Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Bob Phillips, MBA Dr. Larry Kaskel talks to Bob Phillips, President of the Ritz Carlton Club as well as Dr. James Creighton who is hand surgeon and memeber of the Ritz Carlton Club. Tune in as Dr. Kaskel asks all the questions you've been wondering about time shares and fractional ownership.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Pamela Moore, PhD Dr. Michael Greenberg welcomes Pamela Moore, senior editor at Physicians Practice Magazine as they discuss what doctors should and can do when the cost of a procedure exceeds the reimbursement.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Pamela Moore, PhD Dr. Michael Greenberg welcomes Pamela Moore, Senior Editor of Physicians Practice Magazine discussing what doctors can and should do when the cost of a procedure exceeds the reimbursement.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: David Walsh, PhD How can physicians take a role in offering guidelines to parents and children about video games and screen time? Join Dr. David Walsh in a discussion about the role of physicians and how they can make an impact.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: David Walsh, PhD What do researchers know about the parts of the brain that are stimulated and impacted when a child is interacting with a video game? Join Dr. David Walsh in a discussion of video games and the brain.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: David Walsh, PhD Are video games addicting? Dr. David Walsh, President of the National Institute of Media and the Family discusses the properties of addiction and considers when and if video games are addicting and whether or not they can be treated like an addiction.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: David Walsh, PhD How do video games impact the life of a child? According to Dr. David Walsh, President of the National Institute of Media and the Family and Spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics Violence Campaign, there can be both good and bad effects. Learn why in this segment.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH Guest: Barry Maron, MD What is the risk of sudden death for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? Dr. Barry Maron, Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center in Minneapolis, will discuss the risk of sudden death and the use of defibrillators in these high risk patients.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Richard D. Lamm, Gov. We’ve created a paradox in the United States healthcare system between Access with an “A” & Excess with an “E”. What impact will this paradox have on the practice of medicine? Gov. Lamm discusses how this Access/Excess issue came about and what we can do to change it.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: John Brooks, MD In this segment Dr. John Brooks discusses a variety of pathology issues today. He talks about new equipment and technology, new immunohistochemical markers, errors in pathology, tissue samples and more.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: John Brooks, MD Do pod labs violate the Stark Requirements? Are pod labs a case of physician self-referral? In this segment Dr. John Brooks talks about pod labs and other important issues facing pathologists today.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: John Brooks, MD In this segment Dr. John Brooks explains the role of the pathology lab in the doctor/patient relationship.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: John Brooks, MD Because sarcomas only account for a small percentage of new cancer cases, tissue samples for research purposes are not so easy to obtain. In this segment, learn from Dr. John Brooks how the LMS foundation started a tissue bank to help gather leiomyosarcoma tissue for research.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Bowen White, MD Join Bowen White, doctor, international lecturer, author and clown, discuss his book, Why Normal Isn't Healthy, and life as a clown.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Bowen White, MD Join doctor, author, international lecturer and clown, Dr. Bowen White, as he describes his most recent humanitarian clowning trip to Ecuador.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Diane Meier, MD hear Dr. Diane Meier from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Center to Advance Palliative Care, as she discusses the inner life of physicians who care for the seriously ill.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Diane Meier, MD Hear Dr. Diane Meier, from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Center to Advance Palliative Care, discuss how to run a successful family meeting.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Geoffrey Kurland, MD Join Dr. Geoffrey Kurland as he describes how he treats his pediatric patients differently because of his own battle with Hairy Cell Leukemia.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Geoffrey Kurland, MD Join Dr. Geoffrey Kurland as he discusses his life as an avid runner and his participation in many ultra-marathons of 50-100 miles in length.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Geoffrey Kurland, MD Join Dr. Geoffrey Kurland as he discusses his own battle with Hairy Cell Leukemia.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Jeffrey Kline, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Dr. Jeffrey Kline, Research Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center. They will discuss the conflict between new technology and its risks in overcrowded US emergency departments. Is this an instance when less is more?

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Jeffrey Kline, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Kline, developer of the PERC decision rule. He will discuss how PERC can decrease unnecessary, expensive testing being performed on healthy persons primarily in response to physicians’ fear of medical malpractice.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Barjor Gimi, PhD Translating knowledge from bedside to bench and back again is the Holy Grail for all medical professionals. Physician Scientists are the transport vehicle.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Barjor Gimi, PhD Dr. Gimi discusses his micro-container patent and related research focused on encapsulated cell based therapies.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Barjor Gimi, PhD Dr. Gimi discusses his research focused on encapsulated cell based therapies, and how it compares to what others are doing in the field.