Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Vicki Berkus, MD Dr. Berkus discusses all of the treatment options available for managing patients with eating disorders.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Vicki Berkus, MD Dr. Berkus discusses the effectiveness of utilizing drug treatment in the management of eating disorders.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Vicki Berkus, MD Dr. Berkus discusses what to do if you suspect one of your patients has an eating disorder.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Vicki Berkus, MD Dr. Berkus explores how to uncover patients with eating disorders.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: George L. Bakris, MD Dr. Bakris discusses the relationship of mortality in chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease and the role of ejection fraction.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: George L. Bakris, MD Dr. Bakris discusses how mild to moderate kidney disease is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: George L. Bakris, MD Dr. Bakris explains how kidney disease is a silent killer.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Meg Zeller, PhD How does life change for a teenager after undergoing bariatric surgery? Dr. Zeller addresses the teen's quality of life, the weight loss and the social and emotional challenges post-surgery.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Meg Zeller, PhD Dr. Zeller talks about the social, emotional and family functioning of treatment-seeking obese youth. In addition she addresses some of the many barriers to pediatric weight management.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Margaret Bauman, MD Dr. Bauman addresses the costs incurred to treat autistic children and the support provided by the insurance companies.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Margaret Bauman, MD Dr. Bauman addresses the interventional techniques that are used to work with autistic children.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Margaret Bauman, MD Dr. Bauman discusses the spectrum of autism disorders and early identification of autism in children.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Michael Palmer, MD Hear from Dr. Author Michael Palmer on how he writes his widely read medical thrillers and how you can become a Dr. author.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH Guest: Nancy Cook, ScD What dietary changes can we make to reduce blood pressure? Dr. Nancy Cook, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard, will discuss sodium reduction and its blood pressure effects.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH Guest: Nancy Cook, ScD Professor Nancy Cook, a biostatitian and epidemiologist at Harvard, describes her recent analysis of the Trials of Hypertension Prevention that indicate a low sodium diet can have long term effects on lowering cardiovascular outcomes.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Donald Schumacher, PsyD Hear Dr. J. Donald Schumacher, President and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization as he discusses Pediatric Hospice.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Donald Schumacher, PsyD Hear Dr. J. Donald Schumacher, President and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization as he discusses end of life care for the Baby Boomers.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Barbara Dossey, RN, PhD Join Dr. Barbara Dossey as she discusses global initiatives for the largest group of healthcare providers in the world.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Barbara Dossey, RN, PhD Join Dr. Barbara Dossey as she discusses how to integrate the latest technology, procedures and medication with holistic approaches.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Bruce Kleaveland, MBA One of biggest issues for physicians considering electronic health records is the cost. What if you could get EHRs for free? Or at least get a substantial discount?

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Bruce Kleaveland, MBA The federal government has become increasingly interested in doctors and computers. The government wants you to start using computers as part of their process of taking care of patients. As a result they have initiated various programs to practices adopt electronic health records.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Mary Fabri, PsyD Dr. Fabri describes how her years of experience providing care to torture survivors seeking asylum in the U.S. has prepared her for her current volunteer work in Rwanda as part of the WE-ACTx organization. She then illustrates the uniquely tragic phenomenon of relapse which many survivors of the 1994 genocide experience when living among both victi...

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Mary Fabri, PsyD Dr. Fabri overviews various definitions of torture and addresses the global scope of its employment for a myriad of despicable agendas. Dr. Fabri then describes the process of tending to the medical, legal, social, and psychological needs of torture survivors. The interview concludes with an examination of the post-traumatic stress syndromes occurr...

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Mary Fabri, PsyD Dr. Fabri examines torture and its broad range of devastating impacts on the victims. Through her comments, listeners become aware that torture leaves more than just physical and emotional scars, and moreover causes a "dismantling of the victim's personality." The interview concludes with an overview of Dr. Fabri's work in assessing and treating to...

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Bruce Kleaveland, MBA DOES PATIENT E-MAIL COMMUNICATION MAKE SENSE FOR YOUR PRACTICE?