Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Robert Cantu, MD Is there a definitive time when an injured athlete can return to the field? What are the 25 criteria to evaluate a player who has sustained a concussive injury? Join host Dr. Bill Rutenberg for his insightful discussion with Dr. Robert Cantu, chief of neurosurgery and director of sports medicine at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Robert Cantu, MD Dr. Robert Cantu is our guest for an interview about sports-related head injuries and their lasting impact on female athletes. Join host Bill Rutenberg, MD for an interesting discussion about injury and recovery.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: James King, MD Many have done it, or at least thought about it: fudging or manipulating diagnoses on provider records to ensure better coverage of care for patients. But is it right, and what are the potential consequences for these actions? Dr. Michael Greenberg talks with Dr. James King, President of the American Academy of Family Physicians about ethical issue...

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: James King, MD Dr. Michael Greenberg talks with Dr. James King, President of the American Academy of Family Physicians about ethical issues resulting from insurance company policies. They discuss the risks and consequences of changing or "altering" diagnoses to insure patients obtain the care they need.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Brian Berman, MD Guest: David Tarantino, MD Dr. Michael Greenberg speaks with Dr. David Tarantino and Dr. Brian Berman of the University of Maryland Shock Trauma and Integrative Medicine Centers about how non-traditional therapies are being successfully used to help patients treated for shock trauma.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Brian Berman, MD Guest: David Tarantino, MD Dr. Michael Greenberg speaks with Dr. David Tarantino and Dr. Brian Berman of the University of Maryland Shock Trauma and Integrative Medicine Centers about how non-traditional therapies are being successfully used to help patients treated for shock trauma.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Mark Kirk, JD Congressman Mark Kirk, vice chair of the congressional diabetes caucus speaks with host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill about various healthcare policy topics including SCHP and Insuring the uninsured and underinsured.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: William Hozack, MD As America ages, hip replacement will be a more common surgery than it already is. Has anything changed in hip replacement surgery? What do you need to be able to tell your patient? Join host, Dr. Mark Nolan Hill in an update on hip replacement with guest Dr. Bill Hozack.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: William Hozack, MD Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill interviews orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Bill Hozack, of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, about hip resurfacing, a newer alternative to the hip replacement procedure. What are the benefits of hip resurfacing? Is it here to stay? Find out if your patients should consider hip resurfacing.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Lazar Greenfield, MD The invention of the Greenfield Filter has changed the outcomes for many patients with pulmonary embolisms. Join host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill for this fascinating conversation with the pioneer of the Greenfield Filter and renown surgeon, Dr. Lazar Greenfield, about his invention.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Lazar Greenfield, MD What do a pulmonary embolism and oil field sludge have in common? Find out in Dr. Mark Hill's interview with Dr. Lazar Greenfield, renown surgeon and inventor of the Greenfield Filter.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Lazar Greenfield, MD Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill interviews Dr. Lazar Greenfield, surgeon and developer of the Greenfield intracaval filter, about his longitudinal study of older surgeons, looking at the relationship between self-perceived cognitive changes in memory and objectively demonstrated cognitive performance.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Stephen Colagiuri, MD What should your goals be in diabetes control for your patients? Host Dr. Shira Johnson invites Dr. Stephen Colagiur, chair of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Clinical Guidelines, to discuss established guidelines and the implications for primary care providers.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Stephen Colagiuri, MD For years physicians have been taught to target the FBS in their diabetic patients. Dr. Shira Johnson interviews Dr. Stephen Colaguiri from the International Diabetes Federation whose recent work shows that this is not enough.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Graham Ogle, MD Join Dr. Graham Ogle from Sydney, Australia, as he discusses the International Diabetes Federation Life for a Child Program.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Judy Capko Not unique to medical practices, staff motivation and maximizing productivity are great opportunities and challenges for all business managers. In this segment, our guest, medical consultant Judy Capko offers insights to host Dr. Larry Kaskel on how to motivate and improve productivity from staff.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Judy Capko In this segment, host Dr. Larry Kaskel interviews medical practice consultant Judy Capko about how physicians can better manage the day to day challenges in their medical practice

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Rick Goldstein, MD Our guest Dr. Rick Goldstein was integral in AAP National Center of Medical Home Initiatives project to create a video about caring for terminally ill children. In this segment host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg helps us learn about the video project and what medical professionals should know about caring for terminally ill children.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Susan Cu-Uvin, MD For women with HIV in the US, nursing is not an option. Yet is nursing their babies a better choice for women with HIV in other countries? The answer may surprise you. Today our guest is Dr. Susan Cu-Uvin, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and Medicine at Brown Medical School. She is also Director of the Miriam Hospital's Immunology Center in...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Susan Cu-Uvin, MD Before the Hepatitis B vaccine, up to one-third of obstetricians had been infected with Hepatitis B—chiefly from needle sticks or other exposures to bodily fluids. However, our modern day plague, HIV has no vaccine. What are the risks to doctors and nurses from providing care to HIV patients? In this segment host Dr. Michael Benson discusses HIV du...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Susan Cu-Uvin, MD In one developing Asian country, not a single case of HIV was found among several thousand pregnant women tested. Yet in one African country, a whopping 40% of pregnant women were infected. How can either be true? Why? Today our guest is Dr. Susan Cu-Uvin, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and Medicine at Brown Medical School. She is also Dire...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Denise L. Faustman, MD Dr. Denise L. Faustman, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Immunobiology Laboratories at the Massachusetts General Hospital discusses how her Type 1 diabetes cure research is funded.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Linda Given Welch, CNM Linda Given Welch, a certified nurse-midwife currently in clinical practice in Illinois with delivery privileges at Evanston Northwestern Hospital. Linda has a masters degree in Nursing from Rush University (Chicago) and a certificate in nurse-midwifery from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is an Instructor in Clinical Obstetrics a...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jonathan Stamler, MD Dr. Jonathan Stamler, George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, Duke University Medical Center in Raleigh Durham, North Carolina is discussing the clinical implications of transfusing stored blood his research that were discovered through his recently published research.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jonathan Stamler, MD Dr. Jonathan Stamler, George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, Duke University Medical Center in Raleigh Durham, North Carolina discusses his research that discovered issues with the quality of stored blood that could affect patients who are transfused.