathology and pharmacology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, d...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Jawed Fareed, PhD The FDA has issued an extensive recall on several contaminated heparin products, problems which have been traced back to ingredients from China. Dr. Jawed Fareed, professor of pathology and pharmacology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, takes us through the process of heparin production, starting with the initial derivation...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Jawed Fareed, PhD The FDA has issued an extensive recall on several contaminated heparin products, problems which have been traced back to ingredients from China. Dr. Jawed Fareed, professor of pathology and pharmacology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, has conducted tests on heparin batches since adverse effects from the drug were first rep...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Jawed Fareed, PhD The FDA has issued an extensive recall on several contaminated heparin products. What is the contaminant, and what medical problems and risks may be linked to the contaminated heparin? Dr. Jawed Fareed, professor of pathology and pharmacology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, has conducted tests on heparin batches since adve...

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Robert Wagner, MD Whether to admit or observe a ER patient is not always clear cut. What criteria should you use to make this decision? How can you be sure that your decision process will be supported and covered by CMS? What if CMS isn’t ultimately willing to pay for the services? Join host Dr. Bill Rutenberg in conversation with Dr. Robert Wagner, Director and CMO...

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Robert Wagner, MD Most doctors don’t spend time memorizing Medicare and Medicaid compliance guidelines. Yet, they are often under the gun to make decisions based on reimbursement guidelines. In this segment, Dr. Bill Rutenberg learns about a new program available from Accretive Health called the Sure Decision Clinical Compliance Program where 'on call' doctors verse...

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: David Feldman, PhD Dr. David Feldman is assistant professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University. Hear Dr. Feldman as he discusses his research and clinical practice involving the role of hope in psychotherapy.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: David Feldman, PhD Dr. David Feldman is assistant professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University and coauthor of the End of Life Handbook and many articles on his research regarding hope. Hear Dr. Feldman as he discusses CR Snyders Hope Theory and the Hope Scale.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: David Feldman, PhD Dr. David Feldman is the coauthor of the End of Life Handbook and many articles on hope. Hear Dr. Feldman as he discusses the historical and current research on hope.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Shelley Salpeter, MD Can metformin safely improve metabolic variables such as weight, lipids, fasting glucose and onset of outright diabetes? Will the improvement in these surrogate endpoints translate into fewer events? Dr. Shelley Salpeter joins host Dr. Lee Freedman to review the rationale for and data behind using metformin in high risk individuals to prevent the...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Nathaniel Soper, MD Innovations in minimally invasive surgery and endoscopy platforms are contributing to a promising procedural field called Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). Dr. Nathaniel Soper, professor and chair of surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and one of the first surgeons in the United States to perfor...