The Rush Cast: Recent Episodes
The Rush Cast
Experts from Rush University Medical Center help you navigate the latest health care news related to disease prevention, detection and treatment options.
We chat with Latania Logan, MD, MSPH, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Rush and Louis Kraus, MD, Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Rush. The two discuss tips for parents regarding COVID-19 and your kids. How to help children stay safe and deal with the social and emotional challenges of these uncertain times.
An update with Michael Lin, MD, MPH, Rush Infectious Disease Specialist and hospital epidemiologist and Alexander Tomich, DNP, RN, Associate Vice President of Regulatory and Clinical Effectiveness at Rush. As this new coronavirus spreads, the two separate the misinformation from the facts.
Today we talk with Michael Lin, MD, MPH, Rush Infectious Disease Specialist and hospital epidemiologist and Alexander Tomich, DNP, RN, Associate Vice President of Regulatory and Clinical Effectiveness at Rush. The two discuss the recent coronavirus outbreak, what you need to know to stay safe, and how Rush is prepared to deal with such outbreaks.
Michael Liptay, MD, chair of thoracic surgery at Rush along with Linda Dowling, RN, the lung cancer screening program nurse coordinator, talk to medical oncologist Shikha Jain, MD, Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The three discuss how lung cancer screening can help catch lung cancer earlier, when it is most curable, and innovative treatments providing more hope for people diagnosed with lung cancer.
Lisa Stempel, MD, diagnostic radiologist and Acting Medical Director of breast imaging at Rush, talks to medical oncologist Shikha Jain, MD, Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The two discuss the importance of breast cancer screening, what it means to have dense breasts and how breast cancer screening saves lives.
Sheila Dugan, MD, Acting Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Co-Director of the Center for the Advancement of Women in Health Care at Rush talks with medical oncologist Shikha Jain, MD, Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The two discuss some of the challenges women in health care face and the work they’re doing to make gender equity a top priority in their field.
Angela Johnson, DACM, a practitioner of Chinese medicine and acupuncture in the Supportive Oncology Program at Rush chats with medical oncologist Shikha Jain, MD, Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The two talk about how acupuncture can help improve people’s symptoms, side effects and quality of life before, during and after cancer treatments.
Ashiq Masood, MD, Clinical Director of Rush’s Precision Oncology Program chats with medical oncologist Shikha Jain, MD, Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The two discuss how precision medicine is opening up innovative ways to treat advanced-stage cancers.
Mia Levy, MD, Director of the Rush University Cancer Center, Deborah Hall, MD, Director of Rush's Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Program, and Patty Nedved, Associate Vice President of Ambulatory Transformation, chat with medical oncologist Shikha Jain, MD, Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center.
The four discuss the planning of the Joan and Paul Rubschlager Building and how the center will improve the patient experience at Rush.
Arthur Rhodes, MD, a dermatologist who specializes in melanoma and skin cancer and the Director of the Melanoma Surveillance Clinic, chats with Shikha Jain, MD, medical oncologist and Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The two discuss the risks of skin cancer and melanoma, why it’s not always linked to sun exposure and more.
Timothy Kuzel, MD, the Division Chief of hematology, oncology and cell therapy, who specializes in genitourinary cancers and immunotherapy, chats with Shikha Jain, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, gastrointestinal medical oncologist and Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The two discuss immunotherapies and how they are changing cancer care.
Gastroenterologist and assistant professor of medicine Salina Lee, MD, and Dana Hayden, MD, associate professor of surgery and Chief of colon and rectal surgery, chat with Shikha Jain, MD, assistant professor of medicine, gastrointestinal medical oncologist and Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The three discuss issues related to rising rates of colon cancer among people under 50, as well as useful diet and exercise tips.
In our first episode, Shikha Jain, MD, Assistant Professor of Hematology/Oncology and Physician Director of Media, introduces us to Mia Levy, MD, the new director of the Rush University Cancer Center. Levy shares her personal journey as a breast cancer oncologist, her strong Rush roots and big plans for Rush’s cancer program.