COVID-19: On The Frontlines

Guest: Gregory J Kubicek, MD When caring for patients who are at greater risk of complications from COVID-19, what extra precautions are needed to help keep them safe and healthy? That’s what staff radiation oncologist Dr. Gregory Kubicek from the MD Anderson Cooper Cancer Center shares with us. Published June 23, 2020

Guest: Michael Greenberg, MD The chaos and uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic may make us forget the simple actions we can all do to connect with others and make the world a better place. Listen in as Dr. Michael Greenberg shares three of those simple actions. Published June 15, 2020

Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, children have adjusted their schedules and way of living like everyone else, but what effects has this massive shift had on our young patients? That’s the question Dr. Jennifer Shu is here to answer. Published June 12, 2020

Guest: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP Tune in to hear Dr. Jennifer Shu describe what her life as a pediatrician is now like due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the steps she has taken to keep her patients and colleagues healthy. Published June 12, 2020

Host: Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr., MSc Guest: David Fajgenbaum, MD Since its founding, the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN) has worked to identify an effective treatment for Castleman disease, a rare immune system disorder that leads to a cytokine storm and multi-organ failure—much like what’s being seen in COVID-19 patients. Here to review how the CDCN’s innovations are now being lever...

Guest: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP As researchers look at the spread of COVID-19 in warm areas of the globe, their findings cast doubt on the idea that the summer heat will help slow the spread. Tune in as Dr. Charles Turck explains recent studies on how heat has very little—if any—impact on the spread of viruses. Published June 5, 2020

Guest: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Against the backdrop of a global push to get more ventilators and other critical gear into the hands of healthcare professionals, some clinicians are opting out of using ventilators to treat their COVID-19 patients as several hospitals have reported unusually high death rates. Listen in as Dr. Charles Turck explains. Published June 5, 2020

Guest: Bret Nelson, MD When it comes to using ultrasound at the point of care in the setting of COVID-19, what do we need to keep in mind? Here to share his five key considerations is Dr. Bret Nelson, Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Chief of the Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Division at Mount Sinai Hospital. Published June 5, 2020

Guest: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP With the growing amount of illicit pharmaceutical drugs and medical supplies filling the global market amid the COVID-19 pandemic, are we at risk of facing another public health crisis? Listen in as Dr. Charles Turck brings this troubling trend to light. Published June 3, 2020

Guest: John Russell, MD Could immunization techniques of the past help us in our current hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine? To find out, Dr. John Russell reviews the history of immunizations going all the way back to the 1100s. Published May 29, 2020

Host: Victor Test, MD, FCCP Guest: Andrew Klein, MS, RT Tune in as Andrew Klein, a clinical nurse specialist in respiratory therapy, discusses his experiences caring for COVID-19 patients in a teamwork environment. Through these collaborations, the best care can be made available during this pandemic. Published March 26, 2020

Host: Steven Simpson, MD, FCCP Tune in as Dr. Steven Simpson speaks with a clinician on the frontlines of COVID-19 who shares her experience managing a COVID-19 case that was caught days after the patient was admitted to the hospital. Published May 19, 2020

Guest: Mangala Narasimhan, DO, FCCP Managing COVID-19 continues to be a work in progress as healthcare systems struggle to prepare for high volumes of patients in such a quick time. To help address this, Dr. Mangala Narasimhan shares her experiences and the importance of planning for double during this outbreak. Published March 16, 2020

Guest: Martha Billings, MD, MSc Guest: Renea Jablonski, MD Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians have quickly transitioned to telemedicine. To give us a better idea of what that transition has looked like in practice, Dr. Martha Billings and Dr. Renea Jablonski share their experiences in a pulmonary clinic setting. Published March 19, 2020

Host: Michael D. Christian MD Triage focuses on doing the greatest good for the greatest amount of people. Dr. Mike Christian from the Task Force for Mass Critical Care explores the why, when, and ethics of triage to aid the imbalance of supply and demand in the COVID-19 pandemic. Published April 16, 2020

Host: Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr., MSc Guest: Salman Ahmed, MD, MPH During the COVID-19 pandemic, e-consults have become the new norm, but what impacts do they have on patient care? To find out, Mario Nacinovich is joined by Dr. Salman Ahmed, who takes us through his research finding that e-consults might not just be the appropriate choice, but the preferred one over face-to-face appointments. Publis...

Host: Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr., MSc Guest: Randy Young, MD Here to give us a firsthand look into how ICUs across the country are confronting the COVID-19 pandemic head-on is Dr. Randy Young, a critical care doctor who’s treating COVID-19 patients in the mid-Atlantic area. Dr. Young joins Mario Nacinovich to discuss what he has seen during the pandemic and how the ICU is responding to both expected...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: April Taylor, MS, MHA, CPPS, CPHQ Every organization has disaster preparedness plans for one-day and one-week events like fires, hurricanes, and earthquakes, but how do those plans come into play during a pandemic like COVID-19 when there isn’t an end date in sight? Joining Dr. Matt Birnholz to discuss this and more is April Taylor, Senior Director of Improvement and...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Mark R. Cullen, MD Here to share what we might soon learn about the COVID-19 pandemic is Dr. Mark Cullen, Scientific Committee Chair for the academic arm of the COVID-19 research database, which is a secure repository of HIPAA compliant, de-identified, and limited patient-level data sets. Published May 13, 2020

Host: Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr., MSc Guest: Mark R. Cullen, MD Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, endemic challenges surrounded fragmented data sets and long perspective clinical trials. But now, recently developed data sets are available to public health and policy researchers to not only overcome that challenge, but also to combat this global pandemic. Dr. Mark Cullen, Scientific Committee Ch...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD In the absence of a vaccine, researchers have reported the potential need for long-term social distancing measures through 2021. Tune in as Dr. Matt Birnholz breaks down these findings and what the potential impacts might be if these warnings are ignored. Published May 11, 2020

Host: Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr., MSc Guest: Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA COVID-19 is constantly referred to as a global pandemic, but how often do you think of it as an info-demic? Or as a health equity issue? Joining Mario Nacinovich to give us a look at COVID-19 through a different lens is Dr. Renata Schiavo, Senior Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Sociomedi...

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: James Withers, MD The street medicine movement is faced with the challenge of administering treatments and protection methods to a population that is often excluded and in dire need of care, and that challenge has only been intensified during this unprecedented time. Street physician Dr. Jim Withers, who’s credited with starting the street medicine movement, is here...

Guest: Michael Greenberg, MD Dermatologist Dr. Michael Greenberg has been in practice for over 40 years, but never had he received anything like what a patient recently gave him—which might not have happened if it wasn’t for the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Greenberg explains how this unique experience gave him a new perspective on the power of gratitude and how it can serve as a bigger lesson for us al...

Host: Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr., MSc Guest: Anthony Dragun, MD Throughout this global pandemic, radiation oncologists are faced with the challenge of finding ways to continue administering the necessary cancer treatments while limiting their patients’ risk of exposure to COVID-19. Dr. Anthony Dragun from the MD Anderson Cancer Center is here to explain how that can be done and why these new approac...