Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Neil Berliner, MD Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes psychiatrist and comedy writer, Neil Berliner, MD to Clinician’s Roundtable. Dr. Berliner discusses how he started his second career as a nationally acclaimed comedy writer.

Host: Danny Petrasek, MD, PhD Guest: Alejandro Gandsas, MD Join Dr. Petrasek as he speaks with Dr. Alejandro Gandsas from Baltimore's Sinai Hospital about modern trends in utilizing remote-controlled telemedical robots on the wards. Nicknamed Bari for the bariatric surgery Dr. Gandsas practices, the RP-7 Remote Presence Robotic System by InTouch Technologies is one of a number of robotic devices f...

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: James Marcin, MD Dr. Shira Johnson interviews Dr. James Marcin, Director of Pediatric Intensive Care and Telemedicine expert on issues involving HIPPA, state legislation and licensure aspects for conducting telemedicine.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: James Marcin, MD Join Dr. Shira Johnson and her guest Dr. James Marcin, Director of Pediatric Intensive Care and Telemedine Center at UC Davis to hear about the financial aspects of Telemedicine.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Mark Robson, MD Dr. Robson discusses the approach to the female patient with a high risk for breast cancer.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jeffrey Settleman, PhD How the paradigm shift in medical oncology affects drug development strategies: It’s tough to develop a new effective drug when on a solid foundation of disease knowledge. How can we development drugs when we have a paradigm shift in oncology?

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jeffrey Settleman, PhD These days treatment decisions often rely on genetics and biomarkers. Are we entering the age of personalized medicine? Dr. Bruce Bloom hosts.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jeffrey Settleman, PhD We’ve been fighting cancer for almost 50 years without real success. Could molecular targeted drugs finally be the answer?

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Linda Clever, MD What role do friendships play in your life? As a very busy practicing physician, how can you possibly take the time to nurture friendships? Are friendships important? Join Dr. Linda Clever discuss physicians and friendship.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Linda Clever, MD Overtime all physicians come face to face with some type of change and/or conflict in their practices. For some it happens often. In this segment Dr. Linda Clever discusses why conflict and change are so difficult and what physicians can do to make it easier.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Curtis Graeber, PhD What are the relationships between circadian rhythms and jet lag? Curt Graeber, PH.D, shares his NASA/airline based research on productivity and effective countermeasures.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Curtis Graeber, PhD Are circadian rhythms, biorhythms, and jet lag related? Curt Graeber, Ph. D, has studied these issues for NASA and the airline industries, and shares his research and its implications with host Dr. Gary Kohn.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Gregory Belenky, MD How can we measure sleep and sleep deficits? Are there effective pharmacologic or other counter-measures? Dr. Belenky discusses the implications for our patients and ourselves.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Gregory Belenky, MD What is sleep, and why do we need it? Dr. Belenky discusses the basic science, the research of sleep deficits, and the consequences for our patients and ourselves. We'll review effective and not-so-effective countermeasures to sleep deficits.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Linda Clever, MD Join Dr. Linda Clever, founder of RENEW, a not-for-profit aimed at helping people maintain and regain enthusiasm help you identify and improve your own psyche in your medical practice.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. David B. Nash who has repeatedly been named to Modern Healthcare’s top 100 most powerful persons in healthcare list. Tune in to find out what he has to say about the challenges facing physicians today and what needs to be in place to make your practice top notch.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Dr. David B. Nash, author of the book, Practicing Medicine in the 21st Century. They will discuss the book which covers medical management from head to toe. Tune in to see into the future of your practice.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Peter Maris Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Peter Maris, president of the Resource Financial Group. You may have a general idea of what to do with regards to estate planning, but tune in to hear "what not to do". Avoiding the pitfalls may be the most important lesson you learn.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Peter Maris Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Peter Maris, president of the Resource Financial Group. Tune in to hear the foundation of good investing. Don't skip the basics.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Naomi Kleitman, PhD Dr. Kleitman discusses exciting emerging therapies for spinal cord injury. She focuses on therapies that target repair and regeneration of the spinal cord as well as those approaches that take advantage of CNS tissue plasticity.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Naomi Kleitman, PhD Dr. Kleitman discusses exciting new therapies for spinal cord injury and focuses on treatments that target neuroprotection.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Naomi Kleitman, PhD Dr. Kleitman reviews some standard approaches to the treatment of apinal cord injury. She also discusses novel and emerging therapies.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Naomi Kleitman, PhD Dr. Freedman speaks with Dr. Naomi Kleitman, Program Director for the NIH's National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke and a nationally renowned expert in spinal cord injury research, about therapies for patients with spinal cord injuries.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Frank Vocci, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. Frank Vocci, Director of the Division of Pharmacotherapies and Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse at the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH. He will discuss NicVAX, an anti-smoking vaccine that keeps nicotine molecules from ever entering or affecting the brain. Tune in to find out how it works. And, more impor...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, former drug rep turned award-winning filmaker. They will discuss alternative ways pharma can educate physicians about new drugs.