Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Sarah Lovinger, MD In this segment Dr. Sarah Lovinger talks about balancing the careers of both a practicing internist and a medical journalist.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Shirley Grace, MA Dr. Michael Greenberg talks with Shirley Grace of Physician's Practice Journal about creating better communication with pharmacists in order to reduce the frustration of paperwork involved with prescriptions. She discusses the value of e-prescribing.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Shirley Grace, MA Dr. Michael Greenberg talks with Shirley Grace of Physician's Practice Journal about ways to interact more smoothly with pharmacists and reduce the paperwork involved with prescription writing.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Daniel Siegel, PhD The benefits of being present in your own medical practice has unlimited benefits to you, your patients, your co-workers. How do you become a more mindful practioner? Join Dr. Daniel Siegel, Psychiatrist, and Author, talk about bringing mindfulness to your own medical practice.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Daniel Siegel, PhD Join Dr. Daniel Siegel, author of the Mindful Brain, sharing a part of his own spiritual journey in which he participated in a silence retreat for a week.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Daniel Siegel, PhD How does mindfulness change the brain? Join Dr. Dan Siegel, author of The Mindful Brain, as he shares with us the road to mindfulness through meditation and explains the sceintific research illustrating the many changes that occur in the brain as a result of mindfulness.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Shelly Batra, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard speaks with Dr. Shelly Batra, gynecologist and Medical Director for Operation Asha based in New Delhi, who expanded her vision for better women's health by confronting a well established taboo in her culture. Women are fearful about seeking medical care for tuberculosis, as this diagnosis often selectively leads to loss of jobs,...

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Shelly Batra, MD Join Dr. Shelly Batra, Medical Director of Operation Asha, a nationwide TB-eradicating initiative in India, as she speaks about the establishment of clinics in the slums of New Delhi. Their innovative use of DOTS (Direct Observance of Treatment System) is a cost effective way to save lives from this treatable disease.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Josef Woodman Join Josef Woodman, President of The Healthy Travel Company and author of the book, Patients Beyond Borders," as he discusses the advantages of medical care at foreign destinations.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Josef Woodman Join Josef Woodman, President of The Healthy Travel Company and author of "Patients Beyond Borders," as he discusses medical tourism.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Over 40 Million Americans suffer from arthritis. Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, based in Dallas, Texas, and author of "Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now," discuss his 4-step natural program to treat arthritis.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, based in Dallas, Texas, and author of "From Fatigued to Fantastic," as he discusses the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal insufficiency.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, based in Dallas, Texas, and author of "From Fatigued to Fantastic," as he disucces the diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, based in Dallas, Texas, and author of the book, "From Fatigued to Fantastic," as he discusses how to treat insomnia.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD Join Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers, based in Dallas, Texas, as he discusses his book, Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Gail Hansen, MPH Join State Epidemiologist, Dr. Gail Hansen, from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, as she discusses lessons learned from the 2004 Kansas outbreak of Bite Mites.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Linda Murray, MD, MPH Join the Chief Medical Officer for the Cook County Department of Public Health in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Linda Rae Murray, explain how to diagnose and treat itch mite bites.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Patrick O'Neal, MD Dr. J. Patrick O'Neal Director of Preparedness for the State of Georgia, discusses the public/ private partnerships in disaster preparedness.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Mike Murphy Dr. Bruce Bloom will be discussing the management of the chaos at the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse with first responders: Mike Murphy, Operations Supervisor and Jeff Czyson also Operations Supervisor At North Memorial Ambulance.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Your patient plans a business trip to Mumbai, India. Can he drink the bottled water there? He then plans to vacation in Cancun. Is it safe to eat an apple from the local street vendor? Our guest is Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky. She is an Expert Consultant, in the Division Of Global Migration and Quarantine, at the CDC, and a Professor of Medicine And Infectious Diseases in the Dep...

Host: Michael Benson, MD You are planning a trip to Sierra Leone to do medical humanitarian work. What vaccines do you need? Where can you find out? You are listening to ReachMD XM 233, the channel for medical Professionals. Our guest, Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky is an Expert Consultant, in the Division Of Global Migration and Quarantine, at the CDC, and a Professor of Medicine And Infectious Diseases in...

Host: Michael Benson, MD How do you advise your patients who travel internationally for work or play? When they travel to some tropical beach for vacation they definitely to not want to bring back memories of a date with Plasmodium falciparum. Our guest, Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky is an Expert Consultant, in the Division Of Global Migration and Quarantine, at the CDC, and a Professor of Medicine And Inf...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Yellowbook.com is a web site for looking up phone numbers. Yet for physicians, another Yellow Book, this one published by the CDC, is much more useful. It is guide for giving medical advice to travelers and is up-dated every two years. Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky, an Expert Consultant in the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine at the CDC, and a Professor of Medicine And I...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Christie Reed, MD, MPH Your patient is planning to adopt a baby from China? What medical advice can you give her? What can she expect in terms of health exams for the baby? Another aspect of family travel is travel oversees with small children? What are some of their health issues with these long trips? Learn the answers from our guest, Dr. Christie Reed. She is a T...

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Christie Reed, MD, MPH You plan to spend two weeks in Madagascar at a clinic for victims of the Tsunami. Will you actually do any good or will your presence merely be an added burden for an overstrained system? What precautions do you need to take so that you will remain a treater and not become a patient? What about patients who travel to other countries for medica...