Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard L. Harvey, MD Cortical Stimulation has been found to improve the brain functioning of patients after stroke. In this segment Dr. Richard Harvey of RIC explains 3 methods of cortical stimulation and talks about when, how and why cortical stimulation can improve outcomes for stroke patients.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard L. Harvey, MD Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) is a newer technique used to help stroke victims recover motor skills. In this segment Dr. Richard Harvey explains the history and process of improving motor skills using CIMT. He also breaks down the steps of shaping and talks about some of the state of the art tools used by rehab institutes to assis...

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard L. Harvey, MD This segment begins with a medical explanation of stroke and the risk factors of stroke. Following the basics, Dr. Richard Harvey of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago explains the neuroplasticity and recovery of the brain following a stroke.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jayanta Debnath, MD Autophagy and Anoikis sounds to the unfamiliar like a hip law firm, but in truth these terms describe cellular processes that may soon help us find the cure to cancer.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jayanta Debnath, MD Autophagy-one of those words we remember from the basic science courses in med school-could it be relevant to curing cancer? Discussion on cancer research focusing on autophagy.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jayanta Debnath, MD Translating knowledge from bedside to bench and back again is the Holy Grail for all medical professionals. Physician Scientists are the transport vehicle. Today, we are discussing Dr. Debnath's choice to pursue cancer research instead of clinical care.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jayanta Debnath, MD Making a discovery is to a researcher what hitting a game winning home run is to a ball player. But does getting there first sometimes put the patients last? Today we are discussing issues surrounding researchers’ ability to share research information.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Katrina Firlik, MD Dr. Katrina Firlik, author of "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: a Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside" discusses being female in the male dominated specialty, neurosurgery.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Katrina Firlik, MD Dr. Katrina Firlik, author of "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: a Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside" discusses the practice of neurosurgery.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Katrina Firlik, MD Dr. Katrina Firlik, author of "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: a Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside" discusses her experiences as a neurosurgery resident as documented in her book.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Katrina Firlik, MD Dr. Katrinia Firlik discusses the writing and publishing of her book, "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside."

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Roberta Greenspan Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Roberta Greenspan and Tracy Zirin of Special Docs Consulting, a firm dedicated exclusively to converting traditional primary care medical practices to concierge models. Listen in to take the quiz to find out if you should be thinking about converting your practice.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Roberta Greenspan Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Roberta Greenspan and Tracy Zirin of Special Docs Consulting, a firm dedicated exclusively to converting traditional primary care medical practices to concierge models. Tune in to find out what this new trend is all about.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Luis Porrata, MD Tens of thousands of autologous stem cell transplants are performed each year to treat blood cancer. Is there a way to increase the long term success rates?

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Luis Porrata, MD Tens of thousands of autologous stem cell transplants are performed each year to treat blood cancer. Is there a way to increase the long term success rates?

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Luis Porrata, MD Tens of thousands of autologous stem cell transplants are performed each year to treat blood cancer. Is there a way to increase the long term success rates?

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

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: William V. Tamborlane, MD What causes type 1 diabetes? Are there predictors? Can the disease be delayed? What is currently being studied to prevent or cure diabetes and where are we at? In this segment Dr. Tamborlane addresses these issues and more.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: William V. Tamborlane, MD What are the best practices in supporting a patient and their family in treating type 1 diabetes? How do you educate the family, How do you monitor the child? What is the physicians role in the management of a 24/7 disease. In this segment Dr. William Tamborlane shares his vast experience of caring for children with type 1 diabetes.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: William V. Tamborlane, MD How has the management of diabetes changed for children in the last 20 years? Join Dr. William Tamborlane with an update on the state of the art treatments for type 1 diabetes.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: William V. Tamborlane, MD In this segment Dr. William Tamborlane discusses the management of type 1 diabetes using an artificial pancreas.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Carol Southard, RN Dr. Larry Kaskel is discusses each of the various smoking cessation options available with Carol Southard, RN, MSN, and an American Lung Association certified instructor with over 20 years experience and proven success. Carol serves as the Tobacco Cessation Consultant for Chicago area hospitals. You'll learn the pros and cons of the name brand drugs...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Carol Southard, RN Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Carol Southard, RN, MSN, and an American Lung Association certified instructor with over 20 years experience and proven success and Tobacco Cessation Consultant for Chicago area hospitals. She will go over what works and what doesn't work and why.

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Charles Bennett, MD The FDA is supposed to monitor adverse drug reactions after drugs are approved and put on the market. It collects information in a huge database to try to spot problems. But a handful of researchers tucked away in a university are using a completely different approach--and spotting problems years before the FDA could. Find out how these medical detecti...

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Gordon Guyatt, MD Everyone has an opinion about the Canadian healthcare system--whether it's a good idea, a travesty, or something in between. But how good is it, really? A comprehensive study looks at healthcare outcomes in Canada and the U.S.--and the findings will surprise you.