Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Charles van der Horst, MD Host Dr. Shira Johnson speaks with Dr. Charles van der Horst about his upbringings as an HIV/AIDS specialist and the directions of HIV research today. Dr van der Horst has been involved in HIV research for 27 years and speaks on his concerns within this field along with current trends and funding in 2008. He also talks about his important wo...

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Christina M. Puchalski, MD How can we address the formless notion of spirituality in the exam room? Moving beyond religion, Dr. Christina Puchalski, internist, and Director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality in Health, and Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University speaks with your host, Dr. Michael Greenb...

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Christina M. Puchalski, MD What place does spirituality have in the practice of medicine? To what extent should it be incorporated in medical school while first being exposed to treating patients of varying spiritualities? Host Dr. Michael Greenberg addresses these and other questions with Dr. Christina Puchalski, the founding director of the George Washington In...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Matt Budoff, MD In this segment, Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes our guest Dr. Matt Budoff Associate Professor of Medicine UCLA School of Medicine. They discuss the developments in noninvasive imaging and how these modalities are used in identifying patients with high levels of calcified plaque and high probability of being a vulnerable patient.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Jeffrey Rudolph, PsyD Your appointments with patients are often brief. You have a lot to accomplish in short time. Beyond diagnosis and treatment, how can you also use this time to better your relationship with patients? Jeffrey Rudolph, PsyD, adjunct assistant clinical professor of psychology in psychiatry at Yeshiva University Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology,...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Roba Whiteley, MS The role of doctors and other health professionals in helping the uninsured gain access to medicines is critical. But doctors don't always know what is out there to help their patients access prescription drugs. Roba Whiteley, executive director of TogetherRx Access tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about an effort to link millions of uninsured pa...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Roba Whiteley, MS As the number of uninsured Americans continues to climb, drug coverage remains an important issue for presidential candidates. Roba Whiteley, executive director of Together Rx Access tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the role the drug industry can have through a public-private partnership to spur access to medicines. Together Rx works with s...

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Ken Brummel-Smith, MD Women live longer than men, even in the poorest countries. This statistic from a 2006 article in The British Medical Journal was the topic of our discussion with guest Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith, Professor in the department of Geriatrics at Florida State University College of Medicine. He and host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg talk about why men live shorter...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Scott Becker, JD The physician-owned hospital industry is seemingly under attack, despite successes in certain parts of the country. Scott Becker, co-chairman of the McGuireWoods law firm’s health care department, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the ability of doctors to have exclusive control of their own hospitals, particularly specialized facilities. In...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Scott Becker, JD Physician ownership of ambulatory surgery centers has been hailed as a successful way to bring more competition to the health care industry and potentially better prices and more efficient care. But Scott Becker, co-chairman of law firm McGuireWoods Health Care practice tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen that doctors involved in the surgery center b...

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Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Heidi Kraft, MD Dr. Heidi Kraft, clinical psychologist, Deputy Manager for the Navy's Combat and Operational Stress Control Program in San Diego, California, and author of the book, "Rule Number 2: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital", shares some of her remarkable experiences during time spent in 2004 serving as the Navy's Officer in Charge of a combat stress platoon...

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Heidi Kraft, MD What are the expectations and realities of treatment in the surreal environment of a combat hospital, where 'incoming' is a threat to both doctor and patient? Dr. Heidi Kraft, clinical psychologist, and Deputy Manager for the Navy's Combat and Operational Stress Control Program in San Diego, California, discusses her memoir based upon time spent as the of...

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Mary Daly, MD, PhD We typically think of BRCA gene mutations as a primary concern for women’s health. Are there significant corollaries for men's health too? New findings suggest this may be the case. Host Dr. Gary Kohn explores the broadening scope of BRCA-linked cancers with Mary Daly, MD, PhD, director of the Cancer Control Program and senior vice president of populat...

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Mary Daly, MD, PhD Dr. Mary Daly, oncologist, PhD epidemiologist, Director of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program, and Senior Vice President for Population Science at the Fox Chase Cancer Center speaks with your host, Dr. Gary Kohn, on cancer prevention, the implications of BRCA 1&2 regarding risk of breast and ovarian cancer, the human genome project, and gene...

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Sandeep Jauhar, MD Dr. Gary Kohn speaks with Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, physicist, cardiologist, medical writer, and director of the Heart Failure Program at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York regarding his book, Intern: A doctor's initiation .

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Sandeep Jauhar, MD Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, physicist, cardiologist, medical writer, and Director of the Heart Failure Program at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York City speaks with your host, Dr. Gary Kohn about the transitional period of internship in his book, "Intern: A Doctor's Initiation". Dr. Jauhar relates common experiences through highlights of his ow...

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Lawrence Robbins, MD Noted author and researcher Dr Larry Robbins is interviewed by Dr Shira Johnson to discuss his recent published study on Bipolar Patients presenting with Migraine, Cluster, and Chronic Tension Headache. Discussion is on diagnosis and treatment challanges.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Lawrence Robbins, MD Noted Author and Researcher Dr Larry Robbins is interviewed by Dr Shira Johnson to discuss his study on the prevalence of Personality Disorders in patients presenting with Migraine. Discussion is on screening, diagnosis and management.

Host: Sherwin Ho, MD Guest: Timothy Taft, MD ACL injuries can be devastating to your athletic patients. Patellar tendonitis may be less demoralizing, but nonetheless aggravating to basketball players who surely need healthy legs. Is the ACL injury an automatic ticket to the operating room? What are the most efficient therapies for patellar tendonitis? Host Dr. Sherwin Ho welcomes Dr. Timothy Taft,...

Host: Sherwin Ho, MD Guest: Timothy Taft, MD Basketball season brings on a lot of injuries amongst college players. In this segment our guest Dr. Timothy Taft, Medical Director of the UNC Tarheels tells us about the most common types of injuries he sees. He discusses how injuries vary between his men's and women's teams and talks about the most common courses of treatment and prevention. Join host...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Edgar Staren, MD, PhD, MBA When it comes to cancer care, we know about chemotherapy, surgery, bone marrow transplants and even the coming of stem cell therapies. But should hope also be included as a treatment for these life threatening diseases? Dr. Edgar Staren, senior vice president for clinical affairs and chief medical officer at Cancer Treatment Centers of America s...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Edgar Staren, MD, PhD, MBA The customer is often first when seated at a restaurant table or when he or she walks into the lobby of the Ritz Carlton, but such an experience can still be a new phenomenon in health care. Dr. Edgar Staren, Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at Cancer Treatment Centers of America tells the Chicago Tribune's Br...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH Consumers are demanding high-quality healthcare at a reasonable price. How can we work with them to ensure the emergence of this ideal scenario? Dr. Mark Chassin, president of the Joint Commission, tells host Bruce Japsen about payment schemes linked to standardized measures, and tactics to reduce overuse of services, among other strategies to b...

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH How should quality standards be integrated into the national debate on health care reform? Dr. Mark Chassin, president of the Joint Commission, tells host Bruce Japsen how we can address health care quality, one of the major challenges facing the medical system in the United States.