Clinician's Roundtable

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.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Elizabeth Ward, PhD Join Dr. Elizabeth Ward, the Director of Surveillance Research for the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss the 2007 Annual Report to the Nation on Cancer.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Michael Woods, MD Join Dr. Michael S. Woods discuss his new book, In A Blink: Awareness, Assessment, and Adapting to Patient Communication Needs.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Arthur Holden, MBA A better understanding of why some people are predisposed to dangerous drug interactions and serious illness is the charge of the newly formed group, International Serious Adverse Event Consortium (SAE). The Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen interviews SAE chairman and chief executive officer, Arthur Holden about this important subject.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Gokhan Mutlu, MD Guest: Scott Budinger, MD Can sitting in your car in traffic cause cardiovascular disease? Is it the stress or the pollution? Join Dr. Gokhan Mutlu and Dr. Scott Budinger in discussing the impact of air pollution on cardiovascular health.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Gokhan Mutlu, MD Guest: Scott Budinger, MD Does the air we breath cause cardiovascular disease? Join Dr. Larry Kaskel discuss the results of a study by Dr Gokhan Mutlu and Dr. Scott Budinger about pollution particles triggering blood clots.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Matthew Sorrentino, MD Did mitral valve prolapse kill the marathon runner in Chicago? In this segment Dr. Larry Kaskel talks to Dr. Matthew Sorrentino about Mitral Valve Prolapse. Is it life threatening on its own? What about when mixed with dehydration? What should physicians inform their patients about living with mitral valve prolapse?

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD Dr. Maurice Pickard discusses with Dr. Linda Emanuel some economic resilience options within the context of suffering severe illness. This model builds on easily obtainable training, social capital, low technology requirements and self-sustenence. A country that spends $6,280.00 per capita and has 1.7 trillion dollars invested in the medical...