Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Joe McCannon Joe McCannon, a VP at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and manager of the 5 Million Lives Campaign, discusses the groundbreaking, voluntary initiative to protect patients from five million incidents of medical harm in US hospitals over two years (December 2006 – December 2008).

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Joe McCannon Joe McCannon, VP and Campaign Manager for the IHI, discusses the 100,000 lives campaign which began in 2006. Up to 15M incidents of patient harm occur in US Hospitals each year-what can we do to reduce these iatrogenic errors?

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: W. Michael Alberts, MD, MBA Dr. Alberts, a past president of the American College of Chest Physicians, discusses the rationale for the new recommendation from that body against the use of CT scanning to screen for lung cancer.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH Guest: David Faxon, MD Dr. David Faxon, Professor of Cardiology at Harvard Medical School, will outline strategies to improve early reperfusion in patients presenting with an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. How can we improve door-to-balloon times and save lives?

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH Guest: Ziyad Hijazi, MD Dr. Ziyad Hijazi, an interventional cardiologist at Rush Medical Center, will discuss the diagnosis and treatment of atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale in children and adults. When do we close these defects?

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Christopher Cates, MD Following an interventional radiologic procedure, patients often have to lay still for 6-8 hours to enable their groin wound to properly close. Often times the patient returns to the physician because of a groin complication. Today's guest, Dr. Christopher Cates holds a patent on a new method for quickly sealing arterial puncture sites, decrea...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Christopher Cates, MD There is a huge opportunity to improve the outcomes of stroke victims by reorganizing our healthcare delivery system to provide access to acute stroke care in highly specialized stroke centers in similar ways that heart centers mobilized 25 years ago. Join host, Dr. Mark Nolan Hill in an intersting conversation with our guest, Dr. Christopher...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Christopher Cates, MD Physicians at Emory recently developed a procedure that combines Virtual Reality with MRI to enable vascular surgeons to walk through a procedure using Virtual Realty minutes before they do the actual procudure. In this segment, join host, Dr. Mark Nolan Hill walk through the VR procedure as a surgeon would, prior to conducting the actual proc...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Christopher Cates, MD Physicians at Emory recently developed a procedure that combines Virtual Reality with MRI to enable vascular surgeons to walk through a procedure using Virtual Realty minutes before they do the actual procudure. In this segment, join host, Dr. Mark Nolan Hill learn how this procedure was developed and how it is currently being used in practice...

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Don Goldmann, MD Dr. Donald Goldmann from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement answers the challenging questions on Community Acquired MRSA. Could it have been prevented? What do we know about the genotype?

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Don Goldmann, MD Hospital Acquired MRSA has gone from 40% to 60% in ten years. Dr. Shira Johnson interviews Dr. Donald Goldmann from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to discuss our approach to this pathogen. Why aren't we successful in eradicating MRSA in our hospitals?

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Marla Salmon, ScD, RN The current state of the nursing profession is not optimal. How can we correct shortages and expand opportunities for nursing education. Join host Dr. Bill Rutenberg for an in-depth interview on the state of nursing with Dean Marla Salmon.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Marla Salmon, ScD, RN What does the future look like for the nursing profession? Are traditional nursing roles out the door? What roles will nurses play in the future? How will new technology change jobs and responsibilities in nursing? Our guest, Dean Marla Salmon shares answers to these questions and more with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: John Halpern, MD Host Dr. Shira Johnson welcomes Dr. John Halpern, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, to discusses his research on psilocybin for cluster headaches. Why does this treatment work, when so many others have failed to relieve the pain of cluster headaches?

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: John Halpern, MD Dr. John Halpern has delivered scientific evidence supporting that MDMA, or Ecstasy, works to relieve anxiety for patients with terminal illness. Dr. Shira Johnson interviews this researcher from Harvard Medical School to learn more about altering perceptions by treating medical illnesses with illicit drugs.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Clifford McDonald, MD There is a new killer infection among us. It is not MRSA, the darling of the media, and it does not necessarily lurk in hospitals. A virulent strain of Clostridia difficile has emerged and it is a threat to your patients that you should know about. Our guest is Dr. Clifford McDonald, a medical epidemiologist in the Epidemiology and Laboratory B...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Clifford McDonald, MD In the last two years, surveys of physicians show a wide spread consensus that Clostridia Difficile infections are becoming more common. What can be done to stop this emerging threat? Our guest is Dr. Clifford McDonald, a medical epidemiologist in the Epidemiology and Laboratory Branch, Division of Health Quality Promotion, CDC. He has investig...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Clifford McDonald, MD Your patient was sent home from the hospital last week and is has had five episodes explosive, malodorous diarrhea today. What do you do? Our guest is Dr. Clifford McDonald, a medical epidemiologist in the Epidemiology and Laboratory Branch, Division of Health Quality Promotion, CDC. He has investigated Clostridia difficile outbreaks and writte...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Clifford McDonald, MD Clostridium difficile. C. diff. Toxic Megacolon. Pseudomembranous colitis. This is definitely not a rose by any other name. For those of you who feel you should know all you can about the enemy, stay tuned. Our guest is Dr. Clifford McDonald, a medical epidemiologist in the Epidemiology and Laboratory Branch, Division of Health Quality Promotio...

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Michael Miller, MD Hear Dr. Michael Miller, Director of Preventive Cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, as he discusses his research on how laughter affects cardiovascular health.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Michael Miller, MD Hear Dr. Michael Miller, director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, as he discusses his research on how the Atkins, South Beach and Ornish diets affect cardiovascular health.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, PhD What are the American Medical Association's top healthcare concerns? Join host Dr. Larry Kaskel in an interview with incoming AMA President, Dr. Nancy Neilsen in which she discusses the top two issues the AMA is most concerned about in regards to healthcare policy.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Dave Mittman, PA In this segment Dave Mittman, PA, the co-founder of the American College of Clinicians, talks with Lisa D'Andrea about the needed changes for the physician assistant profession.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Dave Mittman, PA In this segment, Dave Mittman, PA, speaks with Lisa D’Andrea regarding The American College of Clinicians, an organization that unites nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Barbara Swanson, PhD, RN, ACRN Hear Barbara Swanson, PhD, RN, ACRN, associate professor in the Department of Adult Health Nursing at Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago, IL, as she discusses the effectiveness of non-pharmacologic therapies for hot flashes.