Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Ray Stricker, MD Healthcare providers who treat Lyme disease can be divided into two groups: specialists usually at large academic institutions and community based primary care physicians. Treatment differs between these two groups both in attitude and in practice. Dr. Stricker discusses how to cut through the controversies to provide the best treatment to our pati...

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Ray Stricker, MD Borrelia burgdorferi, a tickborne spirochete, is the causative agent in Lyme disease. Dr. Stricker discusses the clinical microbiology of this fascinating and often overlooked bacterium.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Ray Stricker, MD From the moment of its discovery in 1975, Lyme disease has been one of those controversial illnesses full of scientific inconsistencies. There are two polarized medical camps according to our guest – the dominant camp believing that Lyme disease is hard to catch and easy to cure and the other group asserting that chronic infection is common. Dr. St...

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Robert Wachter, MD If not pay for performance, what will stay the course? Find out in this segment as Dr. Robert Wachter evaluates the pay for performance model and discusses the challenging road ahead that may keep it from becoming reality.

Host: Laura Humphrey, PhD Guest: Louis Cozolino, PhD In this segment, Dr. Louis Cozolino discusses the curative aspects of the physician's relationship with the patient. He shares some interesting outcomes of studies which look closely at the doctor-patient relationship. He then also talks about effects of medication on the brain.

Host: Laura Humphrey, PhD Guest: Louis Cozolino, PhD What happens to the brain as we age? Is there any way to manage or control the changing brain? Are there societal solutions to reverse the effects of an aging brain? Find out in this segment from Dr. Louis Cozolino as he shares his research, and thoughts on the aging brain.

Host: Laura Humphrey, PhD Guest: Louis Cozolino, PhD What does it mean to say the brain is neuroplastic? Join Dr. Louis Cozolino as he explains the concepts of neuroplasticity and how your brain changes through the years.

Host: Laura Humphrey, PhD Guest: Louis Cozolino, PhD How does the brain differ from other organs? What does it mean when we say the brain is social? In this segment Dr. Louis Cozolino discusses the evidence explaining how the brain is shaped by experience.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Patty Wooten, RN Join Patty Wooten, researcher, nurse, best selling author, clown and leading national expert in the field of therapeutic humor, discuss the latest health and humor scientific research.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Patty Wooten, RN Join Patty Wooten, a leading national expert in the field of therapeutic humor, a nurse, a clown and author of the book "The Hospital Clown: A Closer Look," discuss what it's like to be a therapeutic clown.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Patty Wooten, RN Join Patty Wooten, past President of the American Association for Therapeutic Humor, and a leading national expert in the field of therapeutic humor, discuss how what we think and feel affects our physical health.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Patty Wooten, RN Join Patty Wooten, past President of the American Association for Therapeutic Humor, and a leading national expert in the field of therapeutic humor, discuss how what we think and feel affects our physical health.

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Colleen Flood Do you think you understand how Canada's health care system works? Our interview with Colleen Flood of the University of Toronto might surprise you. Here's one surprise: Private health-insurance companies are flourishing. And another: Doctors, who once opposed national health care, now like it. Tune in to hear a few others.

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Michael Moore Guest: Colleen Flood Micheal Moore's new film, Sicko, is a stinging attack on the U.S. healthcare system. We talk to Moore, listen to an excerpt from the film, and talk to a Canadian expert to find out whether Moore is right.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Joseph Herman, MD Dr. Herman reviews some of the newer techniques being employed to treat pancreatic cancer at the Johns Hopkin's Pancreatic Cancer Clinic. These include an immune/vaccine approach and the use of 4D CT scanning.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Joseph Herman, MD Dr. Herman discusses this impressive program available to patients who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In a single day, patients get diagnostic studies and recommendations for treatment from a multidisciplinary group of experts in the field.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Jeanette Potts, MD Dr. Potts describes treatment approaches to this common yet perplexing disorder which is also known as chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Dr. Potts stresses "thinking beyond the prostate" for this syndrome.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Jeanette Potts, MD Dr. Potts describes the approach to and diagnosis of this common yet perplexing syndrome also known as chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Jeanette Potts, MD Dr. Potts describes the diagnosis and treatment of men with both acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Jeanette Potts, MD Dr. Potts describes the NIH classification scheme for prostatitis and the approach to the patient with LUTS and pelvic pain.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Steven Shama, MD Dr. Michael Greenberg speaks with Dr. Steven Shama about why our difficult patients are often our best teachers and how they can help us create happier practices.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Steven Shama, MD Dr. Michael Greenberg speaks with Dr. Steven Shama about our difficult patients and how they can teach us something about ourselves and help us create happier practices.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Kenneth Beer, MD Dr. Michael Greenberg speaks with Dr. Kenneth Beer about how a physician can legally "fire" a patient.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Kenneth Beer, MD Dr. Michael Greenberg speaks with Dr. Kenneth Beer about when and the kinds of patients physicians should eliminate from their practices.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: James Gottesman, MD Dr. Michael Greenberg welcomes Dr. James Gottesman as he discusses how using a computer generated consent and information forms can help reduce physician stress.