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Host: Adrian R. Parry-Jones, FRCP, PhD
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Host: Hiren C. Patel, PhD, FRCS
Host: David Seiffge, MD
Dive deep into the critical care of anticoagulated patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Our panel of esteemed experts deliver essential insights into the latest treatment approaches, exploring recent data focused on reversing anticoagulation and the neurosurgical management of ICH. This program provides a comprehensive understanding of key strategies proven to be effective in these complex cases, highlighting the most up-to-date guideline-directed, evidence-based practices.
Host: David Seiffge, MD
Host: Natalie Kreitzer, MD, MS
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Dive deep into the critical care of anticoagulated patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Our panel of esteemed experts deliver essential insights into the latest treatment approaches, exploring recent data focused on reversing anticoagulation and the neurosurgical management of ICH. This program provides a comprehensive understanding of key strategies proven to be effective in these complex cases, highlighting the most up-to-date guideline-directed, evidence-based practices.
Host: Natalie Kreitzer, MD, MS
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Host: Thorsten Steiner, MD, PhD, MME
Host: Adrian R. Parry-Jones, FRCP, PhD
Dive deep into the critical care of anticoagulated patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Our panel of esteemed experts deliver essential insights into the latest treatment approaches, exploring recent data focused on reversing anticoagulation and the neurosurgical management of ICH. This program provides a comprehensive understanding of key strategies proven to be effective in these complex cases, highlighting the most up-to-date guideline-directed, evidence-based practices.
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Host: Natalie Kreitzer, MD, MS
Host: Adrian R. Parry-Jones, FRCP, PhD
Host: Hiren C. Patel, PhD, FRCS
Host: David Seiffge, MD
Host: Thorsten Steiner, MD, PhD, MME
Dive deep into the critical care of anticoagulated patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Our panel of esteemed experts deliver essential insights into the latest treatment approaches, exploring recent data focused on reversing anticoagulation and the neurosurgical management of ICH. This program provides a comprehensive understanding of key strategies proven to be effective in these complex cases, highlighting the most up-to-date guideline-directed, evidence-based practices.
Host: Hiren C. Patel, PhD, FRCS
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Host: Adrian R. Parry-Jones, FRCP, PhD
Host: Thorsten Steiner, MD, PhD, MME
Dive deep into the critical care of anticoagulated patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Our panel of esteemed experts deliver essential insights into the latest treatment approaches, exploring recent data focused on reversing anticoagulation and the neurosurgical management of ICH. This program provides a comprehensive understanding of key strategies proven to be effective in these complex cases, highlighting the most up-to-date guideline-directed, evidence-based practices.
Host: Thorsten Steiner, MD, PhD, MME
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Host: David Seiffge, MD
Host: Adrian R. Parry-Jones, FRCP, PhD
Host: Natalie Kreitzer, MD, MS
Dive deep into the critical care of anticoagulated patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Our panel of esteemed experts deliver essential insights into the latest treatment approaches, exploring recent data focused on reversing anticoagulation and the neurosurgical management of ICH. This program provides a comprehensive understanding of key strategies proven to be effective in these complex cases, highlighting the most up-to-date guideline-directed, evidence-based practices.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Henry Rosenberg, MD
Malignant hyperthermia is an inherited disorder primarily recognized by anesthesia professionals. And since this condition can have significant consequences on a patient’s health, including their likelihood of surviving surgery, it’s important to know how to diagnose and treat malignant hyperthermia emergencies in operating room settings. Join Dr. Charles Turck as he dives deeper into this topic with Dr. Henry Rosenberg, a member of the Board of Directors of the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States.
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Host: Adrian R. Parry-Jones, FRCP, PhD
Host: Stuart Connolly, MD, FRCPC
Join experts and explore an exciting new frontier of care for patients on direct oral anticoagulants who present with an intracranial hemorrhage. Three factors can be used to optimize treatment: emerging data on anticoagulation reversal, artificial intelligence utilization, and evidence-based ABC care bundling. Learn how these developments transform clinical practice, deepen institutional expertise, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Host: Natalie Kreitzer, MD, MS
Host: Adrian R. Parry-Jones, FRCP, PhD
Host: Rhonda Cadena, MD, FNCS, FCCM
Join experts and explore an exciting new frontier of care for patients on direct oral anticoagulants who present with an intracranial hemorrhage. Three factors can be used to optimize treatment: emerging data on anticoagulation reversal, artificial intelligence utilization, and evidence-based ABC care bundling. Learn how these developments transform clinical practice, deepen institutional expertise, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Host: Greg Albers, MD
Host: Rhonda Cadena, MD, FNCS, FCCM
Host: Adrian R. Parry-Jones, FRCP, PhD
Join experts and explore an exciting new frontier of care for patients on direct oral anticoagulants who present with an intracranial hemorrhage. Three factors can be used to optimize treatment: emerging data on anticoagulation reversal, artificial intelligence utilization, and evidence-based ABC care bundling. Learn how these developments transform clinical practice, deepen institutional expertise, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Host: Stuart Connolly, MD, FRCPC
Host: Rhonda Cadena, MD, FNCS, FCCM
Host: Greg Albers, MD
Join experts and explore an exciting new frontier of care for patients on direct oral anticoagulants who present with an intracranial hemorrhage. Three factors can be used to optimize treatment: emerging data on anticoagulation reversal, artificial intelligence utilization, and evidence-based ABC care bundling. Learn how these developments transform clinical practice, deepen institutional expertise, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Host: W. Brian Gibler, MD, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Host: Rhonda Cadena, MD, FNCS, FCCM
Host: Adrian R. Parry-Jones, FRCP, PhD
Host: Stuart Connolly, MD, FRCPC
Join experts and explore an exciting new frontier of care for patients on direct oral anticoagulants who present with an intracranial hemorrhage. Three factors can be used to optimize treatment: emerging data on anticoagulation reversal, artificial intelligence utilization, and evidence-based ABC care bundling. Learn how these developments transform clinical practice, deepen institutional expertise, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP
Guest: Steven H. Abman, MD
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a chronic lung disease that can have significant impacts on a newborn’s overall respiratory health, making it imperative to know how to recognize and treat it. Tune in to hear Dr. Jennifer Shu talk about the symptoms, impacts, and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia with Dr. Steven Abman, a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Director of the Pediatric Heart Lung Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Michelle Kincaid, MD
The largest study to date on 4F-PCC was conducted as an FDA postmarketing requirement in partnership between Kaiser Permanente and CSL Behring. The purpose of this long-term study was to compare the 45-day risk of thromboembolic events and all-cause mortality in adults with warfarin-associated major bleeding after treatment with KCENTRA®, Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (Human), or plasma. Take a deep dive into the data with Dr. Jennifer Caudle as she speaks with Dr. Michelle Kincaid, Trauma Surgeon and Director of Surgical Critical Care at Ohio Health Grant Medical Center in Columbus.
Host: David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP
Guest: William Lago, MD
Guest: Tejaswini Kulkarni, MD, MPH, FCCP
What are some of the barriers to early diagnosis for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)? Joining Dr. David Schulman to share their perspectives on the latest diagnostic challenges and provide strategies to combat them are Drs. Tejaswini Kulkarni and William Lago.
This is a non-promotional, non-CME disease state educational podcast produced in partnership with the American College of Chest Physicians and is supported by Three Lakes Foundation.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Fatima, Adhi, MD
Guest: Mei Chang, PharmD
Collaborative care is fundamental for critically ill patients, especially when it comes to medication dosing. To explore key considerations on dosing and share insights from their presentations at IDWeek 2022, Dr. Charles Turck is joined by Dr. Adhi Fatima from the Baylor College of Medicine and Mei Chang from the Montefiore Medical Center at the Weiler Division Einstein Campus.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Nick Kusnezov, MD
Can you balance locum tenens with a full-time career? To answer that question, Dr. Charles Turck is joined by board-certified orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Nicholas Kusnezov, to walk us through his journey from joining the military to locum tenens.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Roni Devlin, MD
As rates of burnout continue to rise in the healthcare community, how can help our female physicians combat it? Dr. Jennifer Caudle joins Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr. Roni Devlin, to discuss how we can prevent burnout for female physicians.
Host: Mary Katherine Cheeley, PharmD, BCPS, CLS, FNLA
Guest: Charles P. Vega, MD
We now have evidence-based options to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) event burden beyond any previously available therapy. A pragmatic approach that addresses residual cardiovascular (CV) risk across a variety of risk factors and that goes beyond LDL-C lowering therapies is needed to optimally manage patients with or at high risk of ASCVD. Pharmacists treating these patients require review of recent data and guidelines so they can incorporate these findings into clinical practice. Join us to ensure you’re keeping up with the science and giving your patients the best care.
Host: David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP
Guest: Andrew H. Limper, MD
Guest: Timothy A. Hernandez, MD
There are many barriers to reaching a definitive diagnosis for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). To learn more about these obstacles—and how we can overcome them—Dr. David Schulman from the American College of Chest Physicians joins Dr. Tim Hernandez from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center and Dr. Andrew Limper from the Mayo Clinic to discuss the diagnosis of IPF.
This is a non-promotional, non-CME disease state educational podcast produced in partnership with the American College of Chest Physicians and is supported by Three Lakes Foundation.
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Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Maurice G. Sholas, MD, PhD
After years of serving the New Orleans community, one physician decided to pursue locum tenens work. Dr. Jennifer Caudle joins Dr. Maurice Sholas, a pediatric physical rehabilitation physician, to share his experiences with locum tenens and in New Orleans.
Host: Paul P. Doghramji, MD, FAAFP
Guest: Samantha Conroy, MD
Locum tenens can improve quality of care around the globe—especially in remote and underserved communities. To share how, Dr. Paul Doghramji joins Dr. Samantha Conroy, a family practice obstetrician to share her experiences working as a locum tenens obstetrician in underserved communities.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Trevor Cabrera, MD
What’s it like becoming a locum tenens physician right out of residency? Dr. Charles Turck joins Dr. Trevor Cabrera, a Board-Certified pediatrician who trained in Houston, Texas, to share his firsthand experience and offer advice for residents.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Trevor Cabrera, MD
What’s it like becoming a locum tenens physician right out of residency? Dr. Charles Turck joins Dr. Trevor Cabrera, a Board-Certified pediatrician who trained in Houston, Texas, to share his firsthand experience and offer advice for residents.
Guest: Peter Howarth BSc, (Hons), MBBS, DM, FRCP
Guest: Ian Pavord, MA, DM, FRCP, FERS, FMedSci
Guest: Geoffrey Chupp, MD
Type 2 inflammation can be challenging to identify. What should we be looking for in our patients with severe asthma and COPD? Joining Dr. Peter Howarth to discuss identifying this type of inflammation are Dr. Geoffrey Chupp from the Yale School of Medicine and Dr. Ian Pavord from the University of Oxford.
This is a nonpromotional, non-CME disease state educational podcast brought to you by the American College of CHEST Physicians in collaboration with and paid for by GSK.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Leonard A Valentino, MD
Unfortunately, recognizing and diagnosing patients with bleeding disorders is only the first of many challenges. Once a diagnosis is reached, patients may face a variety of chronic health challenges and even altered family dynamics. Fortunately, recent treatments and developments—and even those on the horizon—can help alleviate the burden of bleeding disorders on patients and their loved ones. Join Dr. Jennifer Caudle as she uncovers those important efforts with Dr. Leonard Valentino, President and Chief Executive Officer at the National Hemophilia Foundation.
Host: Matthew Sorrentino, MD
Guest: Javed Butler, MD, MBA, MPH
In a groundbreaking procedure, a 57-year-old man with life-threatening heart disease received a heart from a genetically altered pig. Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center performed the 8-hour operation, making it the first successful transplant of a pig's heart into a human being. And while much is still uncertain, what could this achievement mean for the future of organ transplantation? That’s what ReachMD hosts Dr. Matthew Sorrentino and Dr. Javed Butler explore together.
Please note: Since the date of publication, David Bennet, the patient who received a heart transplant from a pig, died at the age of 57 at the University of Maryland Medical Center on March 8, 2022.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Sean Lau, RN, VA-BC
What are some ways we can reduce the prevalence of difficult venous access? Dr. Charles Turck is joined by Sean Lau, a vascular access specialist at Stanford Health Care, to share strategies to help reduce DIVA rates and improve vascular access care.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
Guest: Joseph E. Bavaria, MD
Featuring a wide range of disciplines and a new approach to comprehensive care, what do we need to know about the Aorta Center at Penn Medicine? Dr. John Russell is joined by Dr. Joseph E. Bavaria to dive into this aortic program and discuss a new approach to comprehensive care.
Host: Muhammad Adrish MD, MBA, FCCP, FCCM
Guest: Navitha Ramesh, MD, FCCP
Inhalers are one of the most common methods of delivery for the treatment of COPD, but is it the best option for all of our patients? Associate Professor of Pulmonary Critical Care at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Muhammad Adrish, reviews LAMA use for COPD patients with Dr. Navitha Ramesh, Assistant Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine.
This episode is produced in partnership with the American College of CHEST Physicians and is sponsored by Viatris Inc.
Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
Guest: Michelle Hughes, MD
Over the past two decades, there has been an increasing need for GI hospitalists to help provide rapid access to care. Since then, GI hospitalists have become an important part to many healthcare systems and their approach to patient care. Joining Dr. Peter Buch to discuss the benefits and challenges that come along with the GI hospitalist role is Dr. Michelle Hughes, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Chief of Quality and Safety for Digestive Health at Yale New Haven Health.
Host: Megan Conroy, MD, MA(Ed)
Guest: Farrukh Abbas, MD
On average, more than two-thirds of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) make at least one error in using an inhaler device. Fortunately, nebulized long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) can help our patients overcome this common challenge in COPD care. That’s why Drs. Megan Conroy and Farrukh Abbas come together to talk about the GOLD treatment guidelines, strategies for reducing patient hesitancy regarding nebulized LAMAs, and more.
This episode is produced in partnership with the American College of CHEST Physicians and is sponsored by Viatris Inc.
Host: Tom Corbridge, MD, FCCP
Guest: Michael E. Wechsler, MD, MMSc
Severe asthma is an uncontrolled disease that can be difficult to diagnose. To help us overcome this obstacle, Dr. Tom Corbridge joins Dr. Michael Wechsler from National Jewish Health in Denver to discuss the challenges we face while trying to diagnose severe asthma.
This is a non-promotional, non-CME disease state disease education podcast series brought to you by American College of CHEST Physicians in collaboration with and paid for by GSK.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Kathryn Gallagher, MS, RN, BSN
Guest: Kate Newcomb-DeSanto, MSN, RN, MSW
What does Penn Medicine’s newly-opened patient room facility have to offer? Dr. Charles Turck is joined by Penn Medicine Clinical Advisors Kathy Gallagher and Kate Newcomb-DeSanto to discuss the new pavilion and how it's revolutionizing patient care.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Sandy Marks
Guest: Kim Horvath, JD
Guest: Kyle Thomson, JD
With telehealth services expanding during the COVID-19 pandemic, has our access to them changed? To better understand this, Dr. Charles Turck meets with Sandy Marks, Kim Horvath, and Kyle Thomson from the AMA to explore what’s been done to provide Medicare coverage during a public health emergency and what’s on the horizon for telehealth access.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Emily Carroll, JD, MSW
The No Surprises Act aims to protect consumers from surprise medical bills. But how exactly does it go about doing that, and what’s the current status of its implementation? Joining Dr. Charles Turck to share progress and challenges associated with the No Surprises Act is Ms. Emily Carroll, a senior legislative attorney for the American Medical Association's Advocacy Resource Center.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Sarah Ali, MD
From working in a big city to taking on an assignment in a small mountain village, Dr. Sarah Ali from the Ventura County Medical Center joins Dr. Jennifer Caudle to talk about her adventures abroad with locum tenens and share key lessons she learned along the way.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Cheryl Campos, DNP, RN-BC, CEN, CPHQ
Difficult IV access (DIVA) is a term used to describe patients who require multiple attempts to cannulate a vein. And since the prevalence of DIVA can be as high as 59 percent, Dr. Jennifer Caudle speaks with Dr. Cheryl Campos about how we can better identify high-risk patients, how we can manage DIVA patients, and more.
Guest: Maureen Brogan, MD
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted care across all specialties, and the 2021 American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Annual Meeting offered a platform for nephrologists to share their experiences. Tune in to hear how Dr. Maureen Brogan adapted her practice to overcome supply and staffing shortages.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Hassan Bencheqroun, MD
Evaluating the need for therapy escalation can be challenging. So joining Dr. Charles Turck to help us understand how to escalate treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is Dr. Hassan Bencheqroun, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine.
This is a non-promotional, non-CME disease state disease education podcast series brought to you by American College of CHEST Physicians in collaboration with and paid for by GSK.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Deborah Levine, MD, FCCP
To better understand whether or not corticosteroids should be incorporated in treatment for our patients with COPD, Dr. Charles Turck is joined by Dr. Deborah Jo Levine, a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at the University of Texas Health.
This is a non-promotional, non-CME disease state disease education podcast series brought to you by American College of CHEST Physicians in collaboration with and paid for by GSK.
Host: Paul P. Doghramji, MD, FAAFP
Guest: Mojgan Saber, MD
Can Locum Tenens be an option for healthcare professionals just completing their residency? Dr. Paul Doghramji is joined by Dr. Mojgan Saber to share her own experience as well as tips and tricks for residents looking at Locum Tenens right after residency.
Host: Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr., MSc
Guest: Randy Young, MD
Amid the surge of the Delta variant, critical care physician Dr. Randy Young is traveling to ICUs across the country to help treat patients. Tune in to hear Dr. Young share how this surge is impacting both patients infected with the variant and the healthcare professionals caring for them.
Host: Charles P. Vega, MD
Guest: Lionel Phillips, MBA
Learn why diversity in clinical trials is so important to community health. Two experts discuss the key role that trusted messengers play in enrollment, why it is critical to break the cycle of medical mistrust, and the downstream effect of a lack of diversity in clinical trials.
Host: Charles P. Vega, MD
Guest: Robert O. Roswell, MD, FACC, FACP
Diversifying our physician workforce so that it is more racially, ethnically, and geographically balanced can ultimately have a positive impact on community health. Join us as two experts discuss how pipeline programs reaching children as early as elementary school can help ensure workplace diversity. Also find out how clinicians can be advocates for their patients by helping to disentangle them from structural inequities and working towards policy changes. There’s a lot than can be done to provide more balanced care, but we need to look beyond simple fixes to the root causes of the issues. So find your bandwidth – that’s what you can do today – and discover why it’s so important to move upstream to solve the problems manifesting downstream.
Host: Charles P. Vega, MD
Guest: Candice Taylor Lucas, MD, MPH, FAAP
What is cultural humility, and how can it be incorporated into clinical practice? How does your patient's culture impact their health behaviors, and why does your culture matter?
Listen in as two leading experts navigate concerns surrounding cultural humility and emphasize the importance of empathy, awareness, and advocacy. Discover ways to integrate small but important changes into your clinical practice to help bridge communication gaps and enable your patients to thrive.
Host: Charles P. Vega, MD
Guest: Sateria Venable
Regional healthcare disparities are biases that are based on where people live. Are your patients’ treatment options being impacted and limited by their geographical location? Join us as our two experts discuss how to support broader policy issues and highlight the importance of diagnostic algorithms that have been developed with diverse input. These steps may be of value in your clinical practice to ensure all patients have equal access to care regardless of their epidemiologic, socioeconomic, or insurance circumstances.
Guest: Madhukar H. Trivedi, MD
Guest: Steven Shoptaw, PhD
Join Drs. Madhukar Trivedi and Steven Shoptaw as they discuss the evolving landscape of pharmacologic intervention for methamphetamine use disorder. Their focus will be on evidence from the ADAPT-2 clinical trial supporting the combination of extended release naltrexone and high dose bupropion to reduce methamphetamine use for patients with moderate to severe methamphetamine addiction. These important data from ADAPT-2 offer a significant therapeutic advance for methamphetamine use disorder that can be taken into the clinic.
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Guest: Yvonne Michael, ScD, SM
Dr. Yvonne Michael, an Associate Professor at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, discusses risk factors that we should take into consideration when examining postmenopausal patients with coronary heart disease.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Michael Wechsler, MD
In addition to understanding the definitions of severe asthma and uncontrolled asthma, it’s important for clinicians to be aware of the overall burden that severe asthma and uncontrolled asthma can impose on a patient’s life. So to help us better understand the severe asthma spectrum, Dr Jennifer Caudle is joined by Dr Michael Wechsler, Director of the Cohen Family Asthma Institute at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado.
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Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Jonathan Corren, MD
As recent research demonstrates the important role that TSLP plays in asthma inflammation, Dr Matt Birnholz is joined by Dr Jonathan Corren, an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at David Geffen School of Medicine in Los Angeles. Together, they review how TSLP acts across the spectrum of asthma inflammation, the correlation of TSLP with clinical features of asthma, and more.
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Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Guest: Sam Polesie, PhD
Can technology play a role in assessing melanoma? Dr. Michael Greenberg discusses the use of artificial intelligence in dermatology with Dr. Sam Polesie, a specialist physician in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Fulvio Pinelli, M.D., M.Sc.
For patients who’ve undergone an emergency cardiac procedure, the transition from emergency room to doctor’s office may be challenging. What can we do to bridge those vascular access gaps beyond the emergency setting? Dr. Jennifer Caudle is joined by Dr. Fulvio Pinelli, the director of the Vascular Access Center at the Careggi University Hospital in Florence Italy, to share some strategies for maintaining continuity of care.
Host: Fernando J Martinez, MD, FCCP
Guest: Navitha Ramesh, MD, FCCP
At least 50 percent of our patients with asthma continue to experience uncontrolled asthma, and they remain at risk of asthma exacerbations, which can be serious. To learn more about the impacts of uncontrolled asthma, Dr. Fernando J. Martinez sits down with Dr. Navitha Ramesh, who discusses how we can better diagnose, assess, and treat this condition.
A non-promotional, non-CME educational program brought to you by CHEST in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline
Guest: Yvonne Michael, ScD, SM
Dr. Yvonne Michael, an Associate Professor at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, shares her findings and discusses preventative measures we can share with postmenopausal patients to help them combat risk factors for coronary heart disease.
Host: Andrew Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN
Guest: Maheen Mausoof Adamson, PhD
Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, manifests differently in men and women. Here to explore these differences is Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson, a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford School of Medicine, meets with Dr. Andrew Wilner to discuss traumatic brain injuries in female patients.
Host: Jacob Sands, MD
Guest: Millie Das, MD
What are some of the latest advancements in small cell lung cancer? Dr. Jacob Sands discusses small-cell lung cancer treatment developments with Dr. Millie Das, a Clinical Associate Professor of Medical Oncology at Stanford University and Chief of Oncology at the Veteran’s Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
Guest: Paul Farmer, MD, PhD
Dr. John Russell meets with Dr. Paul Farmer, the Chair of Global Health at Harvard Medical School and co-founder of Partners in Health, to review past pandemics and outbreaks while discussing things we can do as a community to lower the risk of these events.
Host: Matthew P. Bars, MS, CTTS, NCTTP
Guest: Michael C. Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA
Guest: Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD
Dr. Matt Bars is joined by his two colleagues: Dr. Laura Crotty Alexander, Associate Professor of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine at the University of California San Diego, and Dr. Michael Fiore, Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin and Director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research Intervention. Together, they review tobacco dependence, the CHEST Tobacco Dependence Treatment Toolkit, and resources to help patients.
Supported in part by an independent medical educational grant from Pfizer.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Ana C Zamora Martinez, MD
The COVID-19 pandemic led many clinicians to make life-altering decisions. Dr. Ana Zamora, a pulmonary disease and critical care specialist, discusses her work with Locum Tenens and why she decided it was time for a change.
Host: Gerard A. Silvestri MD, MS, FCCP
Guest: Lynn Tanoue, MD, MBA
About 10 percent of all cancer patients develop treatment-related pulmonary complications, and for lung cancer patients, that risk is even greater. Dr. Gerard Silvestri sits down with Dr. Lynn Tanoue, Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs in the section of pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, to discuss pulmonary toxicities related to lung cancer treatment.
Host: Gerard A. Silvestri MD, MS, FCCP
Guest: Michael S. Machuzak, MD
Clinicians can uncover a wealth of information from a non-small cell lung cancer patient’s collected tissue that can help inform treatment decisions. To dive into this idea further, Dr. Gerard Silvestri is joined by his colleague Dr. Michael Machuzak, Full Staff Member in the Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. Together they review the importance of tissue acquisition, proper handling of specimens, rapid onsite evaluation during EBUS-TBNA procedures, and much more.
Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
Guest: Cynthia L Sears, M.D.
Decreased resistance to antibiotics has adversely impacted our ability to fight H. pylori. How can we help our patients overcome this threat? Dr. Peter Buch is here today to discuss this issue with Dr. Cynthia Sears, professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to help improve health outcomes for our patients.
Host: Paul Doghramji, MD
Guest: Nadine Nakazawa, RN, BS
How does the patient-centric experience model for vascular access care differ from what we're used to doing, and what does it actually look like in practice? Joining Dr. Paul Doghramji to share what we need to know about the development and goals of patient-centered vascular access care is Ms. Nadine Nakazawa, a vascular access nurse specialist at Stanford Health Care.
Host: David Weisman, MD
Guest: Elizabeth Finger, MD
Patients with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, suffer from shortfalls in social and emotional behavior. But emerging research might help guide us in treating this disorder. Dr. David Weisman meets with Dr. Elizabeth Finger, a clinical neurologist and an Associate Professor of Neurology at Western University in Canada, to discuss her latest research on FTD.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Aryeh Shander, MD, FCCM, FCCP
Bleeding is the most common complication of anticoagulant use. And to better care for patients either experiencing acute bleeding or urgently needing surgery, it's critical that clinicians thoroughly understand how to assess, treat, and reverse anticoagulation. Dr. Jennifer Caudle sits down with Dr. Aryeh Shander to discuss some of the different considerations we should take into account when selecting a warfarin reversal option.
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Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Michelle Kincaid, MD
Guest: David M. Janicke, MD
What do we need to know about Kcentra®, Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (Human), and its role in coagulation factor replacement for acute deficiencies? Joining Dr. Jennifer Caudle to explore that question and more through the lens of a patient case are emergency medicine specialist Dr. David Janicke and critical care surgeon Dr. Michelle Kincaid.
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Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Kelly Cawcutt, MD
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed vascular access paradigms in the intensive care unit? Joining Dr. Jennifer Caudle to share her story and lessons learned from the pandemic is Dr. Kelly Cawcutt, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Associate Medical Director of Infection Control and Epidemiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Host: David Weisman, MD
Guest: Adil Javed, MD PhD
How can providers help mitigate the symptoms of a disease a debilitating as multiple sclerosis? Dr. David Weisman examines management strategies for patients with multiple sclerosis with is Dr. Adil Javed, a board-certified neurologist and an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Chicago.
Host: Gerard A. Silvestri MD, MS, FCCP
Guest: Lonny Brett Yarmus, DO, FCCP
Dr. Gerard Sylvestri, the Hillenbrand Professor of Thoracic Oncology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and Dr. Lonny Yarmus, Clinical Director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, come together to discuss staging in early-stage lung cancer.
An educational campaign brought to you by CHEST, in collaboration with AstraZeneca.
Host: Gerard A. Silvestri MD, MS, FCCP
Guest: Catherine R. Sears, MD
When it comes to managing lung cancer, should we be considering a multidisciplinary approach? Dr. Gerard Sylvestri is joined by Dr. Katie Sears, an assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, to discuss multidisciplinary lung cancer programs and share suggestions on how to implement this kind of approach.
Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH
Guest: Eliot Brinton, MD, FAHA, FNLA
One of the leading causes of death in the US, cardiovascular disease risk-reduction has neglected triglycerides. To explain why that is, Dr. Matthew Sorrentino discusses approaches to take when reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease with expert guest, Dr. Elliot Brinton, president of the Utah Lipid Center in Salt Lake City.
Host: De De Gardner, DrPH, RRT, RRT-NPS, FAARC, FCCP
Guest: Stephanie Briney, DO
Despite widespread availability, only half of Americans received the flu shot last year. With that in mind, Dr. De De Gardner is joined by Dr. Stephanie Briney, Assistant Professor in Family, Community, and Preventive Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix to discuss why Americans avoid getting the flu shot and how she approaches this in her practice.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Steve R. Ommen, MD
Dr. Steven Ommen, a cardiologist and medical director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic at Mayo Clinic and the chair of the 2020 AHA/ACC Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Guideline Writing Committee, sits down with Dr. Jennifer Caudle to discuss the committee’s updated guidelines.
For more information about referring a patient to Mayo Clinic, please visit mayoclinic.org.
Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH
Guest: Nanette K. Wenger, MD, MACC, MACP, FAHA
Previously thought to mostly affect men, heart disease puts an equal or greater number of women at risk. What do we need to know about protecting them from this life-threatening condition? Dr. Nanette Wenger, a Professor of Medicine in the division of cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine, joins us to discuss the prevalence of heart disease among women.
Host: Timothy Aksamit, MD
Guest: Amy Levinger, MSN, FNP-C
Guest: David E. Griffith, MD
The prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease in the United States has almost doubled between 2008 and 2015. But despite this increase, its diagnosis can often be delayed, which is why pulmonary nurse practitioner Amy Levinger and Dr. David Griffith join Dr. Tim Aksamit to discuss the diagnostic criteria, tools that can help us make a timely diagnosis of NTM lung disease, and more.
For more information and to access clinician & patient tools about NTM and MAC Lung Disease, click here to visit the CHEST Foundation NTM webpage.
This program is produced in partnership with the American College of CHEST Physicians, and is sponsored by Insmed Incorporated.
Host: Xavier Soler, MD, PhD
Guest: Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP
To help us address the current lack of awareness of uncontrolled or symptomatic asthma in all stages of the disease, Dr. Xavier Soler is joined by Dr. Nicola Hanania, Associate Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Director of the Airway Clinical Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Together, they’ll discuss how we can better recognize and treat our patients with uncontrolled asthma.
A non-promotional, non-CME educational program brought to you by CHEST in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline.
Host: David E. Griffith, MD
Guest: Amy Levinger, MSN, FNP-C
Guest: Timothy Aksamit, MD
The care team supporting a patient with mycobacterium avium complex, or MAC, lung disease is just as important as the treatment itself. Joining Dr. David Griffith to discuss how we can provide optimal treatment using established guideline-based strategies all while protecting patients’ quality of life are Dr. Tim Aksamit and pulmonary nurse practitioner Amy Levinger.
For more information and to access clinician & patient tools about NTM and MAC Lung Disease, click here to visit the CHEST Foundation NTM webpage.
This program is produced in partnership with the American College of CHEST Physicians, and is sponsored by Insmed Incorporated.
Host: Tom Corbridge, MD, FCCP
Guest: Navitha Ramesh, MD, FCCP
Now that long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonists (LAMAs) have entered the scene, Dr. Tom Corbridge is joined by Dr. Navitha Ramesh, a pulmonologist and critical care physician at UPMC, to review some patient cases demonstrating how LAMAs may be changing the way we approach step-up treatment for some patients with asthma.
A non-promotional, non-CME educational program brought to you by CHEST in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline.
Host: Megan Carreon, MHA, RRT
Guest: Amy Levinger, MSN, FNP-C
Guest: Timothy Aksamit, MD
There are numerous factors that contribute to an overall wellness of patients with of NTM refractory MAC lung disease. Listen in as Megan Carreon, Assistant Professor with the Division of Respiratory Care at UT Health San Antonio, Texas, sits down with pulmonary nurse practitioner Amy Levinger from NYU Langone Health and Dr. Tim Aksamit, Associate Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic.
For more information and to access clinician & patient tools about NTM and MAC Lung Disease, click here to visit the CHEST Foundation NTM webpage.
This program is produced in partnership with the American College of CHEST Physicians, and is sponsored by Insmed Incorporated.
Host: Tom Corbridge, MD, FCCP
Guest: Matt Hegewald, MD FCCP
With uncontrolled asthma placing such a tremendous burden on our patients and our society, how can we use the latest treatment guidelines to help alleviate that burden? Dr. Matt Hegewald is here to talk about the new and emerging guideline-based treatments for uncontrolled asthma, like long-acting muscarinic antagonists.
A non-promotional, non-CME educational program brought to you by CHEST in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline.
Guest: Anil Agarwal, MD
How can healthcare professionals at the forefront of the pandemic protect the vascular integrity of COVID-19 patients undergoing acute dialysis procedures? Here to walk us through his process step by step is Dr. Anil Agarwal from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Published August 19, 2020
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Anil Agarwal, MD
The emergence of blood clotting and clogged equipment for vascular procedures is a more recent—and troubling—phenomenon that’s emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tune in as Dr. Anil Agarwal from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center discusses these two challenges and strategies for overcoming them.
Published August 13, 2020
Host: Andrew Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN
Guest: William W. Li, MD
How do the lungs of healthy patients differ from the lungs of patients with COVID-19 or the flu? That’s the exact question Dr. William Li wanted to answer, and now, he’s sharing the results of his study that was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Published August 12, 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
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
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Todd Askew
What’s being done to address the range of issues like the PPE shortage, lack of testing, and financial shortfalls encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic? Here to share his team’s advocacy efforts to help tackle these and other challenges is Todd Askew, the American Medical Association's Senior Vice President of Advocacy.
Host: Tom Corbridge, MD, FCCP
Guest: Gary T. Ferguson, MD, F.C.C.P
Listen in as Dr. Tom Corbridge and Dr. Gary Ferguson discuss the challenges physicians and patients face when there is an underreporting of COPD symptoms. Together, they’ll also explore the ways physicians can overcome these obstacles and give their patients the appropriate treatment.
This episode is supported in part by an unrestricted/independent medical educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.
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 and unexpected challenges.
Published May 13, 2020
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Wes Ely, MD, MPH
After surviving a critical illness, many patients look forward to their lives returning to normal, but unfortunately, that’s not always possible.
To uncover the far-reaching impacts of delirium, Dr. Matt Birnholz is joined by Dr. Wes Ely, Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the Center for Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine which focuses on improving the lives and care of patients in the intensive care unit to ensure both physical and cognitive rehabilitation.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Tune in as Dr. Jennifer Caudle provides an update on suicide rates in the United States.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Palliative and hospice care both have very important roles in healthcare, but unfortunately, they are often overlooked as resources.
Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Chief Medical Officer of Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice Dr. Stephen Goldfine, who offers his perspective on the stigma surrounding these two areas of healthcare and recommendations on how to make the conversation easier for you and your patients.
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Guest: Bob Mitchell
Quite suddenly, Bob Mitchell became very sick. He would endure three near-fatal episodes of ventricular tachycardia due to a heart muscle comprised of 54% scar tissue, as well as heart surgeries, two harrowing months of waiting on the transplant list for a new heart on life-supporting IV drips (during which time a malignant tumor was detected in his kidney), partial nephrectomy surgery to remove the cancer, another month of waiting, a 12-hour heart and kidney transplant surgery, and 100 days on life support in four different hospitals.
Host Dr. Maurice Pickard talks with novelist Bob Mitchell, author of Time for a Heart-to-Heart: Reflections on Life in the Face of Death about his inspiring story of the triumph of hope in the face of the direst of circumstances.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
As a young critical care physician, Dr. Rana Awdish was transfigured from a doctor into a critically ill patient in an instant. This transposition, coincidentally timed at the end of her medical training, instantly laid bare the vast chasm between the conventional practice of medicine and the stark reality of the prostrate patient.
Host Dr. John Russell chats with Dr. Rana Awdish about this transformation and how she came to understand the fatal flaws in her profession, from her own past actions as a physician to the perils of navigating her own illness. She presents a new paradigm and rationale for embracing the emotional bond between doctor and patient and outlines the redemptive possibilities of dismantling the barriers to connection in all relationships.
Dr. Awdish is the author of In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope and Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
Host Dr. Russell sits down with Dr. Steven Hatch, an infectious disease specialist and author of the book, Inferno: a Doctor's Ebola Story, about his experience in Liberia during the heart of the Ebola crisis.
Dr. Steven Hatch first came to Liberia in November 2013, to work at a hospital in Monrovia. Six months later, several of the physicians Dr. Hatch had mentored and served with were dead or barely clinging to life, and Ebola had become a world health emergency. Hundreds of victims perished each week; whole families were destroyed in a matter of days; so many died so quickly that the culturally taboo practice of cremation had to be instituted to dispose of the bodies. With little help from the international community and a population ravaged by disease and fear, the war-torn African nation was simply unprepared to deal with the catastrophe.
A physician’s memoir about the ravages of a terrible disease and the small hospital that fought to contain it, Inferno is also an explanation of the science and biology of Ebola: how it is transmitted and spreads with such ferocity. And as Dr. Hatch notes, while Ebola is temporarily under control, it will inevitably re-emerge―as will …
Host: John J. Russell, MD
What if Americans put aside their differences and worked together to fix America's broken healthcare system? What changes need to be made in order to make health care both accessible and affordable without compromising excellent quality of care standards for patients? These and other crucial questions form premise behind the book We CAN Fix Healthcare: The Future is NOW.
Host Dr. John Russell sits down with Dr. Stephen Klasko, President and CEO of Jefferson University and Jefferson Health and author of We CAN Fix Healthcare: The Future is NOW.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Each year more than 70 million post-surgical patients are prescribed opioids. Research shows 1 in 15 will go on to use the medications long term, potentially putting them at risk for addiction and overdose.
Host Dr. Brian McDonough sits down with Dr. Susan Downey, a board-certified plastic surgeon, to talk about opioid abuse and what alternative prescription options are available instead of narcotics.
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Many critically ill patients are unable to make medical decisions for themselves. Family members or close friends are often asked to serve as surrogate decision makers. However, expectations about a patient's overall prognosis sometimes differ between physicians and surrogate decision makers.
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh enrolled 99 physicians and 229 surrogates who made decisions for 174 critically ill patients in a new study. They found that in about half of the cases, surrogates were substantially more optimistic about a patient's prognosis compared to physicians and that the physician's estimates were much more accurate than that of surrogates.
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Host: Frank Russomano
Trauma care is one of the most complex health system infrastructures in the US. Depending on the type of injury sustained, a patient may require multidisciplinary intervention from any and/or every medical and surgical specialty, as well as all branches of allied health professionals, at a moment's notice. Given these requirements, the notion to physically move an entire trauma care center, from its staff and patient populations to its equipment, records, and maintenence operations, is a daunting challenge. At Penn Medicine, this monumental task was recently undertaken and completed successfully. Leading the effort was Garry L. Scheib, Chief Operating Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and Executive Director of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He joins host Frank Russomano to reflect on lessons learned from overseeing one of the biggest trauma care transition projects in American history.
The Gender, Sexuality and HIV Prevention Center at Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is the first of its kind facilty for adolescent patients. Host Dr. Jennifer Caudle welcoms the center's director, Dr. Robert Garofalo. Dr. Garofalo will share the center's mission of supporting multidisciplinary academic subjects including sexual health, gender, sexuality, HIV prevention and health disparities which affect adolescent and young adult populations at risk of acquiring HIV. The Center partners with similar organizations throughout the country in creating an environment where clinicians, academics and scientists can collaborate to design projects with public health significance.
Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is also an Attending Physician at Lurie Children's, where he directs the Adolescent/Young Adult HIV Program. Dr. Garofalo is a national authority on LGBT health issues, adolescent sexuality, and HIV clinical care and prevention.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Deane Marchbein, President of the American Board of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). Dr. Marchbein joined MSF in 2006 to work as an anesthesiologist in MSF's surgical program in Ivory Coast. She has worked with MSF in Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Libya, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Syria, and as a medical doctor in Libya and Lebanon.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
A New Orleans hospital, after Hurricane Katrina, was surrounded on all sides by several feet of water. The power was out, and as time went on without restoration of basic operations, rumors began circulating of the hospital being overrun by looters. It was a period of total chaos with breakdowns in institutional leadership, compromises in patient care, and in some cases, clinical decisions with deadly consequences. Dr. Sheri Fink, author of Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, takes us on a tour of the aftermath of these events, and the public outcries that both villified and defended the healthcare workers involved.
Click here for Part 1 of this fascinating two-part exploration of the disaster, a hospital's response, and the repercussions that have rippled through its affected staff, patients, and families years later.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
In her book, Five Days at Memorial, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs 5 days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amid chaos. Drawing from a culmination of six years of reporting, Dr. Fink unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, bringing listeners into a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing.
Click here for Part 2 of this fascinating two-part exploration of the disaster, a hospital's response, and the repercussions that have rippled through its affected staff, patients, and families years later.
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Dr. Maurice Pickard welcomes author Scott McGaugh to discuss the subject of his book "Surgeon in Blue: Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War Doctor Who Pioneered Battlefield Care." Through their discussion, listeners will discover how one lone surgeon, Jonathan Letterman, reshaped military medicine over the course of four major Civil War battles and a single year. Letterman, confronted by thousands of wounded lying abandoned on the battlefield, a sickly and malnourished Union army, and obscenely filthy military camps, took steps that make battlefield survival possible for our soldiers today.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
Matthew Miller had just pedaled up a mountain pass. He was 20, a member of the University of Virginia triathlon club, so fit his resting pulse was 42! He was on top of the world in so many ways, in love, with dreams of attending medical school. And then, cycling along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, tragedy struck. The real story is not what happened, but what happened after.
Host Dr. John Russell is joined by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Michael Vitez to share the humbling story of Matt's survival and recovery. The author first chronicled Matt Miller's story for his newspaper, The Philadelphia Inquirer. The response from readers was so overwhelming - and Matt's continued recovery so remarkable - that Vitez immersed himself in Matt's world. The Road Back is not only about a young man's drive to reclaim his life, but about the people who rode with him, rescued him, helped him heal, and saw up close his amazing comeback.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Presenting this session of Grand Rounds is Dr. Gordon Ewy, professor and chief of cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
To view the complete video recording of this and other Grand Rounds sessions from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, visit their website.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Presenting this session of Grand Rounds is Dr. Gordon Ewy, professor and chief of cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
To view the complete video recording of this and other Grand Rounds sessions from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, visit their website.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Presenting this session of Grand Rounds is Dr. Gordon Ewy, professor and chief of cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
To view the complete video recording of this and other Grand Rounds sessions from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, visit their website.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Presenting this session of Grand Rounds is Dr. Leslie Boyer, founding director of the VIPER Institute in the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona.
This is Part 3 of a lecture in three parts.
Part 1 >>
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To view the complete video recording of this and other Grand Rounds sessions from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, visit their website.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Presenting this session of Grand Rounds is Dr. Leslie Boyer, founding director of the VIPER Institute in the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona.
This is Part 2 of a lecture in three parts.
Part 1 >>
Part 3 >>
To view the complete video recording of this and other Grand Rounds sessions from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, visit their website.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Presenting this session of Grand Rounds is Dr. Leslie Boyer, founding director of the VIPER Institute in the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona.
This is Part 1 of a lecture in three parts.
Part 2 >>
Part 3 >>
To view the complete video recording of this and other Grand Rounds sessions from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, visit their website.
Host: Aaron Carroll, MD
Guest: Patricia Scott, PhD
Transplantation offers patients a new lease on life, but the process of waiting before and recovering after a transplant can take their toll. Host Dr. Aaron Carroll is joined by Dr. Patricia Scott, who studies occupational role transitions throughout the liver transplantation process at Indiana University, to discusses the challenges patients face and their quality of life before and after transplantation. Dr. Scott also talks about how healthcare providers can help foster a better quality of life for patients surrounding transplantation.
Host: Janet Wright, MD
Guest: Peter Nagele, MD
Time is of the essence after cardiac arrest; action must be taken within five minutes. Survival rates for patients who arrest outside the hospital are disappointing. How do we help patients who arrest in public or (statistically more likely) in the home, where there is no access to medical equipment and medication? Host Dr. Janet Wright talks with Dr. Peter Nagele, chief of the section of trauma anesthesiology in the department of anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis, about revised CPR methods without mouth-to-mouth, and what recent research tells us about the potential for these methods to improve outcomes. And what are plans for training the general public?
Guest: Elizabeth Kovacs, PhD
Host: Timothy Bailey, MD
Experimental approaches, including the suppression of certain immune cells to speed difficult wounds, may lead healthcare professionals to advances in the treatment of diabetic wounds. What are the therapeutic strategies and implications for our patients with diabetes? Join guest host Dr. Timothy Bailey and his guest, director of research at the Burn & Shock Trauma Institute at Loyola University Medical Center, Dr. Elizabeth Kovacs, as they discuss the latest research in suppressing certain immune cells to speed healing of slow-to-heal wounds.
Host: Anthony Alessi, MD
Guest: William Coplin, MD
The world witnessed a remarkable recovery after Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in an assassination attempt in January, 2011. However, most gunshot wounds to the head are fatal; statistics show only 5 percent of those shot in the head survive. Yet there are actions first responders and physicians can take to increase the chance of survival. Dr. William Coplin, associate professor of neurology and neurological surgery at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and director of neurotrauma and the neurological intensive care unit at Detroit Receiving Hospital, joins host Dr. Anthony Alessi to discuss what needs to be done in the "golden hour" after a shooting. He also focuses on the problems and rehabilitation issues patients face after this life-altering wound.
Guest: Maryana McGlasson
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Nurse practitioner Maryana McGlasson waited for months to find out if she would be selected to work with the Doctors without Borders Program. Once she was notified, she had three days to hop on a plane and get to Nigeria, where she would be one of a handful of nurses dealing with hundreds of patients with cholera. She shares her inspiring story with host Mimi Secor on why she decided to become a Doctors without Borders volunteer and what it's like to treat patients with this highly contagious cholera in a tent city lacking even reliable electricity.
Host: Janet Wright, MD
Guest: Mark Hlatky, MD
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICDs, can be life saving for patients after myocardial infarction, but are also costly and may not be appropriate for all of the hundreds of thousands of patients who have had MI. Which subsets of patients might benefit most from ICDs, and might prophylactic use of ICDs early after MI reduce the risk of cardiac death? Dr. Mark Hlatky, professor of medicine and professor of health research and policy at Stanford University School of Medicine, weighs the comparative-effectiveness research on the efficacy of ICDs for patients early after MI, versus waiting a few months before implanting ICDs or trying other forms of therapy. Outside of implantable devices, what else can physicians do to reduce the risk of death after MI? Hosted by Dr. Janet Wright.
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Guest: Thomas Kirsch, MD, MPH
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Triage isn't the only issue facing healthcare professionals during the acute phase of responding to a disaster: there are also the challenges of limited resources and staffing, as well as the mental and physical preparedness of the medical response team. Dr. Thomas Kirsch, co-director of the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, assistant professor and the director of operations for the department of emergency medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, describes his on-the-ground experiences during the first few months after the Haiti earthquake and reflects on the acute phase of the response there. What are some of the lessons learned from Haiti that we can apply to future crises, and what parts of the response were effective? Our guest also discusses the need for ethical training for disaster response teams. Dr. Maurice Pickard hosts.
Host: Anthony Alessi, MD
Guest: Mill Etienne, MD, MPH, CPH
Host Dr. Anthony Alessi interviews neurologist Lt. Cmdr. Mill Etienne, MD, at St. Damien's Pediatric Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Hati. Dr. Etienne is a Hatian-American physician in the United States military, stationed on the USNS Comfort. They discuss Dr. Etienne's work providing medical care, in addition to translation services and cultural sensitivity training for the staff on board the Comfort, and lessons he has brought from the American Academy of Neurology's Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum (which trains selected members to be effective advocates for patients at the local, state, and national levels.) At the end of the interview, find out how you can still help in Haiti.
Guest: Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Host: Porter Storey, MD
More than half of the United States’ large hospitals have a palliative care team. What constitutes good palliative care? How do specialist palliative care and generalist care differ? Tune in for an exploration of the best practices in the treatment of patients with serious or life-threatening illness, with host Dr. Porter Storey and Dr. Russell Portenoy, chairman of the department of pain medicine and palliative care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.
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Host: Janet Wright, MD
Guest: Michael Mooney, MD
Therapeutic hypothermia is a relatively new treatment option for patients who suffer cardiac arrest, that can significantly improve neurologic outcomes. What factors determine the success of cooling therapy for cardiac arrest, and what resources does the procedure require? Dr. Michael Mooney, Director of Interventional Cardiology, Minneapolis Cardiology Associates, at Minneapolis Heart Institute / Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minnesota, explores the indications for therapeutic hypothermia with host Dr. Janet Wright. Might therapeutic hypothermia be approached with a strategy similar to initiatives aimed at reducing door-to-balloon time for ST-elevation MI?
Guest: Thomas Krueger, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
It is a long way from the tranquil hills of Tennessee to the war-torn streets of Nigeria, Darfur or Sri Lanka, but that path is the one chosen by surgeon Dr. Thomas Krueger. Dr. Krueger served overseas on four missions with Doctors Without Borders, the international medical organization, and has plans to go abroad again. He is also featured in the Academy Award-nominated documentary on the organization, Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders. In this discussion with the Second Opinion Live hosts, Dr. Krueger speaks about what he learned, how he helped, and why this service was important for him to perform.
Guest: Kevin Chung, MD
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Guest: Charles Thompson, PA-C, RN
The U.S. Army Burn Center at Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston Texas, is one of the five busiest burn units in the country. These patients are out of the ordinary. They are military men and women who have been burned over at least 20 percent of their body while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Kevin Chung an intensivist at the unit and PA Charles Thompson join host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to talk about the process of moving patients from the battlefield to the burn unit, how burn wounds are treated and the emotional toll that it takes on the medical professionals treating these patients.
Guest: Kevin Chung, MD
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Guest: Charles Thompson, PA-C, RN
It takes a team of specialists, social workers, PAs, nurses and therapists to care for the burn patients at the US Army Burn Unit in Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Every day more than 30 medical professionals make rounds checking on the critically injured at the unit. Dr. Kevin Chung, intensivist at the burn center, and PA Charles Thompson explain to host Lisa Dandrea Lenell the mutli-disciplinary team approach that is used to treat more than 500 patients a year.
Guest: Irl Hirsch, MD, MACP
Host: Steven Edelman, MD
Lowering blood sugar levels in critically ill patients is a widely embraced practice. But according to the results of the NICE-SUGAR study, lowering blood glucose levels in ICU patients may not be safe. Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, Dr. Irl Hirsch, professor of medicine and the Diabetes Treatment and Teaching chair at the University of Washington in Seattle, as they discuss the results of the NICE-SUGAR study and its implications for treating critically ill patients.
Guest: Nancy Toedter Williams, PharmD
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
For patients who are unable to receive nutrition or medications orally, enteral feeding tubes offer one alternative method of delivery. Successful administration through a feeding tube requires awareness of potential problems with drug efficacy, adverse symptoms or a clogged tube. Dr. Nancy Toedter Williams, associate professor of pharmacy practice at Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy, talks with host Dr. Charles Turck about the key considerations when administering medications through a feeding apparatus.
Guest: Dale Needham, MD, PhD
Host: Lee Freedman, MD
What complications in the ICU might lead to a patient experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder after an ICU stay? Is it better to keep ICU patients sedated to prevent pain, or is there an advantage to encouraging movement as soon as possible? Host Dr. Lee Freedman debates this question with Dr. Dale Needham, assistant professor in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Are certain patients more susceptible than others to developing PTSD after being in the ICU?
Guest: Andrew Haas, MD, PhD
Host: Lee Freedman, MD
Until recently, bronchoscopy has involved using cameras with CT guidance to determine abnormalities along the airway and lymph nodes. How is ultrasound now being used for bronchoscopic needle biopsies? What are other novel therapeutic applications for endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration? Dr. Andrew Haas, assistant professor of medicine in the pulmonary, allergy and critical care division at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, discusses the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of ultrasound-guided bronchoscopy. Dr. Lee Freedman hosts.
Guest: Peter DeBlieux, MD
Host: Shira Johnson, MD
Who will benefit most from early intervention and treatment from the 750,000 patients hospitalized with sepsis each year? Dr Peter De Blieux, Pulmonary and Critical Care specialist from the Louisiana State University Health and Science Center, discusses early management and diagnosis including the importance of goal directed therapy. Dr Shira Johnson is the host as Dr De Blieux reviews common mistakes in sepsis management and provides case studies for learning.
Guest: Peter DeBlieux, MD
Host: Shira Johnson, MD
Sepsis kills 210,000 patients each year. Dr. Peter DeBlieux, professor of medicine at Louisiana State University Health Science Center and director of emergency medicine services at the Medical Center of Louisiana, discusses the latest clinical practice guidelines. He is interviewed by Dr. Shira Johnson about how to improve sepsis mortality with new therapies. Learn why early and agressive management is the key .
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Guest: Sam Parnia, MD, PhD
We are beginning to understand what happens when a patient in cardiac arrest, with no brain activity, later reports detailed perceptions, suggesting a high level of consciousness. What can we learn from the study of this phenomenon to help us improve resuscitation of the brain during cardiac arrest? What can it tell us about the experience of dying, and at what point consciousness ceases? Dr. Sam Parnia, a fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, and one of the world's leading experts on the scientific study of death, joins host Dr. Maurice Pickard to talk about his research project, AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation) at the University of Southampton School of Medicine in the United Kingdom, where Dr. Parnia is an honorary senior research fellow.
Guest: Eyal Herzog, MD, FACC
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
So small, it is called the ‘pocket ultrasound,' Dr. Eyal Herzog, director of the cardiac care unit at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York, discusses with host Dr. Jason Birnholz the results of his research on the handheld portable ultrasound unit in the cardiac care department. Dr. Herzog reports no significant differences in image quality compared to the larger, high-end machine. The portability of the handheld has the capacity to improve care by increasing the speed at which we can assess critically ill patients.
Host: Lee Freedman, MD
Guest: Samir Mehta, MD
Dr. Samir Mehta, chief of orthopedic trauma at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the role of the orthopedic traumatologist. What does this designation mean? What kind of special care or expertise do these specialists bring to the care of the patient? In what situations might an orthopedic traumatologist be called in for consultation? If you were in an accident, wouldn't you want this specialist called in to assist in your care? Dr. Lee Freedman hosts.
Guest: Mitchell Levy, MD
Host: Shira Johnson, MD
Who delivers the best critical care, the critical care specialist or the physician without those credentials? Dr. Mitchell Levy, Professor of Medicine at Brown Medical School and Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Rhode Island Hospital discusses his recent study on the association between critical care management and patient mortality in the ICU. The answer may surpise you! Join host Shira Johnson.
Guest: Mitchell Levy, MD
Host: Shira Johnson, MD
What is the impact of re-education on outcomes in sepsis in an ICU? Host, Dr. Shira Johnson is joined by Dr. Mitchell Levy, professor of medicine at Brown Medical School and Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Rhode Island Hospital, who discusses the "Surviving Sepsis Campaign." Re-education of physicians and nurses in this global study had a remarkable impact on reducing mortality and morbidity. Dr. Levy explains why outcomes were so dramatically affected.
Guest: Col. Leon Moores, MD
Host: John Armstrong, MD
Many brain trauma injuries suffered in the current conflicts abroad are unparalleled in severity. At the same time, procedural advances are allowing for unprecedented rates of survival and returns to functional quality of life. Col. Dr. Leon Moores, former chief of neurosurgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, joins host Dr. John Armstrong for a fascinating conversation about new techniques to alleviate brain swelling and facilitate subsequent bone reconstruction, as part of our increasingly aggressive approach to care.
Guest: Maj. Colin Meghoo, MD
Host: John Armstrong, MD
Maj. Dr. Colin Meghoo, a general surgeon at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, shares experiences in mass casualty management from Iraq with host Dr. John Armstrong. For care providers, a team-oriented approach is essential to expeditiously and safely treat a never-ending stream of patients, from local nationals to American service staff. Dr. Meghoo emphasizes practice drills and tested strategies toward maximizing every team member's contribution.
Guest: Lt. Col. Alexander Niven, MD
Host: John Armstrong, MD
Battlefield medicine can be boiled down to providing intensive care in intensive places. Lt. Col. Dr. Alexander Niven, director of respiratory care services and associate program director of internal medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., talks with host Dr. John Armstrong about novel resuscitation techniques and infection control strategies, two fertile areas of combat care research. Additionally, Dr. Niven takes a closer look at the management of blast lung.
Guest: Col. David Burris, MD
Host: John Armstrong, MD
The history of trauma care can be followed through the history of war. With serious battlefield wounds demanding swift and immediate action, how has modern military medicine improved our ability to execute response protocol for these injuries? Col. Dr. David Burris, professor and chair of surgery at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, details measures for training and oversight of our responding medical units. Dr. John Armstrong hosts.
Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD
Guest: Randall Friese, MD
Some complications are so common that we overlook them. The lack of sleep in the ICU is a potent example. Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. Randall Friese, Assistant Professor of Surgery at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and author of a recent study on sleep in the ICU.
Guest: Jam Ghajar, MD, PhD
Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD
Advances in diagnostics for traumatic brain injuries will soon allow us to evaluate these injuries immediately after they occur. With many of our troops suffering these injuries, the United States military is making a push to accelerate development of a new assessment device. Jamshid Ghajar, MD, PhD, president of the Brain Trauma Foundation, the organization working in partnership with the Defense Department, outlines this collaborative effort. Will this forthcoming diagnostic tool also be applicable in civilian circumstances? Are there certain sets of symptoms that would preclude its use?
Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD
Guest: Jam Ghajar, MD, PhD
Traumatic brain injuries are a major cause for concern for our troops returning home from military conflicts abroad. The development of a new eye-tracking device, initiated and funded, in part, by the United States Department of Defense, will soon provide an immediate assessment of traumatic brain injuries. How might this device change the entire evaluation process for these injuries? When will this device be ready for use? Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill gets the details from Jamshid Ghajar, MD, PhD, president of the Brain Trauma Foundation, the organization working in partnership with the Defense Department to develop this device.
Guest: Brian Smith, PharmD
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
When attempting to control blood sugar levels in critically ill patients, how far should we go? Host Dr. Charles Turck probes this question and more with Dr. Brian Smith, director of education in clinical services of the pharmacy department of the University of Massachussetts (UMass) Memorial Medical Center and chair of the UMass Glycemic Control Task Force. Dr. Smith examines current evidence supporting tight glucose monitoring in an intensive care setting.
Guest: Brian Smith, PharmD
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Hyperglycemia and the critically ill: how can we best keep our patients' blood sugars under control? What are the major clinical considerations and administrative needs underlying this important issue? Critical care pharmacy specialist Dr. Brian Smith speaks with host Dr. Charles Turck about how to best control blood glucose settings both during and after intensive care.
Guest: Timothy Henry, MD
Host: Larry Kaskel, MD
Not all hospitals are equipped with staff or equipment to perform percutaneous coronary intervention on an emergency basis. However, in an emergency situation, critical decisions must be made: Take a patient to the nearest medical center that can provide fibrinoloysis or take the extra time to get them to a medical center who can perform PCI. What are the current protocols in place to make this often times life/death decision? Join host, Dr. Larry Kaskel talk with Dr. Tim Henry, Director of Research at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation about his recent paper entitled, 'Design of a Standardized System For Transfer of Patients with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.'
Guest: Louis Soslowsky, PhD
Host: Lee Freedman, MD
Dr. Soslowsky discusses how new understandings of the pathophysiology of tendon-to-bone repair are leading to a new therapeutic approach to rotator cuff tears.
Guest: Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Join Dr. Wes Ely, Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, and founder of the Vanderbilt ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group discuss the latest ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment research findings.
Guest: Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Join Dr. Wes Ely, Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, and the founder of the Vanderbilt ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group as he discusses ICU delirium and cognitive impairment.
Host: Todd Mahr, MD
Guest: Phillip Lieberman, MD
Join Dr. Todd Mahr as he interviews Dr. Phil Lieberman, lead author of "SAFE: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Anaphylaxis in the Emergency Room Department" that was published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
Host: Larry Kaskel, MD
Guest: Elizabeth Tieman, MD
Work-life balance: how many of us can say we have it, let alone come close to having it? Board-certified radiologist Dr. Betsy Tieman is one healthcare professional who can say she achieved work-life balance by leaving private practice where she was working 14 hours a day to take advantage of locum tenens work, which also enabled her to train and compete in triathlons.