Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Sabina Dambrauskas, CNMs Sabina Dambrauskas, a retired certified nurse-midwife and Instructor at the College of Nurse-Midwives at the University of Illinois at Chicago is discussing the clinical impact that a midwife can have in medical care.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Ursula Bauer, PhD Population-level controls on smoking result in more aware and motivated smokers coming to the practicing physician's office. Dr. Bauer discusses how changing the environment, changes the smoker, and how physicians can access resource which piggy-back on these changes.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Ursula Bauer, PhD Because of a perceived lack of leadership at the Federal level, several states and communities have taken the lead in public health policy and smoking. Dr. Bauer shares with us the experience of New York state and how this impacts both smokers and non-smokers.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Gregory Gilbert, MD In the event of a flu pandemic, Dr. Gregory Gilbert, an Emergency Medicine Specialist at Stanford University, suggests it may make sense to keep people with suspected flu out of the ER, while triaging them to the care they need. He discusses the concept of "drive-thru" triage and how it might be adapted to community hospitals.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Gregory Gilbert, MD What would happen at your ER if a quarter of the staff were sick, and hundreds of people began streaming in with a highly infectious and potentially lethal influenza. Dr. Gregory Gilbert, an Emergency Medicine specialist at Stanford University, discusses the role physicians play in helping their hospital's disaster planning.

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: John McCain Republican contender Sen. John McCain discusses his healthcare reform proposals at length--in his own words.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Bill Crounse, MD Our guest, Dr. Bill Crounse, Senior Director, Microsoft Worldwide Health talks with host Larry Kaskel about 5 emerging trends in healthcare technology. How will these trends affect you in your role as a healthcare provider?

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Bill Crounse, MD Dr. Bill Crounse, Senior Director, Microsoft Worldwide Health joins host Dr. Larry Kaskel for an in-depth look at the many technological advances available now and in the future to help us better manage healthcare communications and operations.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Peter Pitts Healthcare reform! The buzz word of candidates and policy makers, healthcare managers, doctors, and patients. What are the underlying problems in our healthcare system and what should we do? Join host Dr. Larry Kaskel interview our guest Peter Pitts.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Peter Pitts Many are eagerly awaiting approval of certain drugs whether it be to cure a patient or to realize the research put into the development of the drug. Would a speedier drug approval process ultimately help or hinder our healthcare system? Join Dr. Larry Kaskel interviewing Peter Pitts, co-founder of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Peter Maris Financial Consultant Peter Maris walks through the many considerations when deciding to select individual stocks vs. purchasing funds. Join host Dr. Larry Kaskel in an interesting investment discussion.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Peter Maris Financial Advisor Peter Maris discusses with host Dr. Larry Kaskel the ABC's of owning annuities. In their discussion they talk about variable and fixed annuities, deferred taxes, different types of annuties and risk assessment.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Christian Clemenson Can an actor teach us how to better undertand our patients? Christian Clemenson, who plays Jerry "Hands" Espenson on Boston Legal discusses his role as a chacter with Aspergers Syndrome with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Christian Clemenson Christian Clemenson, or Jerry "Hands" Espenson from Boston Legal discusses with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg how he learned to play the role of a character with Aspergers Syndrome.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Joseph Golish, MD Dr. Golish outlines the rationale behind as well as the specifics of the treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Joseph Golish, MD Dr. Joseph Golish reviews basic and newer understandings that will assist in the clinical identification and evaluation of patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Kenneth Thorpe, PhD Dr. Kenneth Thorpe discusses the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease with host Mark Nolan Hill. Can healthcare be made more affordable by attacking chronic diseases like cancer and obesity?

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Kenneth Thorpe, PhD Dr. Kenneth Thorpe discusses with host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill the state of healthcare in the United States today. He talks about state and federal coverage of the uninsured, SCHIP, presidential candidates' health policy and more.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Spero Karas, MD The reported rates of failure after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair are widely varied. Dr. Spero Karas, director of the Emory Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, talks host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill through the double-row rotator cuff repair procedure, a newer and more successful repair technique. Which patient populations will do best with t...

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Rick Goldstein, MD Dr. Rick Goldstein discusses the state of pediatric palliative care in America today, including the directions this emerging field is taking and the challenges practitioners face in terms of recognition and acceptance in the wider community.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Jennifer Ackerman Is it a biological imperative to want to nap in the afternoon? Author of “Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream”, Jennifer Ackerman joins ReachMD Book Club host, Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss siestas, napping and our circadian rhythms.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Thomas Schwartz, MD Fibromyalgia can be one of the most challenging problems to treat. How can we treat it effectively? Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes research psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Schwartz to review the current and future treatments of fibromyalgia.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Thomas Schwartz, MD What approach should you take when your patient doesn’t respond to an antidepressant? The answer may be different than what you might expect! Dr. Thomas Schwartz joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to explore the options available when the first antidepressant does not work.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Thomas Schwartz, MD Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., with 40 million of the adult U.S. population affected. How far have we come in treating this common problem? Anxiety disorders specialist Dr. Thomas Schwartz joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to review treatment options for anxiety disorders.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Thomas Schwartz, MD Most psychiatric medications can cause weight gain and ultimately obesity. What are the risks and what can we do to combat this? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt discusses the options with Thomas Schwartz, MD.