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Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Guest: Heval M. Kelli, MD
Guest: Alan Amedi
What do we need to know about a career in cardiology? Dr. Alan Brown meets with Dr. Heval Kelli, a cardiologist at the Northside Hospital in Atlanta, and Alan Amedi, a first-year medical school student at Emory University, to explore their experiences in the cardiology field and learn about their perspectives on training.
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: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
Guest: John Allen, MD
The world of healthcare continues to drastically change over the years. But what do you need to know about the variety of employment models available for gastroenterologists today? Dr. Peter Buch is joined by Dr. John Allen, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, to discuss recent changes in practice models.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Dalilah Restrepo, MD
A locum tenens opportunity brought a physician to New Zealand, but the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic gave her the opportunity to stay. Dr. Dalilah Restrepo, a former infectious disease specialist at the AHF Healthcare Center, discusses her locum tenens experience and discusses how New Zealand has responded to the pandemic.
Guest: Siddharth Singh, MD
There are multiple resources at hand to help guide you toward a career in clinical research, and here to share them along with his overall experience in the field is Dr. Sid Singh, clinical gastroenterologist at UC San Diego.
Published August 7, 2020
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Uma Mahadevan, MD
Whether you’re a seasoned veteran in the field or a newly practicing clinician, successful time management and work-life balance can be difficult to achieve. Tune in for key tips and tricks from Dr. Uma Mahadevan.
Host: Jenn Simmons, MD
Guest: Dike Drummond, MD
Half of all doctors report troubling symptoms like depression, exhaustion, dissatisfaction, and a sense of failure, and Dr. Dike Drummond was one of them. Experiencing burnout not once, but twice led him to dedicate his career to coaching physicians and healthcare organizations, which he dives into with Dr. Jen Simmons.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Bassam Rimawi, MD
Currently completing a second fellowship in Reproductive Infectious Diseases and Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, Dr. Bassam Rimawi shares his unique journey in medicine and reveals some alternative career choices for fellows.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Andrew Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN
To get a detailed picture of physicians’ personal experiences with locum tenens work, Dr. Matt Birnholz speaks with a very special guest: Dr. Andrew Wilner. Not only is he the author of The Locum Life: A Physician’s Guide to Locum Tenens, but he’s also one of ReachMD’s esteemed hosts!
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: John Bielinski, PA
The rate of clinical burnout has increased throughout the years, but Dr. John Bielinski has the answers to help healthcare professionals liven up their careers and stay in a positive mindset.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Theresa Rand, PA
Burnout is unfortunately experienced by many professionals in the healthcare space today, and its effects cannot be underestimated. Take Theresa Rand, for instance. After over 20 years as a physician assistant, Theresa kept finding herself unhappy and exhausted, no matter the people or practice. But in the pursuit of change, she turned to locum tenens…and has never looked back.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Are you a recent graduate looking to forge your own path in the medical world? Or perhaps you’re starting a family and are looking for balance in your work schedule. Dr. John Thieszen has been there.
After beginning his medical career in the military, Dr. Thieszen realized he wanted more flexibility and a more convenient schedule for his lifestyle. That’s when he turned to locum tenens work, and he has since found the perfect balance as a locum tenens for CompHealth and the leader of his own consulting group.
Host: Andrew Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN
Guest: Michelle Mudge-Riley, DO
With all the recent updates in healthcare, more and more physicians are turning to non-clinical careers, and resources like Physicians Helping Physicians aim to make that transition easier. Here to talk about all the ins and outs of this coaching service with Dr. Andrew Wilner is the founder of Physicians Helping Physicians, Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley.
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Guest: Madelaine A. Feldman, MD, FACR
A multidisciplinary approach between dermatologists and rheumatologists is required for treating and caring for patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). So how should these two specialists work together to achieve the best outcome for their patients? What challenges do they each face, and how can they overcome them?
Dr. Michael Greenberg, dermatologist from the Illinois Dermatology Institute, and Dr. Madelaine Feldman, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine and practicing rheumatologist, come together to provide their perspectives from their careers on this topic.
Beyond Skin Deep: Impacts of Psoriatic Arthritis is sponsored by Lilly. Content for this non-certified educational series is produced and controlled by ReachMD. This series is intended for health care professionals only.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Physicians have one of the most stressful careers out there, forcing them to learn how to cope with high pressure on a day-to-day basis. And with the rates of physician burnout on the rise, adding a little laughter to your life and practice could be just what the doctor ordered.
Sharing their experiences on learning to cope with these pressures and incorporating humor into their practice are Dr. Brian McDonough and Dr. John Kelly, Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Host: Tim Rush
Dr. Johnny Shen, a family practice physician trained in Houston, TX, investigated whether there could be another way to achieve work-life balance early in his career. What he discovered was locum tenens. This aha moment set him on a unique and fulfilling career path that has both defied his expectations and changed the perception of the healthcare industry.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Noel Lumpkin, MD
Dr. Noel Lumpkin, author of Road Warrior Physician, produces a must-read for all physicians, no matter their career stage. Through her insights, Dr. Lumpkin will equip you with the tools you need to begin your career as a locum tenens physician—from the steps to take, the benefits received, and job landscape.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Robin Mcalister Mangione, MD
Ever dreamt about selling everything, moving onto a sailboat, and traveling across the world? That’s exactly what Dr. Mangione did when she decided to become a locum tenen physician. With help from resources like Weatherby Healthcare, she can practice her passion wherever the winds may blow.
Data, artificial intelligence, and telehealth protocols are three of the biggest buzzwords in the health care industry right now, but it’s not all just hype. Dean of the Stanford School of Medicine Dr. Lloyd Minor reveals how these three elements are part of his strategic plan for advancing 21st century biomedicine and medical education.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Joanna Petrides, PsyD
Career fatigue is a staggering epidemic where not only the healthcare professionals suffer, but so do their patients and family members. Join Dr. Jennifer Caudle as she speaks with Dr. Joanna Petrides, Clinical Psychologist and Resident Research Director of Family Medicine at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, about the warning signs physicians need to be aware of and the preventative measures that can be implemented to help keep them healthy.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Career burnout is unfortunately all too common in the healthcare industry, with over half of physicians suffering from at least one symptom of burnout. Not only that, but the rates of depression and suicide in this industry are significantly higher than others.
To discuss this very real threat to health care providers, Dr. Jennifer Caudle is joined by Dr. Shawn Jones, ENT physician and author of Finding Heart in the Art: A Surgeon's Renaissance Approach to Healing Modern Medical Burnout, who recants his own personal journey in overcoming career burnout.
Host: Andrew Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN
Are you a retired physician looking to get back into the field of medicine? Or do you want to resume your clinical practice after taking a few years off? Then listen in as Dr. Andrew Wilner speaks with Dr. Leonard Glass, founder of the Physicians Retraining and Reentry program, about why he created the program in collaboration with UC San Diego School of Medicine, who the ideal candidate is, and how you can apply.
Tip 7: The Pause
Recognized as the most powerful tool, the pause has the ability to create different effects and meanings in speeches. Karen Friedman suggests multiple uses and explains the benefits of applying this tool when speaking to your audience.
Tip 9: Ditch the Slides
Slides should be used for reinforcement, not as a script. These important tips provided by Karen Friedman will teach you how to use these visuals appropriately.
Tip 11: Vocal Variety
You use natural inflections in your voice every day, so why should your presentation sound any different? Karen Friedman reviews the five Ps that add vocal variety to your presentation.
Karen Friedman returns with another season of Speaking of... a series devoted to divulging presentational tips and tricks that turn boring into brilliant. With these helpful tools, you'll find yourself becoming an impactful leader and effective communicator throughout all aspects of life.
Tip 1: Present the Problem
Presenting the problem before the solution not only gives people a reason to listen, but as Karen Friedman explains, it also gives you the opportunity to connect with your audience and gain rapport and trust.
Tip 12: How to Look Confident When Speaking
We all have moments when our nerves take over. However, you can't let your nerves stop you from looking confident, credible, and connected to your audience. In this segment, Karen Friedman looks into the different ways you can achieve strong body language throughout a presentation.
Tip 2: The One Thing
Not sure how to start a new presentation? Karen Friedman discusses the "Twitter-like" approach towards a project that ensures that your message is conveyed properly.
Tip 5: Mix it Up:
By using different stories and visuals, you have the power to change the energy of the room. Karen Friedman discusses how to properly incorporate unique, unusual, and interactive techniques to regulate the mood and captivate the audience.
Tip 4: Plot Your Path in Five Steps
Most speeches and presentations tend to be a bit boring. But with Karen Friedman's help, you'll be able to organize your content in five easy steps and begin "writing for the eye and speaking for the ear."
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Robert J. Deschenes, Ph.D.
Guest: Athanasios Tsalatsanis, Ph.D.
The career fields of health informatics and healthcare analytics continue to experience significant growth, a pattern expected to continue for at least the next decade. What’s driving this need for more health informaticists and analysts?
Dr. Robert Deschenes and Dr. Athanasios Tsalatsanis, nationally renowned experts and educators in health informatics from USF Health’s Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida, join host Tim Rush to talk about the latest innovations from the field and their novel programs advancing this cause.
Dr. Deschenes' research combines computational biology, bioinformatics and genetics in an interdisciplinary effort to understand cancer and neurological disorders. He oversees the graduate and postdoctoral programs of USF Health’s Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida.
Dr. Tsalatsanis is an active researcher and professor in USF Health’s Morsani College of Medicine. His research interests are in the areas of medical decision making and health informatics, subjects about which he has published more than forty research articles and abstracts.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Gail Curtis
In May 2017, the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) House of Delegates approved a new policy, referred to as the Optimal Team Practice Guidelines. These guidelines were intended to expand access to care and better fit the PA profession to the current healthcare marketplace. What does this policy mean for the physician assistant field in terms of patient care, how will they collaborate with physicians, and what new career opportunities will emerge moving forward?
Host Tim Rush talks with Gail Curtis, President and Chair of the AAPA Board of Directors, about ways in which these PA practice guidelines will change the physician assistant profession.
Host: Andrew Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN
Guest: Michael Weisberg, MD
What happens when you are admitted to the hospital as a patient, and the physician assigned to be your doctor has never seen you before and knows absolutely nothing about you?
Says Dr. Michael Weisberg, gastroenterologist and author of The Hospitalist, situations like these are increasingly common in modern medicine and can have disastrous consequences for patients.
Dr. Weisberg joins host Dr. Andrew Wilner to talk about his novel, which underscores how doctors are now at heightened risk of being thwarted by the modern health care system.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Teresa MacGregor PhD, ARNP
Guest: Roberta Christopher, EdD, MSN, ARNP, NE-BC, CHTS-CP
Federal regulations requiring the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) spurred the need for the healthcare industry to assess processes and employee skill sets relative to maintaining proper electronic records and improving patient care and safety outcomes. As a healthcare professional, it's likely that your job is affected every day by tasks or information related to health informatics. Because of the breadth of the health informatics industry and the depth of its impact on medical facilities throughout the country, we have interviewed some of the industry’s thought leaders on the practice of health informatics and nursing informatics.
Dr. Christopher is an ANCC board certified nurse executive, and is board certified as a healthcare technology specialist clinician/practitioner consultant (CHTS-CP) through the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). She is also an active member of the AHIMA and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Dr. Christopher was credentialed by EPIC in electronic health record (EMR) report writing and inpatient clinical documentation. She had further training in EPIC hospital outpatient departments, Stork (maternal child module), ASAP (emergency department module), BEACON (oncology module), research, and business intelligence reporting during her tenure overseeing a nursing informatics department and co-facilitating an EPIC EMR go …
Host: Andrew Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN
Guest: Thomas Snyder, MD
Dr. Thomas Snyder, retired urologist, founder of the Society for the History of Navy Medicine, and the current Secretary of the Naval Order of the United States Foundation, speaks with Dr. Andrew Wilner about the history of naval medicine. They touch upon historical milestones such as building on Mare Island, the Navy's first West Coast hospital.
Host: Renée Simone Yolanda Allen, MD, MHSc., FACOG
Guest: Heidi Faith
Doulas have become an integral part of the obstetrics field. In recent years, a new, specialized type of doula, called the bereavement doula, has emerged. But what roles and duties are performed by this care provider?
Host Dr. Renee Allen speaks with Heidi Faith, Founder, President and CEO of StillBirthDay, a highly specialized doula program. The two talk about the unique care roles a bereavement doula can play in the labor and delivery of stillborn babies.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Guest: Daniel Tropeano
Guest: Michael Freytag
An expert panel of health professionals representing hospital administration, technology, and medical education convene to discuss how their various career paths have led them in directions that were unexpected at times but ultimately fulfilling. They also talked about why being versatile and willing to embrace change became so important within the health care field.
The panel participants are:
- Jeanne Churchill: Professor of Nursing, Columbia University
- Robert McNally: President and CEO of GeoVax, Inc.
- Michael Freytag: Managing Director of BlackTree Health Consulting
- Daniel Tropeano: CEO of United Healthcare Services, Inc.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Noel Lumpkin, MD
Most doctors have heard of locum tenens, but very few actually know how it works. Dr. Noel Lumpkin, author of the book Road Warrior Physician, wants to change this awareness issue for physicians. Together with our host, Tim Rush, she will discuss the necessary steps, benefits, and career landscape for this decision, both for doctors and hospital systems.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
Guest: Timothy Brigham, MD
Physician stress and burnout are reaching epidemic proportions in the United States.
Host, Dr. John Russell talks with Dr. Timothy Brigham, Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President of Education at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, about what can be done to ensure work satisfaction and prevent burnout for health care professionals.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Robin Mcalister Mangione, MD
Host Tim Rush chats with Dr. Robin Mangione, a locum tenens physician with Weatherby Healthcare whose life on a sailboat allows her to take urgent care assignments wherever the sea takes her.
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Guest: Peter Dawson, MD
In the male-dominated world of medicine, she dared to step forward and fight for fairness—graduating from Johns Hopkins Medical School with honors in the year 1900. But for physician Dorothy Reed Mendenhall, MD, the battle for equality was just beginning.
In the name of improving the standards of care for women and infants, she faced the scorn of prejudiced doctors in an establishment marked by its unwillingness to change. Still, through the Gilded Age, two World Wars, and beyond, she kept up her fight—in the process, discovering new breakthroughs and saving lives, all while outperforming many of her male peers.
Dorothy in a Man’s World is an inside look at the life and career of Dr. Mendenhall, documented by physician and pathologist Dr. Peter Dawson. This biographical tribute to one of medicine’s great female pioneers showcases the struggles women faced to make a name for themselves in the world of health care—in addition to the drastic improvements which have been made in the specific area of care for women and their infants.
Dr. Dawson sits down with host Dr. Maurice Pickard as they explore Dr. Mendenhall's extraordinary life.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Heidi Moawad, MD
A physician’s career has more flexibility than ever to extend beyond patient care. Health care providers can also use their medical backgrounds to pursue jobs in healthcare management, public policy, education, research and other career paths not directly related to clinical practice. But how do doctors find these nonclinical opportunities?
Joining Dr. Jennifer Caudle is Dr. Heidi Moawad, a neurologist and adjunct professor at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Moawad is creator of the website, nonclinicaldoctors.com, and author of the book, Careers Beyond Clinical Medicine. They talk about the many nonclinical jobs available to doctors and how to find them.
Host: Andrew Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN
Guest: John Kihm, MD
Host Dr. Andrew Wilner explores different opportunities to combine medicine with outside interests when off call.
Today, he talks with Dr. John Kihm, an internist in private practice in Durham, NC. who fell in love with North Carolina's Outer Banks and Ocracoke Island off Cape Hatteras while a 4th year medical student. He has found a way to combine his passion for volunteer medical work with his passion for flying by commuting to Ocracoke one weekend a month to conduct his special "house call" practice.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Walter Boutwell
Host Tim Rush chats with Dr. Walter Boutwell, a neonatologist from Montgomery, Alabama about his experience as a locum tenens doctor for the last 17 years, affording him the unique flexibility to participate in several medical missions and write works of speculative fiction.
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Guest: Damon Tweedy, MD
How do black doctors grapple with race, bias, and the unique health problems for black Americans?
Host Dr. Maurice Pickard chats with Dr. Damon Tweedy, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Duke University Medical Center and author of the book Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflection on Race and Medicine, which examines the complex ways in which black doctors and patients must both navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Roxanne Richards, MD
Many people dream of packing up their bags and moving to the Alaskan wilderness, but practicing medicine in Alaska comes with unique challenges.
Host Tim Rush talks with Dr. Roxanne Richards, a Family Medicine Physician at Norton Sound Regional Health Outpatient Clinic in Nome, Alaska about her experience working as a Locum Tenens doctor in Alaska.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Fred Moss, MD
In today’s fast paced world, it can be hard for people to find time in their busy schedules for even the most accessible mainstays of psychological treatment, such as talking to a therapist.
Dr. Fred Moss, a Board Certified Psychiatrist and practitioner in the emerging telepsychiatry field, is helping usher in a new response to this problem by utilizing virtual psychiatric services. Is this approach as effective as the in-person visit?
Host: Renée Simone Yolanda Allen, MD, MHSc., FACOG
Guest: Carmen Brown, MD
What does it take to pick up your practice and move to a foreign country? And what can be gained and lost in translation?
Host Dr. Renee Allen chats with Dr. Carmen Brown,a board-certified OB/GYN practicing in New Zealand, about her experiences and perspectives transitioning a clinical practice and family home to another continent.
Host: Tim Rush
There is an expectation among many doctors finishing residency to seek and sign long term work contracts with hospitals and private practices. But for some, this particular career trajectory can feel limited and even restrictive to achieving work/life balance.
Dr. Johnny Shen, a family practice physician trained in Houston, TX, investigated whether there could be another way. His discovery of locum tenens, normally considered "side work" within parts of the medical community, set him on a unique and fulfilling career path that has both defied expectations and changed the way others think of the practice.
Dr. Shen joins host Tim Rush to discuss perspectives on locum tenens as a distinct career path for young physicians
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Asif Ali, MD
Most doctors have heard about telemedicine, also called telehealth and e-medicine, but few have actually seen or utilized it in practice. As technologies enabling virtual patient visits and consultations continue to improve and gain more traction by clinicians, how will American healthcare systems change?
Joining host Tim Rush to discuss the current and future impacts of telemedicine in health care is Dr. Asif Ali, Clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Dr. Ali lectures nationwide on the evolving applications of telemedicine in modern practice.
Host: Renée Simone Yolanda Allen, MD, MHSc., FACOG
Midlevel providers help fill the gap in health care coverage across the country. Nurse practitioners, in particular, have the distinct capabilities to work independently in a variety of areas including consultations, treatments, and authorization of durable medical equipment.
Host Dr. Renee Allen chats with Patrick Washington, a board-certified nurse practitioner in family medicine, about the role NPs play in the healthcare system, how education requirements are evolving, and where NP duties differ from those of physician assistants (PAs).
Guest: James S. Hemphill, CFP®, CPWA®, ChFC®, CIMA®
Paying down student loans is the number one issue on the minds of many young physicians.
Join Jim Hemphill, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and co-founder of TGS Financial Advisors, to learn some basic questions to ask and answer about your loans as you begin to construct your own optimal loan-management strategy.
Click here to learn more about other financial related programs in this special series.
Host: Tim Rush
The Veterans Health Administration operates one of the largest healthcare systems in the world, and provides training for a majority of American clinicians across all levels of practice. Joining host Tim Rush to discuss the state of the VA is Dr. David Shulkin, Under Secretary of Health for the United States Department Veteran Affairs. As the Chief Executive of the Veterans Health Administration, Dr. Shulkin leads the nation’s largest integrated health care system with over 1,700 sites of care, serving 8.76 million Veterans each year. Prior to being nominated by President Obama and being confirmed by the United States Senate as Under Secretary of Health, Dr. Shulkin served in numerous chief executive roles including serving as President at Morristown Medical Center, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, and Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute, and the Atlantic Health System Accountable Care Organization. Dr. Shulkin also previously served as President and CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.
For more information on careers at VA, please visit http://www.vacareers.va.gov
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
On this episode of Everyday Family Medicine, host Dr. Jennifer Caudle welcomes Dr. Antonio J. Webb to discuss his book, Overcoming the Odds: From the War on the Streets of Louisiana to the War on Terrorism in Iraq. Dr. Webb is an orthopedic surgeon in residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. He is also a motivational speaker and mentors underprivileged middle and high school students interested in medical careers.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Stuart Altman, PhD, Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Dr. Altman is an expert on universal health coverage and discusses his recent work as Chair of the IOM Committee assessing progress on recommendations made in the 2010 Institute of Medicine Report on The Future of Nursing, which advocates for a stronger role for nurses in the expanding health care system.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
Wealth, or the appearance thereof, is often portrayed in American popular culture not by the allocation of one's assets, but rather the number of assets. As such, the most common mechanism by which healthily employed Americans get into financial trouble is, simply, from owning "too much stuff." Health care professionals, especially those in higher income positions, are particularly susceptible to this problem after experiencing delayed financial gratification for so many years in training. What is the seasoned clinician in financial crisis to do?
Dr. John Russell welcomes James Hemphill, Chief Investment Strategist and Managing Director of TGS Financial Advisors, and author of Changing Outcomes: A Financial Recovery Strategy for Peak-Career Physicians. Mr. Hemphill discusses strategies for making significant changes to a troubled financial portfolio, from pushing savings to making assets more functional and productive.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
From the floor of ACOG's annual scientific meeting, Dr. Matt Birnholz welcomes Dr. Leonard Glass, Founder and President of Physician Retraining & Reentry (PRR), a comprehensive educational platform which enables licensed physicians to reenter practice on a part-time basis in adult general practice outpatient clinics. It is also being considered as a means for recently established specialist physicians to expand their patient profile by including general practice, as well as the physicians with physical impairment who must transition to primary care because of manual dexterity is diminished for any number of reasons.
Host: Frank Russomano
The role of continuing medical education (CME) within government is an important and ever-changing area of high interest and scrutiny among many stakeholders. The CME Coalition is an advocacy group working directly with government officials, lobbyist and other healthcare interest groups to help define and refine what CME is, and the role supporters have in medical education.
Host Frank Russomano, reporting from the floor of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions Annual Industry Summit in Philadelphia, speaks with Andrew Rosenberg and Thomas Sullivan. Mr. Rosenberg is Founding Partner of Thorn Run Partners and Senior Advisor for the CME Coalition. Thomas Sullivan is President of Rockpointe Corp., a science-based medical education company, and editor of Policy and Medicine, a website devoted to legal, regulatory, and compliance issues affecting the pharmaceutical and device industry.
Host: Maureen Whelihan, MD
The increasingly recognized concept of a clinician's "work-life balance" is critical to thriving and avoiding burnout, but the philosophy behind this balance remains poorly understood. Some argue that adequate time alottment to one's priorities is the key factor in sustaining a positive medical career trajectory, but a select few believe that time allocation alone is not enough. Dr. Michael Foley, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix, argues in favor of what he calls work-life harmony, where aspects of meaningfulness, relationships, and wellbeing better guide one's life and career decisions. Joining host Dr. Maureen Whelihan at ACOG's Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco, Dr. Foley applies a martial arts-centered perspective on medical careers based on his extensive experience as a seventh-degree black belt and the founder of The Center for Humane Living.
Host: Tim Rush
A physician can attain a great amount of wealth over his/her career. But the first few years of practice are crucial in determining a doctor’s financial future. Host Tim Rush welcomes author of PAY YOURSELF FIRST: A Financial Guide for Doctors Entering Practice, James “Jim” Hemphill. Mr. Hemphill is Chief Investment Strategist and Managing Director of TGS Financial Advisors.
Host: Tim Rush
Have you retired, but miss the lifestyle and purposeful pursuits of your clinical practice? Moreover, do you feel like you still have more to give, both within and outside your profession? Joining Tim Rush to address these and other questions is retired pediatrician Dr. Joseph Skoloff, who practiced medicine for over 40 years and maintains a strong presence in the field to this day.
Host: Tim Rush
On average, women in medicine earn 12 to 15 thousand dollars less per year than male counterparts. Many explanations have been suggested throughout the years, from tangible factors such as maternity leave and associated preferential part time work options, to intangible factors such as "fewer negotiation skills" and "less competitiveness." Regardless of how grounded or far-fetched these explanations may be, the fact remains that a significant pay gap continues to exist in today's workforce. Why is this still the case, and what can be done about it? Addressing these and other questions is Abi Rimmer, reporter and Deputy Editor for the Careers section of the British Medical Journal. Ms. Rimmer wrote a recent article in the BMJ titled "Why do female doctors earn less money for doing the same job?"
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.
Host: Howard Levy, MD, PhD
Guest: David H. Ledbetter, PhD, FACMG
From the ASHG Meeting in San Diego, Dr. Howard Levy is joined by Dr. David Ledbetter, Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Geisinger Health System. Dr. Ledbetter shares his career story as an internationally recognized researcher in the advancement of medical genomics, and the initiatives he is leading at Geisinger to bring genomic sequencing to primary care settings for improved risk assessments and better patient outcomes.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Tanya Winders, President and Chief Executive Officer for the Allergy and Asthma Network, the leading patient advocacy organization dedicated to ending needless suffering and death due to asthma, allergies, and related conditions. They discuss ways of addressing healthcare access challenges for asthma and allergy patients, from socioeconomic support structures to education models to special risk situations like enterovirus outbreaks.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Guest: Ray Saputelli
The American Academy of Family Physicians estimates that approximately 52,000 more primary care physicians will be needed in the workforce by 2025 in order to maintain basic standards of care for the American population. But in a climate where medical professionals are increasingly turning away from general medicine to pursue higher paying niche specialties, the challenge to counter a looming shortage of primary care physicians rises exponentially. What actions, incentives, and culture changes will be needed to bring primary care back into prominence? Joining host Alicia Sutton to examine this issue is Ray Saputelli, Executive Vice President of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Host Alicia Sutton is joined by Bob Meinzer, Senior Director for National Education Strategy at the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians. Their topic of focus is accountable care organizations (ACOs): what they are, how they are structured, and where their potential benefits and pitfalls lie respectively within the medical education field.
Host: Frank Russomano
Host Frank Russomano welcomes Nutrisystem, Inc CEO and President, Dawn Zier. Ms. Zier discusses her successful career path from an electrical engineering scholarship to publishing at Reader's Digest to her current executive role at Nutrisystem, Inc. Ms. Zier focuses on ways in which she has navigated these academic, publishing, and health & wellness sectors, and the importance of adopting innovative work cultures throughout to inspire positive changes.
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Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
The Millennial Generation, including those born between 1981 and 1996, has grown to incorporate the current cohort of young medical professionals in teaching positions. How do clinicians from this age group perceive best practices in medical education and patient care, and what challenges exist for colleagues of other age groups who prioritize different methods of communication and training? Dr. Jennifer Prats, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, addresses these important questions from the vantage point of a Millennial teaching other Millennials in hospital wards and primary care clinics.
Host: Tim Rush
Host Tim Rush welcomes Dr. Laura Hayden, practicing physical therapist, touring comedian, and speaker. Laura's personal journey and research on the healing aspect of laughter led her to pursue her PhD in Physical Therapy from Boston University. The emphasis of her PhD was burnout and therapeutic laugher, examining ways to stay sane and positive when dealing with the stresses of clinical practice. In her ongoing work, she has found that laughter - as cliché as it may sound - truly is the best medicine for patients, their loved ones, and the medical professionals working the front lines.
Host: Tim Rush
Host Tim Rush welcomes Diane Shannon, MD, MPH, to discuss her decision to leave medicine and her perspectives on modern practice challenges such as the often times silent epidemic of burnout. She has grown to help other physicians practice medicine in a way that is positively affirming both for themselves and by extension the patients they are privileged to serve. Dr. Shannon is a freelance writer who focuses on performance improvement in health care. She lives in Boston, MA.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
The journal Academic Medicine recently reported that medical students, compared to age-matched fellow college graduates, reported significantly higher rates of burnout. What is happening to our 80,000 US medical students? Host Dr. Jennifer Caudle welcomes Dr. Richard Gunderman to discuss the issues of burnout in our young doctors, exhaustion in our more seasoned physicians, and the impacts both trends have on our healthcare system. Dr. Gunderman is Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Indiana University, with faculty positions in pediatrics, medical education, philosophy, philanthropy, and liberal arts.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
This week, Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Janelle von Bargen, Instructor at the University of Delaware and member of the Behavioral Medicine faculty for the Saint Francis Family Medicine Residency Program in Wilmington, DE. Their discussion centers on the perspectives of the Behaviorist in numerous facets of primary care practice, from psychiatric patient screening and treatment considerations to electronic health record utilization.
Host: Tim Rush
In this edition of Your Career in Healthcare, host Tim Rush welcomes Philippa Kennealy, MD. Dr. Kennealy is President of The Entrepreneurial MD and works with physicians who are striving to become entrepreneurs and build their own successful businesses or thriving practices. She discusses how she assists in providing support, education and resources that are specifically attuned to their business goals.
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Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
For modern healthcare practitioners, the philosophic change from managing disease to focusing on prevention and wellness isn't always easy or clearcut. The life and career story of Dr. Jonathan Burg, Internist, Physical Medicine & Rehabiliation specialist, and Founder and President of Cornerstone Wellness, encapsulates this experience in ways that are at once intuitively familiar and unmistakably unique. Join Dr. Burg as he shares his facinating story with host Dr. Matt Birnholz.
Host: Tim Rush
Host Tim Rush welcomes Dr. Ali Kavianian, who after retiring, decided to go back to practicing medicine. Dr. Kavianian founded a group called Pediatric Surgical Associates and later became Surgeon-in-Chief at a pediatric hospital in Southern California. He is now able to enjoy the benefits of retirement and work locum tenens assignments.
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Host: Tim Rush
As a busy health professional doing what you love, you still need to think about how to grow your business. How do you balance the clinical and business-related demands? Host Tim Rush welcomes Michael Weber, MD, cardiologist and entreprenuer, who shares his story about developing a new medical app that has helped grow his business. Dr. Weber is a cardiac electrophysiologist on Long Island, New York and the developer of the DirectLineMD app. For more information, you can visit www.directlinemd.com
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Host: Tim Rush
How important is the resume/CV for a physician or other healthcare provider looking to make a job switch? What about the do's and don'ts for interviewing in this special population? And what are employers looking for in healthcare professionals of each practice level? Host Tim Rush welcomes Stephanie Rollheiser, Vice President of the locum tenens division at CompHealth, to discuss these and other important questions related to job searching.
Host: Tim Rush
From two branches of military medical service to rural reservations, island clinics, cowboy ranches, cruise ships, underwater residences and potentially even outer space, Dr. Thomas Anderson has practiced medicine in virtually all kinds of environments. Learn how the career trajectory of this "Adventure Physician" has taken place, and how it can inform your own practice options today.
Host: Tim Rush
In such a challenging and time-consuming profession, how can physicians find time to pursue other passions? Host Tim Rush welcomes Dr. Andrew Wilner, neurologist and award-winning author. His latest book, Bullets and Brains, draws on his own experiences as a neurologist to explain, in everyday terms, the dangers that can impact the brain. Dr. Wilner will discuss his career as both physician and author, including his medical missions in the Philippines.
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Host: Tim Rush
Retiring doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to discontinue the practice of medicine. Tune in as Dr. Leon Books shares his experience of practicing both nationally and internationally as a locum tenens physician after deciding to close his practice and travel the world.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Jack Andraka, 16 year old winner of last year's Intel Science and Engineering First Prize. Mr. Andraka has been nicamed the "Teen Prodigy of Pancreatic Cancer" by the Smithsonian for the device he created for early detection of pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer. It's cheap, fast and accurate in numerous blind tests. He has been awarded by the White House, the Vatican, and the Royal College of Physicians, and he was deemed by his Lab Mentor at Johns Hopkins as the "Thomas Edison of our times."
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Why do only 7-8% of medical school graduates nationwide choose Family Medicine, and what can be done on both micro and macro levels to counter this disparaging trend for primary care practice? Dr. Richard Young, Director of Research and Associate Program Director at the JPS Family Medicine Residency Program in Fort Worth, TX, discusses this issue in detail. Hosted by Dr. Brian McDonough.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Joining Dr. Brian McDonough is Dr. Tom Linden, the Glaxo Wellcome Distinguished Professor of Medical Journalism at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Linden directs the Medical & Science Journalism Program, one of the nation's first master's programs in medical journalism. He is also the author of "The New York Times Reader: Health & Medicine," a compendium of more than 50 stories featuring condensed interviews with Times reporters and a how-to manual for aspiring medical and health reporters.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Winn H. Gregory, MD
As a locum tenens contractor, healthcare professionals can gain experience in a variety of settings, from rural solo practices to urban group practices to even military bases and correctional facilities. So if you’re interested in investigating the potential merits of this unique method of clinical practice, then tune in to hear Dr. Winn Gregory share his experience as a general surgeon who works with locum tenens assignments in affiliation with Weatherby Healthcare.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Allergic complaints in primary care settings are sometimes more than they appear, raising the importance of good diagnostic criteria for other underlying problems. Joining Dr. Brian McDonough for an in-depth discussion of allergy in the general and specialized practice levels is Dr. Will Sheppard, a board certified Otolaryngologist/ Head and Neck Surgeon and a Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy. His practice includes medical and surgical management of ear, nose, and throat disorders of pediatric and adult patients.
Host: Tim Rush
Dr. Michael Nelson joins host Tim Rush to discuss his medical career within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. As Clinical Director at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota, Dr. Nelson has been a Clinical Director at FMC Rochester since 2009 and this is his most recent assignment as part of a twenty five year career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Having worked at various duty locations throughout the agency, to include institutional, regional and central office experience, Dr. Nelson is uniquely qualified to discuss his experiences about correctional health care issues and opportunities within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Dr. Nelson received his Doctor of Osteopathy from Kirksville College in 1984 and is Board Certified in Family Practice.
Guest: Donald C. Correll, MD, FACEP
Host: Tim Rush
Author and Emergency Medicine physician, Dr. Donald C. Correll , joins host Tim Rush to discuss his dual career. As a physician who works with physician assistants and nurse practitioners, Dr. Correll developed an appreciation of their medical skills and practice. Yet there was an unmet need in having protocols for the typical and atypical circumstances that occur in a provider's evaluation and treatment. That's why he decided to become an author. Listen to Dr. Correll's career as author and physician.
Guest: Brad Douglas
Host: Tim Rush
Host Tim Rush welcomes Brad Douglas, Vice President of Business Development for GMD/HIPAA Safeguard, a strategic protection and insurance solutions company. Mr. Douglas will discuss HIPPA Data Breech Protection and the benefits and great risks clinicians need to know to safeguard patient data. Join us in this educational and informational dialogue! Download today!
Guest: Jeffrey M. McFarlane, ARNP
Host: Tim Rush
Host, Tim Rush, is joined by Jeffrey M. McFarlane, ARNP, who will be discussing how he became a medical entrepreneur. They review the need in the medical marketplace, how Jeffrey developed the idea and prototypes and finally, the pearls and pitfalls in becoming an inventor.
Jeffrey M. McFarlane is a Nurse Practitioner and started his career in nursing at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida, graduating with an Associates degree in Nursing Sciences in 1997. After a few years of prototyping, design changes, and vibration research he developed an effective first generation prototype which he calls the V.I.A. (Vibration Induced Analgesia) Comfort Clip. Currently, he is using the device for allergy shots, pediatric immunizations, lab draws, and joint pain related to arthritis, and injuries of the hand. It also is being used for pain management and physical therapy of the hands and wrists.
Guest: Thomas W. Rossi
Host: Tim Rush
Host Tim Rush speaks with Thomas Rossi, Vice President of HCA Physician Recruitment, about the art of planning one's long term career goals within a fluid, dynamic environment of modern medicine.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Join host Lawrence Sherman at this year's meeting of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEHP), formerly the Alliance for CME, held on January 21-24, 2012 in Orlando, Florida, for a discussion of the ACEHP's expanding role in organizing and delivering education for health professionals.
His guest is Dr. George Mejicano, past President of the ACEHP and Associate Dean for Continuing Professional Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Medicine and Public Health.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Join host Lawrence Sherman at this year's meeting of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEHP), formerly the Alliance for CME, held on January 21-24, 2012 in Orlando, Florida.
His two guests are:
- Dr. Catherine Grichnik, Director of the Center for Educational Excellence at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. She is also Associate Dean for Duke CME and Professor of Anesthesia at Duke University. Dr. Grichnik discusses interdsciplinary learning environments for physicians.
- Dr. Jack Kues, Vice President of the ACEHP and Associate Dean for Continuous Professional Development at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Kues discusses the evolution of CME and its impact on practicing healthcare professionals.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Join host Lawrence Sherman at this year's meeting of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEHP), formerly the Alliance for CME, held on January 21-24, 2012 in Orlando, Florida, for a discussion of novel mentoring opportunities in today's medical community.
His guest is Bob Kristofco, MSW, Director of the Medical Education Group for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Join host Lawrence Sherman at this year's meeting of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEHP), formerly the Alliance for CME, held on January 21-24, 2012 in Orlando, Florida, for a discussion of the impact of REMS (risk evaluation and mitigation strategies) on the practicing physician.
His guest is Dr. Murray Kopelow, Chief Executive Officer of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Current Guidelines conclude that enlisting greater numbers of primary care clinicians to improve access to quality care will help people gain control of their asthma and allergy, thusly improving patients' quality of life. This activity was developed based on the current recommendations and guidelines issued by national organizations, and is designated to close gaps in knowledge, awareness, attitudes, and decision-making patterns related to the treatment and referral of patients with asthma and allergy.
Presenting this Prova Education Live Event is Dr. Michael Wechsler, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Asthma Research Center.
This is Part 2 of a lecture in two parts.
Part 1 >>
To view the complete video recording of this and other Prova Education Live Events, visit http://www.provaeducation.com
And to download a copy of the American Lung Association's "Asthma Action Plan" referenced in this program, visit http://www.lungusa.org/lung-disease/asthma/living-with-asthma/take-control-of-your-asthma/asthma-action-plan.html
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Current Guidelines conclude that enlisting greater numbers of primary care clinicians to improve access to quality care will help people gain control of their asthma and allergy, thusly improving patients' quality of life. This activity was developed based on the current recommendations and guidelines issued by national organizations, and is designated to close gaps in knowledge, awareness, attitudes, and decision-making patterns related to the treatment and referral of patients with asthma and allergy.
Presenting this Prova Education Live Event is Dr. Michael Wechsler, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Asthma Research Center.
This is Part 1 of a lecture in two parts.
Part 2 >>
To view the complete video recording of this and other Prova Education Live Events, visit http://www.provaeducation.com
And to download a copy of the American Lung Association's "Asthma Action Plan" referenced in this program, visit http://www.lungusa.org/lung-disease/asthma/living-with-asthma/take-control-of-your-asthma/asthma-action-plan.html
Guest: Aimee Payne, MD, PhD
Host: Tim Rush
Dr. Aimee Payne is assistant director of the medical scientist training program at the University of Pennsylvania and the core director of the Penn Skin Disease Research Center, where she focuses on the autoimmune blistering disease pemphigus vulgaris, a potentially fatal disorder in which autoantibodies against desmosomal cell adhesion molecules cause blistering of the skin and mucous membranes. She takes host Tim Rush on a tour of her career path combining clinical dermatology and research medicine. They discuss the balance of clinical work and research, as well as the role of women in research.
Guest: Michelle Mudge-Riley, DO
Host: Tim Rush
Are you in a twitter over how to use social media to further your career? Statistics show the medical community is not taking advantage of these tools as much as other professionals. How do social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter help in making professional connections or a facillitating a job search? Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley, career and business consultant, gives host Tim Rush an overview of the strengths and weakness of these tools, and best practices, such as what constitutes professional behavior online.
Guest: Joseph Harrison, PhD
Host: Shane Jackson
For medical professionals interested in serving your country and fullfilling your career goals at the same time, the Army is looking for civilian doctors to treat soldiers and their families at Army facilities around the world. Dr. Joseph Harrison, chief of the civilian human resources division, recruitment and retention division, at the US Army Medical Command, joins host Shane Jackson to discuss the opportunities in the Army and what it's like to be employed by the US government within the military system.
Guest: Heidi Cordi, MD
Host: Shane Jackson
Volunteer medical professionals can be on the ground, where they're greatly needed, within 72 hours of a crisis or disaster. Dr. Heidi Cordi, medical director of NYC Medics in New York City, joins host Shane Jackson to discuss what you need to know to become among the professionals on the ground as a volunteer. They also talk about the skills requirements for becoming a volunteer and the specialists that are most in need.
Guest: Arnold Widen, MD
Host: Shane Jackson
Over 2 million uninsured patients visit free clinics across the country each year. As the number of patients grows, so does the need for volunteer doctors to treat the underserved. Dr. Arnold Widen, past president of Community Health, the largest free clinic in Illinois, joins host Shane Jackson to discuss the freedom that practicing medicine in a free clinic offers compared to private practice, where the greatest needs are, and how to get involved.
Guest: Stephen Ponder, MD, CDE
Host: Steven Edelman, MD
A new study suggests newly trained physicians may not be adequately prepared to treat patients with diabetes. Host Dr. Steven Edelman, talks with Dr. Stephen Ponder, pediatric endocrinologist at Texas A&M, with 27 years of professional experience in the management of children with diabetes, about the implications for the next generation of patients and Dr. Ponder's recommendations for a mentoring system to provide additional training to young physicians.
Guest: Glenn Geelhoed, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Dr. Glenn Geelhoed is a marathoner, photographer, and big game hunter, who has been on over 200 international medical missions to developing countries, and helped broker peace between warring Sudanese tribes. He talks with Second Opinion Live hosts Dr. Michael Greenberg and Dr. Matthew Birnholz about what he has learned from his patients in the poorest parts of the world about doing more with fewer resources. Plus: medical oddities, and conflicting research on sodium.
Guest: David Hexter, MD, MPH, FACEP
Host: Gary Epstein
Host Gary Epstein's guest is Dr. David Hexter, practicing emergency physician in Baltimore and president of the Maryland State Medical Society (known as MedChi). He tells the story of his first spontaneous entrance into organized medicine. And he describes the transformation of emergency medicine since the 1980s and 90s, when treatments were much less sophisticated and the hospital emergency department was often starved of resources. Contrast with the recognition today that the emergency department is the public face — the front door — of the hospital.
This week's guest was nominated by:
Guest: William Goggins, MD
Host: Aaron Carroll, MD
Some patients needing kidney transplants have to wait much longer than others because of their sensitization to human leukocyte antigen (HLA). How are new desensitization protocols opening the door to transplantation for these patients who were previously ineligible? Host Dr. Aaron Carroll talks to Dr. William Goggins, kidney transplant surgical director at Indiana University Health.
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Guest: Mary Fargen, PA-C
Physician assistant Mary Fargen, 2011 AAPA Humanitarian PA of the Year, fell in love with the people of Haiti when she traveled there on her first medical mission in 2004. Since then, she has been to the island more than a dozen times, volunteering her time working with medical providers to help improve medical care. Following the devestating earthquake in January 2010, she ramped up her efforts to help Haitian providers, working with the Hatian and Caribbean American Organization of Texas, based in Kileen, Texas. Ms. Fargen tells host Lisa Dandrea Lenell the personal story of her work in Haiti.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
This year's meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), held in San Francisco over March 18th through the 22nd, attracted over 7,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academics, allied health professionals, and others interested in allergic and immunologic disease. The conference highlighted recent advances in allergy and immunology research, with presentations also focusing on other developments in allergy, asthma, and immunologic diseases.
Guest: M. Todd Williamson, MD
Host: Gary Epstein
Georgia neurologist Dr. M. Todd Williamson rose through the ranks of his local physician organizations, before serving as president of his state’s medical association during 2009, as national healthcare reform was being debated in Washington, DC. He discusses the role of organized medicine in shaping government's influence over the business of medicine and the nature of the doctor-patient relationship, and his views on giving patients control of medical expenditures as a solution to the challenges faced by the healthcare industry.
Hosted by Gary Epstein. This week's guest was nominated by the
Guest: John Foley, MD, FACC
Host: Gary Epstein
Cardiologist Dr. John Foley started his medical career as a registered nurse. Dr. Foley discusses with host Gary Epstein how his bedside experience as a nurse later shaped his perspective and cardiology practice, and his perspective on the structure of the healthcare system.
This week's guest was nominated by:
The Connecticut State Medical Society — founded by the physician-patriots of the American Revolution
Guest: Douglas Gerard, MD
Host: Gary Epstein
Dr. Douglas Gerard runs a one-exam-room solo practice serving the rural Connecticut town of New Hartford (population 6,000), where he lives, and treats his friends and neighbors. Dr. Gerard talks with host Gary Epstein about the doctor-patient relationship, and the practice management decisions he's made in order to deliver quality, personal care to the many patients who rely on him.
This week's guest was nominated by:
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Guest: Kirsten Wister, NP
After years working in clinical practice in rural Arizona, NP Kirsten Wister had a vision for her own practice that would allow her to offer integrative medicine and treat poor and needy patients. Like some other rural states in the US, the state of Arizona allows NPs to run a practice without a physician's oversight, as well as admit patients to some acute and sub-acute facillities, and prescribe medication. She and host Mimi Secor talk about how she opened her practice in Sierra Vista, 75 miles south of Tucson, in March 2011, and the patients who were invested in having this practice in the community to the extent that they staffed it voluntarily, and the value she's found in collaborating with physicians despite the fact Arizona law does not require it.
Guest: Barbara Phillips, NP
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Thousands of nurse practitioners across the country run their own practices. But for those who have never been self-employed, the challenges of starting their own business can seem daunting. Nurse practitioner Barbara Phillips, business coach, consultant and CEO of NP Choice, LLC, joins host Mimi Secor to discuss how to start your own business in seven steps, from the concept stage to the day you open your doors to patients.
Guest: R. Scott Anderson, MD
Host: Gary Epstein
It's not uncommon for physicians to have varied interests and passions in addition to their full-time practice. Dr. Russell Scott Anderson, a radiation oncologist in rural Mississippi, has been a diving medical officer in the military, written a novel, made a movie, and paints in his spare time. He discusses the physician's capacity for multiple pursuits, with host ReachMD CEO Gary Epstein.
This week's guest was nominated by the
Guest: W. Scott Bohlke, MD
Host: Gary Epstein
Host Gary Epstein speaks with Dr. Scott Bohlke, family practice physician in private practice in rural Brooklet, Georgia. In this interview, Dr. Bohlke discusses the family practice he joined, and how it has changed over time. He also discusses what his work does to him, and for him.
This week's guest was nominated by the
Guest: Sister Anne Brooks, DO
Host: Gary Epstein
When Dr. Anne Brooks finished her medical training at the age of 40, she had already been a Catholic nun for most of her life. She began her career in the small town of Tutwiler (population 1,364, average per capita income $7,177) in the Mississippi Delta, where she re-opened a shuttered medical clinic that now treats the "whole person" on a shoestring budget.
Hosted by Gary Epstein. This week's guest was nominated by the
Guest: Michael H. Davidson, MD
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
From reversing atherosclerosis with HDL modification to promising antibodies on the horizon for lowering LDL cholesterol, the science of lipidology is a quickly-evolving field. What is the role of the National Lipid Association in clinical practice for clinicians who may not be lipid specialists? Host Dr. Alan Brown talks to Dr. Michael Davidson, president of the National Lipid Association and director of Preventive Cardiology at the University of Chicago, about the most current topics in lipidology and how the NLA seeks to support clinicians.
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Guest: Robert M. Blumm, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Even in times of economic recession, the job outlook for physician assistants is very good. Money Magazine recently ranked PA as the second best job in the country, and US News and World Report ranks PA as the top career in America. However, like most jobs, there is still increased competition for employment. PA Bob Blumm, surgical assistant and distinguished fellow of the AAPA, talks with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell about what you need to do to get prepared for your next job interview.
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Guest: Robert M. Blumm, PA-C
One of the appealing aspects of the profession for many physician assistants is flexibility in employment. Is there a "norm" in terms of employment? Many PAs have developed jobs outside the traditional clinical setting, including in TV, film, forensic medicine and academics. Bob Blumm, distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss the array of jobs available to physician assistants, and where career growth opportunities may lie in the future.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Join host Lawrence Sherman at this year's meeting of the Alliance for CME, January 26-29, 2011, in San Francisco, for a discussion of increasing clinical relevance in continuing medical education, new trends toward team-based education, and how social media tools are getting involved. His three guests are:
- Dr. Robert Addleton, executive vice president of the Physicians' Institute for Excellence in Medicine
- Dr. Jann Balmer, past-president of the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education
- Dr. George Mejicano, current president of the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education
Guest: Allison Blood
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
You're already a nurse, so why take the extra step to become a Nurse Practitioner? Allison Blood, an NP student at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts joins host Mimi Secor to discuss the mentors in her life who lead her to this next step in her education. They also talk about the highlights and challenges of being an NP student and goals for the future.
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: Matt Birnholz, MD
Tune in for a summary of some of the important information and research findings from the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI), held November 11th through the 16th, 2010, in Phoenix. This year's meeting attracted over 3,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted advances in allergy, asthma, and immunology research, procedures, and technologies. Presentations focused on allergies to food, medications, and chemicals as well as the use of immunotherapy and steroids for the treatment of asthma.
Guest: Jay Skyler, MD
Host: Steven Edelman, MD
Can immune intervention stop the disease process of type 1 diabetes? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, professor of medicine, pediatrics and psychology at the University of Miami, Dr. Jay Skyler, as they discuss the diagnosis, screening, testing and current immunotherapy research for the prevention and intervention of type 1 diabetes.
Guest: Jill Jones
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Guest: Jennifer Puleo
The recession has not slowed the demand for cosmetic procedures. Last year, more than 10 million surgical and non-surgical procedures were performed in the United States last year. Advanced practice clinicians are getting hired to help keep up with demand, performing lasers, botox and fillers. Jill Jones, CEO of Aesthetic Advancements, Incorporated, in Atlanta and NP Jennifer Puleo, owner of Faces of South Tampa in Florida, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss the training and opportunities in this growing field.
Guest: Luppo Kuilman, MPA
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The United States is not the only country experiencing a shortage of physicians. Europeans are feeling the pinch as well. The medical community in the Netherlands began six PA programs a decade ago to make sure there were enough medical providers for their patients. Physician assistant Luppo Kuilman, a lecturer at Hanze University Groningen in the Netherlands, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to explain how the PA program works in his country, what constitutes the challenges, and what the future holds for PAs in this rapidly growing field worldwide.
Guest: Matt Freitas, FNP-C, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Delivering quality mental health care to patients seems to come with an overwhelming number of obstacles. How can primary care practices make it easier to provide psychiatric and psychological services? Matt Frietas, an NP/PA and vice president of Aspen Medical Group in Modesto, California, speaks with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell about how his clinic overcame billing issues, HIPPA laws and charting problems to provide quality mental healthcare to his patients at his clinic.
Guest: James Van Rhee, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The physician assistant profession is one of the fastest growing careers in the United States, and PA programs are popping up all over the country to keep up with the demand. The latest addition is the physician assistant program at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. Director. Jim Van Rhee PA-C joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss the details of the program, how it differs from other PA curricula, and why Northwestern decided to add a program for PAs to their medical school.
Guest: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Guest: Brian McGowan, PhD
Where does the learning experience start and end? Where does social media fit into learning? Host Lawrence Sherman continues his conversation with Dr. Joseph Kim, physician technologist and vice president of medical affairs and technology at Medical Communications Media, Inc., and Dr. Brian McGowan, chair of the Alliance for CME's Committee on Emerging Technology, about how new technologies are being incorporated into lifelong learning to improve both the quality of education for physicians and care for patients.
Guest: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Guest: Brian McGowan, PhD
Host Lawrence Sherman talks with Dr. Joseph Kim, who is a physician technologist and vice president of medical affairs and technology at Medical Communications Media, Inc., and Dr. Brian McGowan, chair of the Alliance for CME's Committee on Emerging Technology, to find out how new technologies, including social media, are being incorporated into lifelong learning to improve both the quality of education for physicians and care for patients.
Guest: Michelle Lee
Host: Tim Rush
How do you best assess the match between you as an employer and a potential employee? What are the most challenging aspects of hiring a perfect fit for your place of employment? Michelle Lee, president and CEO of the Georgia-based staffing firm Medical Staffing Resources, joins host Tim Rush to review best practices and tools to use when hiring new talent.
Guest: Russell Dorr, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The virus that nearly wipes out the population in mega-popular horror writer Stephen King's novel The Standand the physician assistant pressed into running the hospital in King's Under the Domewere created out of the author's imagination — with the technical advice of PA Russell Dorr. Mr. Dorr is a physician assistant at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Family Practice in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and has been Stephen King's medical researcher and advisor since 1975, working behind the scenes when the best-selling author brings medical issues into his fictional worlds. Host Lisa Dandrea Lenell talks with Mr. Dorr about how he began working with Stephen King, and the connections between his work as a PA his involvement in King's books, movies and television miniseries.
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Guest: Eileen O'Grady, PhD, RN, NP
Every day, we hear about the rise of chronic disease and rates of obesity. How do we persuade patients to change their behavior in order to become healthier? A new answer may lie in the field of wellness coaching. Dr. Eileen O'Grady, nurse practitioner, wellness coach and visiting professor at the Leinhard School of Nursing at Pace University in New York City, talks with host Mimi Secor about the evidence-based methodology behind wellness coaching. They also cover certification requirements and how NPs and PAs interested in career opportunities in this field can set up a wellness practice.
Guest: Robert Morgan, MD, FACP
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Guest: Jason Lazar, MD, MPH
When CME content is designed and developed, it is based on educational needs assessments. But often needs vary across the spectrum of physicians and types of practices they engage in. What are some of the shortcomings of current delivery modes, as wellas CME types? How can they be improved. This is Part Two of a two-part discussion on the topic.
Guest: Robert M. Golub, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Autumn is upon us in the medical community, and hosts Dr. Matt Birnholz and Dr. Michael Greenberg turn their attention to medical education. They talk with Dr. Robert Golub, senior editor of JAMA, about the path from trainee to skilled physician and this year’s annual medical education-themed issue. Plus: The game "Operation" turns 45, Dr. Birnholz tries live surgery, and the video-blogging hospitalist known as ZDoggMD pays tribute his physician-father’s incredible physical exam skills.
Guest: Donald Sefcik, MD
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
After many years of discussion, the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) will offer PAs Certificates of Added Qualification in 5 specialties, beginning in 2011. Dr. Don Sefcik, chairman of the NCCPA, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to explain what it takes to obtain certification, what the benefits are to PAs, and why the NCCPA decided to institute the certification now, with the nation's healthcare system in flux.
Guest: Tom Hallee, MD
Host: Shane Jackson
Dr. Thomas Hallee's career as a locum tenens psychiatrist, throughout the US has allowed him to build the professional and personal life he wanted. Tune in as he tells host Shane Jackson about his decision to embark on a locum tenens career, and how that decision facilitated his personal goal to run the marathon in all 50 of the United States.
Guest: Stewart Roberts
Host: Shane Jackson
US-trained physicians are in demand worldwide. Where are the international career opportunities available to physicians from the United States? Find out where US physicians are in greatest demand, and what the steps are to moving your career abroad, as Stewart Roberts, international recruitment manager (North America) for the recruiting firm PULSE Healthcare Ltd., tells host Shane Jackson.
Guest: Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD
Host: Shane Jackson
Every year, 8-10% of doctors will be sued for malpractice. Many physicians who have been sued or watched a colleague go through litigation respond with defensive medicine, which some recent studies estimate costs the healthcare system as much as $350 billion dollars a year. Most solutions to this problem would involve changes at the federal legislative level. But host Shane Jackson's guest, board certified neurosurgeon and JD, Dr. Jeffrey Segal, talks about the experience of being sued, and his expertise in the areas of defensive medicine, frivolous lawsuits, frivolous testimony, and non-legislative solutions to these problems.
Guest: Sanjay Gupta, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
The role of a physician-journalist reporting from the immediate aftermath of a disaster area is not easily defined, and poses both logistic challenges and ethical questions in caring for patients. Is media coverage of physician involvement in disasters altruistic or self-serving? Our guest Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent for the Health, Medical & Wellness unit at CNN, was one of the first physician journalists to report from the earthquake in Haiti, and joins us to discuss balancing reporting as a journalist during a disaster and caring for patients. Is journalistic objectivity compromised when broadcast media feature live coverage of physicians treating patients? Hosted by Dr. Matthew Birnholz.
Guest: Daniel Carlat, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
Is there a psychiatrist in the house? There is often attention to a shortage of doctors, particularly in primary care, but the specialty of psychiatry is also in crisis. Dr. Daniel Carlat, professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston and editor-in-chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report, tells host Bruce Japsen about how medical professionals and the healthcare system can cope with and address the crisis facing psychiatry.
Guest: Connie Mariano, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
In this rebroadcast of the July 21st show, our hosts talk to former presidential physician Dr. Connie Mariano, who made house calls to the White House for 9 years (and on Air Force One and across the globe). Her new book is called The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents — A Memoir (Thomas Dunne Books, 2010). Also, technologist Dr. Joseph Kim checks in to talk about the 'meaningful use' rules that were announced July 13th.
Guest: Anthony Alessi, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
In this show, our hosts get an update from ReachMD host Dr. Anthony Alessi, from Haiti, six months after the earthquake. And, they question Dr. Andrew Wakefield, widely-known for his controversial and discredited research linking the MMR vaccine with autism. He has a new book about his experiences, Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines: The Truth Behind a Tragedy.
Guest: Jay Chamberlain, PA-C, MHP
Host: Tim Rush
What does the clinician, especially the NP or PA, considering changing specialties need to know in order to make such a transition? How can continuing education add to a clinician’s skills and marketability? Jay Chamberlain, a physician assistant with a background in vascular surgery and emergency medicine, and the founder of a recruitment and continuing education company, talks with host Tim Rush about how clinician's can more easily make a specialty change into a reality.
Guest: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH
Host: Tim Rush
ReachMD commentator Dr. Joseph Kim, founder and editor of the blog Non-Clinical Jobs, joins host Tim Rush as a guest to discuss the landscape of career options for physicians. Why do MD's seek non-clinical jobs, and what opportunities can they expect to find?
Guest: Susan Tout, MD
Host: Tim Rush
As the Obama administration pledges to cut the growth rate for national health care spending by more than $2 trillion over the next 10 years, facilities such as hospitals and rehabilitation centers are under continued pressure to find ways to get more for less. Dr. Susan Tout, Medical Director, Southwest General Health Center ED and Clinical Director of Physician Recruitment and Allocation at TeamHealth Midwest joins host Tim Rush to discuss the current trend of clinical outsourcing and facilities management and how these trends affect you, the helathcare professional.
Guest: Karen Bass, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Karen Bass began her career in the 1980s as a PA working in the nation's largest trauma center at the Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, but away from the ED she had a passion for politics. Today she is the former speaker of the California Assembly and the democratic nominee for the 33rd congressional district in California. Speaker Emeritus Bass joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss how her career in healthcare shaped and influenced her career in politics, and the changes she would like to bring to the physician assistant profession if she's elected to Congress in November.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Join us for updates from this year's conference, featuring the details of promising research in the diagnosis and treatment of lung, breast, genito-urinary, gastrointestinal and gynecologic cancers. This conference took place June 4 - 8, 2010, in Chicago.
Guest: Angela Norton, RN, CDE, PHN
Host: Steven Edelman, MD
Diabetes educators focus on helping patients living with diabetes and related conditions achieve behavior change goals and lead to better clinical outcomes and improved health status. How has the role of the certified diabetes educator changed in the management of diabetes? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, diabetes educator at SHARP Healthcare, Angela Norton, as they discuss the benefits and increasing role of the diabetes educator in the management of diabetes.
Guest: Roger Green, DNP
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Retail health clinics are popping up all over the United States in grocery and drug stores. More than 10,000 NPs and PAs are employed by these clinics— and they are the largest employer for NPs nationwide. So why do nurse practitioners and physician assistants want to work at these clinics? Dr. Roger Green, division western region vice president of the Little Clinics in the Kroger grocery store system, joins host Mimi Secor to discuss why so many NPs and PAs want to work in retail health, who these companies are recruiting and the global expansion of these clinics.
Guest: Roger Green, DNP
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Healthcare practiced between the grocery store's pharmacy and produce section is becoming one of the largest sectors employing nurse practitioners in the United States. Since retail clinics see patients from the age of 1 to 100 most NPs are family nurse practitioners. Dr. Roger Green, division vice president of the western region of the Kroger grocery store system's Little Clinics, joins host Mimi Secor to talk about why such clinics are so popular among patients and NPs who work in this rapidly growing medical specialty.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Listen to the latest research findings presented at Digestive Disease Week 2010. This conference was held May 1-6 in New Orleans.
Guest: Phil Miller
Host: Tim Rush
We all know that healthcare reform may change the way healthcare professionals practice medicine, but how might reform also change the way in which we either find employment or staff our facilities? Joining host Tim Rush to discuss the short and long term effects that healthcare reform might have on the the healthcare employment market is Phill Miller, vice president of communications for the country's largest temporary healthcare staffing business, AMN Healthcare.
Guest: David Baldridge
Host: Tim Rush
We all need to feel that what we do makes a difference. True career satisfaction is more than liking the work you do; it's also a combination of the people you work with, where you work, and whether the work feels meaningful. Because an increasing number of physicians, PAs, and NPs are working locum assignments, host Tim Rush invited David Baldridge, president of the CompHealth locum tenens division, to discuss locum tenens and address issues related to this career alternative.
Guest: Hugh Montgomery, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
In this rebroadcast of the 5/24 show, guest Dr. Hugh Montgomery, ultra-marathoner, sky-diver, mountaineer, writer, world-record holder, and professor of intensive care medicine who discovered a gene for fitness, slows down long enough to talk to our hosts. Plus: did Dr. J. Craig Venter create synthetic life? And can you make a safer hot dog?
Guest: Neil Baum, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Hosts Dr. Michael Greenberg and Dr. Matt Birnholz welcome this week's guests to talk about your practice and career: Dr. Neil Baum, author of Marketing Your Clinical Practice: Ethically, Effectively, Economically and Tim Rush, whose job-finder platform for healthcare professionals powers ReachMD's new Career Center. Plus, Believe it Not! an Indian yogi who hasn't had anything to eat or drink in 70 years.
Guest: Captain Linnea Axman, FNP
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Nurse practitioners can be found in all branches of the military. NPs are deployed to all areas of the globe, wherever there are soldiers— from war zones to humanitarian efforts. How does a career as a Navy NP differ from a civilian NP? Captain Linnea Axman, lead research administrator, project director and family nurse practitioner at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California, joins host Mimi Secor to talk about her career in the Navy, what role nurse practitioners have in the military and the opportunities the Navy offers to NPs.
Guest: Loretta Ford, EdD, RN, PNP, FNP
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
In 1965, Dr. Loretta Ford, a pediatric nurse at the University of Colorado Medical Center, began to grow concerned about the patients in her community. She saw a need for improved healthcare delivery, especially in the growing number of rural and urban areas where primary pediatric physicians were lacking. Dr. Ford, renowned as the founder of the nurse practitioner field, joins host Mimi Secor to talk about the challenges and triumphs during the early years, and the state of the field in the 21st century.
Guest: Andrew Dennis, MD
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
When our guest makes a house call, it's usually because a suspected criminal has barricaded himself, with or without hostages, inside the house. Dr. Andrew Dennis is a sworn police officer and medical director of two Chicago-area SWAT teams. Dr. Dennis is also an attending surgeon in the trauma and burn units at John H. Stroger Jr. Cook County Hospital in Chicago. How is what happens in the emergency department similar to what happens in the field, and how do a surgeon's skills complement the work of law enforcement? Also, host Dr. Maurice Pickard hears how television affects the outcome of gunshot and knife injuries.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in for innovative science, trial results, and news of novel technologies from this year's cancer research meeting in Washington, DC, April 17 - 21, 2010.
Guest: Tony Gregoire
Host: Shane Jackson
We all know that the way medicine is practiced changes everyday, but how do the changes affect the overall trends in healthcare staffing? Joining host Shane Jackson to talk about these trends and help us better understand the healthcare staffing industry, including how healthcare professionals hold up in times of recessions and healthcare reform, is Tony Gregoire, senior research analyst at the firm Staffing Industry Analysts.
Guest: Charlie Evans
Host: Shane Jackson
In the world of employment, physicians are a unique group because such a high percentage are self-employed. Traditionally, many or most doctors had their own practice or worked in a partnership with a small group of doctors. But the percentage of physician-owned practices is beginning to shrink, while hospital-owned practices are increasing. Will the independent small medical practice become a thing of the past? Joining host Shane Jackson is Charlie Evans, president of the International Health Services Group, to help define the current trends.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in to coverage of research highlights from the AAN's annual 2010 meeting in Toronto.
Guest: Isaac Schiff, MD
Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD
In the 80-year history of hormone therapy, it has been alternately embraced and rejected. Case in point: the original term, hormone replacement therapy, came to be seen as highlighting a negative state, and was changed to simply hormone therapy. Why has the pendulum swung so frequently back and forth? What is the latest "timing hypothesis," and will it again change our evaluation of hormone therapy? Host Dr. Bruce Bloom explores the studies and new thinking, the benefit for bone density, the risk of breast cancer, and more, with Dr. Isaac Schiff, chief of the Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Joe Vincent Meigs Professor of Gynecology at Harvard Medical School.
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Guest: David Fisher, MD, PhD
Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD
Imatinib mesylate was initially approved for chronic myeloid leukemia. It has also been used against gastrointestinal cancer and melanoma. What are the implications of broadening the application of this targeted cancer drug for the way that cancers are diagnosed and classified, and what will the impact be on clinical trial design? Are we getting closer to the end of tumor-typing by location?
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Guest: Robert M. Blumm, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Forty years ago, the title of "physician associate" was changed to "physician assistant." Now there is a strong grassroots effort amongst PAs to change the name back. On April 5, 2010, 50 leaders in the PA profession signed a letter declaring that the title "physician associate" better fits the role. Bob Blumm, immediate past president of the Association of Plastic Surgery Physician Assistants and a supporter of the letter, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to talk about why this change is critical to the profession, the implications it will have on the future and what needs to be done to make the change a reality.
Guest: Elayne DeSimone, PhD
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Nurse practitioners play a critical role in American healthcare. Over half of NPs practice in primary care, but their role reaches into every medical specialty, dealing with a variety of complex person-oriented issues. Dr. Elayne DeSimone, clinical professor and director of the Post Master's Program at Stony Brook University School of Nursing in Long Island, New York, joins host Mimi Secor to talk about the skills and services NPs add to a medical practice. What prescribing rights do NPs have? Can a nurse practitioner have their own practice? Tune in for answers to common questions and some facts that may surprise you about the role of NPs.
Guest: Andrew Schafer, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
Though practicing clinicians have long played an important role in medical research and advancing medical treatments, their position in the laboratory has changed dramatically in recent years. But is the future of the physician-scientist in danger? Dr. Andrew Schafer, chairman of the department of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, and physician-in-chief of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, tells host Bruce Japsen about a critical issue facing medicine in the dramatic decrease in the number of practicing physicians involved in conducting research.
Guest: Joyce Pulcini, PhD, RN
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Since 1990 the role of the nurse practitioner has become a vital part of healthcare in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. NPs have also given tirelessly their expertise in world crises like the earthquake in Haiti. Host Mimi Secor discusses with Dr. Joyce Pulcini, assistant professor at Boston College Connell School of Nursing, the roles that NPs play in different countries and her ground breaking research that looks at the overall impact nurse practitioners have on the medical community worldwide.
Guest: Joyce Pulcini, PhD, RN
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Since the University of Colorado graduated the first nurse practitioners in 1965, the educational requirements to enter the field have changed as the healthcare system has changed. Now, in order to keep nurse practitioners' skill sets current and to stay in step with physicians, pharmacists, and other practitioners in evidence-based practice, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing is recommending a doctorate degree be required for new NPs. Dr. Joyce Pulcini, an associate professor at Boston College Connell School of Nursing, joins host Mimi Secor to talk about the trends and changes coming to higher learning for nurse practitioners.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in to hear important findings from the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 41st Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer. This meeting took place March 14th through the 17th, 2010, in San Francisco. Over 1,800 attendees gathered to find out the latest research into the diagnosis, prevention and management of gynecologic cancers, included advances in chemotherapy, cancer screening, and radiation and surgical approaches.
Guest: Donna Shalala, PhD
Host: Martin Samuels, MD
What skills does it take to run a large institution concerned with health and welfare? How does a leader nudge a big organization to greater efficiencies and accomplishments? Joining host Dr. Martin A. Samuels to discuss these and other related topics is Dr. Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami and former secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune into the latest research presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 59th Annual Scientific Session, held March 14 through the 16th, 2010, in Atlanta.
Guest: Marcia Angell, MD, MACP
Host: Martin Samuels, MD
Dr. Marcia Angell moved into the field of medical journalism from a career in pathology. She was the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, and since leaving that post, has written frequently in professional journals and public press on a wide range of topics. Outspoken and frequently controversial, Dr. Angell joins host Dr. Martin Samuels to discuss her career.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
This Conference Coverage spotlights the American Academy of Dermatology's 68th Annual Meeting, March 5 - 9 in Miami Beach, Florida. The 2010 meeting attracted a record number of attendees, and featured 370 sessions, more than 1,300 faculty, and 600 electronic posters, covering biologic drugs, light-based technologies and nanotechnologies, to name a few of the research areas.
Guest: Kevin Weiss, MD
Host: Jack Lewin, MD
Although the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program may conjure up unpleasant testing jitters, its value to both patients and the medical professional community should not be underestimated. How does MOC improve clinical performance, increase physician accountability and ultimately improve quality of care for patients? How will the MOC program evolve in the future? Dr. Kevin Weiss, president and CEO of the American Board of Medical Specialties, joins host Dr. Jack Lewin to discuss the MOC program's areas of competency as well as plans to integrate MOC with health information technology.
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Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Listen to the latest research presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, held March 5 - 7 in San Francisco, California, including findings on prostate, penile and bladder cancer.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in for the latest clinical information and research findings from the 2010 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting, February 26th through March 2nd, in New Orleans. Highlights covered food allergies, asthma in children and adults and personalized medicine.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference brings together more than 28,000 healthcare industry IT experts to see offerings from over 900 exhibitors. It is the largest annual gathering in the healthcare information technology field. This year's exhibit takes on special significance given federal incentives to accelerate adoption of information technology in the healthcare arena. Dr. Matthew Birnholz hosts this second of two programs from the conference.
Guests include:
John Zaleski, VP - Clinical Applications, Nuvon
James King, MD - Past President, American Academy of Family Physicians (interviewed at the Shared Health exhibit)
Michael Mirro, MD, FACC, FACP - Chair, Health Informatics Committee, American College of Cardiology (interviewed at the Medical Informatics Engineering Exhibit)
John Stanley - SVP and CIO of Riverside Health System, Newport News, VA. (interviewed at the Siemens exhibit)
H. Stephen Lieber, CAE - President and CEO, HIMSS
John Mattison, MD - Chief Medical Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California
Christopher Mertens - VP Healthcare Business Group, Hewlett-Packard
Steve Aylward - General Manager, Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference brings together more than 28,000 healthcare industry IT experts to see offerings from over 900 exhibitors. It is the largest annual gathering in the healthcare information technology field. This year's exhibit takes on special significance given federal incentives to accelerate adoption of information technology in the healthcare arena. Dr. Matthew Birnholz hosts this first of two programs from the conference.
Guests include:
H. Stephen Lieber, CAE - President and CEO, HIMSS
John Mattison, MD - Chief Medical Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California
Steve Aylward - General Manager, Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft
Michael Mirro, MD, FACC, FACP - Chair, Health Informatics Committee, American College of Cardiology (interviewed at the Medical Informatics Engineering Exhibit)
Guest: Dawn LaBarbera, PhD, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Why do PAs enjoy going to work? Three main reasons: helping others, interacting with patients and the intellectual challenge of the career. A 2004 study found physician assistants are the happiest medical professionals. Dr. Dawn LaBarbera, chair of PA studies at the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss how her study impacts PAs now, and what PAs should look for in career decisions to retain high job satisfaction.
Guest: Matt Freitas, FNP-C, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The Aspen Family Medical Group in the farming town of Modesto, California, has found success for 20 years as a clinic practice and as part of the larger community, with a novel business model. They accept all types of insurance, charge $40 for a physical exam, turn no one away because of inability to pay, welcome walk-ins, provide prescriptions at a cost of $4 or give them away for free, and share profits with employees. How does this work? PA/NP Matt Freitas, vice president of the clinic, talks to host Lisa Dandrea Lenell.
Guest: James Cawley, MPH, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
In the early 1970s and 80s, when the PA profession was in its infancy, there was a lot of research about this new option in healthcare careers. Fast forward 40 years, and the research has tapered off because of lack of funding, manpower, and because so many questions were answered in those early years of the field. What are the issues yet to be addressed about PA performance, clinical practice, and career trajectory? Jim Cawley, director of the PA/MPH program at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, talks with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell about the recent summit on PA research, why he believes continued research is important, and the research still missing from the knowledge base.
Guest: James Scheulen, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
In 1975, Jim Schuelen began his career working as a PA in an emergency room. Today he is the chief administrative officer for the Johns Hopkins Department of Emergency Medicine and president of Johns Hopkins Emergency Medical Services. He joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss the skill sets, preparation and challenges that are in store for a PA who wants to transition from clinical medicine to hospital management.
Guest: Michael Gerchufsky
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
In October 2007, the first program in the Clinicians Roundtable series focusing on the issues of physician assistants aired on ReachMD. This week's program celebrates our 100th show and introduces a new series, Partners in Practice, a new, expanded series addressing the concerns of both physician assistants and nurse practitioners. This week, host Lisa Dandrea Lenell looks back at two and a half years of PA topics and guests. She is joined by Michael Gerchufsky, editor of the journal ADVANCE for Physician Assistants to talk aboutchanges in the PA profession and where it's going in the future. Some of the issues they'll cover are: PA certification, the role of the NCCPA, and trends in PA specialization.
Tune in weekly to the new series, Partners in Practice, hosted by physician assistant Lisa Dandrea Lenell and nurse practitioner Mimi Secor.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
ReachMD Presents Conference Coverage Highlights from the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education 2010 35th Annual Conference in New Orleans on January 27-30, 2010.
The theme of the conference - Establishing CME as a Pathway to Better Patient Care - provided the opportunity for medical educators and planners from various specialties to share best practices and discuss broader issues and concerns.
Guests on this program include:
- Alejandro Aparicio, MD, Director, Division of Continuing Physician Professional Development, American Medical Association
- Maureen Doyle-Scharff, MBA, FACME, Senior Director, Medical Education Group, Pfizer, Inc.
- Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, Director of Medical Affairs and Technology, Medical Communications, Media, Inc.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
ReachMD Presents Conference Coverage Highlights from the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education 2010 35th Annual Conference in New Orleans on January 27-30, 2010.
The theme of the conference — Establishing CME as a Pathway to Better Patient Care — provided the opportunity for medical educators and planners from various specialties to share best practices and discuss broader issues and concerns.
Guests on this program include:
- Jann Balmer, PhD, President of the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education and Director of CME at the University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Dave Davis, MD, Senior Director, Academic Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges
- George Mejicano, MD, Associate Dean for Continuing Professional Development, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health
- Don Detmer, MD, MA, President and chief Executive Officer, American Medical Informatics Association
Guest: Michael Prislin, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
A century after Abraham Flexner recommended medical schools be located within a university, new research indicates that this may have contributed to the proliferation of medical specialties and higher costs. Dr. Michael Prislin, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Vice Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, tells host Bruce Japsen about Flexner's impact on medical specialties, patients and their costs.
Guest: Mark Kaplan, DrPH
Host: Bruce Japsen
When talk of Canadian healthcare emerges in US political debate, the spin often turns to long lines and waits for medical care and short-changed quality. But there are also those, like Dr. Mark Kaplan, whose study indicates more equity and efficiency for our neighbors to the north than here in the US. Dr. Kaplan, professor of community health at Portland State University, tells host Bruce Japsen about advances in the Canadian health system that might surprise you.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
These Conference Coverage Highlights are from the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, held January 22nd to the 24th in Orlando, Florida. The meeting presented more than 500 abstracts on gastrointestinal cancers affecting the esophagus, stomach, hepatobiliary system, pancreas, small bowel, colon and rectum.
Guest: Eric Holden
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
PA Eric Holden hasn't had time to eat or sleep much since arriving in Haiti. He is one of two physician assistants on the team of NYC Medics, a medical volunteer organization treating the sick and injured following the January 12th earthquake in Haiti. In their first two days on the job, he and his team of medical professionals treated more than 800 patients, traveling from makeshift tent city to tent city, providing care where it's needed. Host Lisa Dandrea Lenell talks to Mr. Holden from the front lines of the medical tent, where they have teamed up with the US Army's 82nd Airborne division to treat everything from pelvic fractures to dehydration. They discuss the difficulty of treating patients without the proper drugs and medical supplies.
Guest: Eric Holden
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Medical professionals across the world have joined together to help treat the injured survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake. Physician assistants are also part of this global effort. PA Eric Holden, a volunteer with NYC Medics didn't know what to expect when he arrived in Haiti. Holden and the rest of his team have teamed up with the 82nd airborne division of the US Army to treat the most critically injured patients in Port-au-Prince. Host Lisa Dandrea Lenell talks with Holden about the types of injuries he's treating, and what it's like to work and live in a disaster zone.
Guest: Jack Lasoski, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
How do employees working in large facilities know it's safe to return to work after being injured on the job? More than likely they must get clearance from one of the 2000 physician assistants working in occupational medicine across the country. Jack Lasoski, director of health services for the United States Enrichment Corporation in Paducah Kentucky, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to talk about the history of PAs in occupational medicine, the typical day of a PA in this field, and the challenges and changes taking place within the specialty.
Guest: Krystie Lennox, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
More than 10 million surgical and non surgical cosmetic procedures were performed in the United States in 2008. Many of those procedures were performed by physician assistants. Krystie Lennox, the co-founder of the Aesthetic Extender Symposium, talks with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell about the state-by-state rules related to PAs performing cosmetic procedures, how to become part of this expanding specialty, and how to stay informed in this fast changing area of medicine.
Guest: Roderick Hooker, PhD, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
How does a doctor know when it's the right time to add a physician assistant to the office staff? There are a lot of factors to take into consideration when making the decision to add new employees. Dr. Roderick Hooker, co-author of the book Physician Assistant Policy and Practice, 3rd Edition,joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss the cost effectiveness and productivity of the PA in a primary care practice, as well as how to build a cooperative relationship between a supervising doctor and a PA.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
The 32nd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium took place December 9th through the 13th, 2009. The meeting featured more than 1,000 presentations on the experimental biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of breast cancer and premalignant breast disease. These highlights cover major findings.
Guest: Matthias von Herrath, MD
Host: Steven Edelman, MD
Development of a combination therapy is showing significant promise in type 1 diabetes when caught in the early stages. What are some immuno-therapies currently being evaluated for treating type 1 diabetes? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, director of the Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Dr. Matthias von Herrath, as they discuss histopathology, antigen-specific therapy, anti-CD3d antibodies and more.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in for highlights and latest research presented at the American Association for Respiratory Care's 55th International Respiratory Congress. This meeting took place in San Antonio, Texas, December 5th through 8th. Findings included the effect of specialized rapid response teams on serious complications like cardiac arrest and respiratory failure, the ability of neonates to ventilate on Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist, or NAVA, and research on the improved prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Tune in to hear important highlights from research findings presented at the Radiological Society of North America's 2009 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 29th through December 4th.
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: Karen Mulitalo
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Even though physician assistants aren't officially recognized in Australia, the University of Queensland is training its first class of PAs. The two-year program, which is comparable to the traditional US model, will graduate its first home-grown PAs in 2011. Host Lisa Dandrea Lenell talks with Karen Mulitalo, director of the PA program at Queensland, to discuss these new pioneers in the field, where the program is heading in the next five years and the challenges that lie ahead as they try to gain acceptance from the medical and general community.
Guest: Allan (Al) Forde, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The physician assistant concept was introduced to Australia in 1999, a decade later there are two pilot programs underway and the first class of PAs started their training in July 2009. Al Forde, senior lecturer at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss the future of PAs in Australian healthcare.
Guest: Nadia Miniclier, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
How does a country with only 2,500 practicing doctors provide medical care to 22 million people? That's the healthcare crisis facing the medical community and the people in Ghana. Host Lisa Dandrea Lenell looks at the healthcare landscape in this West African country, the issue of brain-drain, and the role of physician assistants — known there as "medical assistants" — in the country of Ghana, as compared to physician assistants in the US. Her guest is PA Nadia Miniclier, director of the Ghana Clinical Medicine Rotation at the PA program at the University of Utah.
Guest: Phillip Begg, PhD
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The physician assistant program began in the United Kingdom in 2004 with five students. Today, four universities have a PA program, with more than 200 students expected to graduate by 2012. Dr. Phillip Begg, associate dean at the University of Wolverhampton in Wolverhampton, England, talks with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell about the successes and obstacles to the beginning of this PA program, and why the program is essential to the United Kingdom's national health service.
Guest: Stamatia Destounis, MD
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
These interviews were recorded at the Radiological Society of North America's 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, which took place November 29th through December 4th, 2009, in Chicago.
Host Dr. Jason Birnholz talks with Dr. Stamatia Destounis, associate clinical professor of radiology at the University of Rochester, and a practicing radiologist at the Elizabeth Wende Breast Care Center in Rochester, New York. Dr. Destounis presented a paper entitled "The Role of Ultrasound Elastography for Differentiating Benign from Malignant Breast Lesions: Can Benign Result Biopsies Be Reduced?"
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
These interviews were recorded at the Radiological Society of North America's 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, which took place November 29th through December 4th in Chicago.
Host Dr. Jason Birnholz talks with Dr. Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, from the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands, who presented at the conference a paper entitled, "High Prevalence of Treatable Severe Coronary Artery Disease: Findings in a Randomized Controlled Trial in Cardiac Asymptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients." Dr. Birnholz also sits down with Dr. Asim F. Choudhri, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, to talk about tele-radiology and smartphones.
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
This program features Dr. David Cosgrove, professor of clinical ultrasound, Imperial College School of Medicine, and honorary consultant in radiology at the Hammersmith Hospital in London. He is an expert in ultrasound, known around the world, and is the author of numerous publications. He speaks with host Dr. Jason Birnholz about a new form of ultrasound imaging— elastography, or sheer wave imaging — for detecting breast cancer.
Next, Dr. Birhnolz sits down with Dr. Michelle Brown, associate professor of radiology at the University of California, San Diego. She is presenting research on detection of placenta accreta using MRI. The incidence of placenta accreta has increased ten-fold since 1950, as the incidence of the primary risk factor, cesarian section, has also increased.
These interviews were recorded at the Radiological Society of North America's 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, which took place November 29th through December 4th in Chicago.
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
Host Dr. Jason Birnholz reports from the Radiological Society of North America's 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, which took place November 29th through December 6th in Chicago. In this segment, he speaks with Dr. Wendie Berg, from Johns Hopkins University, about early detection and breast cancer, and Dr. Alexis Kelekis, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Athens, about percutaneous disc decompression treatment for herniated disc.
Guest: Dorothy Armstrong
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
In 2006 the Scottish National Health Service began a two-year pilot program to gauge whether physician assistants would be a positive addition to the country's medical community. Eighteen PAs from the United States came to Scotland to participate in the project. Dorothy Armstrong, program director for the Scottish National Health Service, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to talk about the results of the study and the future of PAs in Scottish healthcare.
Guest: Catherine Hoelzer, MPH, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Imagine your patients walking for two weeks just to receive medical care or operating your medical practice in mud huts without running water or electricity. Those are the conditions under which PA Catherine Hoelzer operates in South Sudan everyday. Ms. Hoelzer joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to talk about the daily challenges she faces and her goals for improving medical care in a third world country.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
The American Heart Association Scientific Sessions took place Nov. 14 to 18 in Orlando, Florida, and attracted more than 20,000 attendees from around the world. Listen here for highlights from groundbreaking research presented at the meeting in both basic and clinical science.
Guest: Michael Barratt, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Listen as Second Opinion Live speaks with guest Dr. Michael Barratt — physician, astronaut, and the man who literally wrote the book on space medicine. Dr. Barratt returned to Earth in October, 2009, after 200 days on board the International Space Station. Plus, hosts Dr. Matt Birnholz and Dr. Michael Greenberg debate the latest mammogram guidelines, whether heart disease is the real "Curse of the Mummy," and more.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Listen to highlights from research presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology's 2009 annual meeting. The meeting took place November 5th through the 10th, 2009, in Miami Beach, Florida.
Guest: William Fenn, PhD, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The physician assistant has become a vital part of the medical community in the United States, but can the model be replicated in other countries? England, Japan, Australia and the Netherlands are just a few of the countries across the world trying to bring a PA model to their medical force. Dr. Bill Fenn, vice president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and professor at Western Michigan University, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss the challenges, politics and cultural differences to bringing the PA field to other countries across the globe.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in for highlights from CHEST 2009, which took place October 31 through November 5th, in San Diego, California.
Guest: Lisa Sanders, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Dr. Lisa Sanders writes the monthly "Diagnosis" column for the New York Times Magazine, which became the inspiration for the television show "House, M.D." But her first love is still teaching about clinical reasoning and diagnostic errors. Her new book, Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis, is about embracing the role of detective as a physician. They discuss patient stories — how to encourage them, how to listen, and what we can learn from them.
Dr. Greenberg and Dr. Birnholz also look at a new study suggesting that taking family history as part of the standard patient work-up may not improve clinical decision-making. And, can we kill cancer cells with curry?
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in for highlights from the conference floor, at the most recent American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition. This year's meeting took place October 17th through the 20th, 2009, in Washington, DC.
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: Barry Marshall, MBBS
Host: Mary Leuchars, MD
Nobel Prize winners are among the most honored individuals on Earth. Yet in the case of medicine or physiology, it's said that prize winners find more success cultivating quiet careers in basic science research composing solid litanies of publications than assuming roles of "celebrity experts." Dr. Barry J. Marshall, Australian physician and professor of clinical microbiology at the University of Western Australia, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005 for the discovery of H. pylori's role in gastric ulcer disease pathogenesis. He joins host Dr. Mary Leuchars to provide his own "How To" guide for a Nobel Prize-winning career track.
Guest: Barry Marshall, MBBS
Host: Mary Leuchars, MD
After failed attempts to infect piglets with H.pylori in 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall decided to use himself as an animal model and drank from a petri dish cultured with the bacteria. His resultant development of gastritis, and the subsequent discovery of H.pylori's role in gastric ulcer disease pathogenesis, led to a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005. On this program, Dr. Marshal shares his personal story of discovery with host Dr. Mary Leuchars.
Guest: Randy Danielsen, PhD, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) will launch their specialty certification program, beginning with five specialties, in 2011. What does a PA who may want to get certifiedneed to know? Dr. Randy Danielsen, dean of Arizona School of Health Sciences at A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to talk about why it's the right time for certification in the PA field as well as the myths and fears surrounding these new changes.
Guest: Ruth Ballweg, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
When PAs meet other PAs from across the country, they often ask each other, Are you a Duke-trained PA or a MEDEX PA? This question comes from the early days of the profession when a difference in training depended on whether you lived on the east coast or the west coast of the United States. Ruth Ballweg, director of the MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program at the University of Washington School of Medicine, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss the history of the MEDEX program and what this model offers to PA students.
Guest: Jenni Hunter
Host: Bruce Japsen
The field of temporary workers has become commonplace to satisfy shortages of nurses and fill gaps to ensure health care delivery. Doctors too — and particularly primary care physicians — are increasingly going locum tenens. The numbers may surprise you. Jenni Hunter, divisional vice president of Staff Care, tells host Bruce Japsen about how physician staffing is no longer just temporary but a career choice for more of the nation's physicians.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in to to learn about research and highlights from the American Heart Association's 63rd High Blood Pressure Research Conference. The meeting happened September 23rd through the 26th, 2009, in Chicago.
Guest: Sarah Lorentz, PharmD
Host: Candis Morello, PharmD, CDE
Why are people living with diabetes more likely to die with flu and pneumonia? During flu epidemics, this risk is particularly high when additional risk factors present such as cardiovascular disease and kidney disease. Join guest host Dr. Candis Morello and her guest, pharmacist specializing in ambulatory care, Dr. Sarah Lorentz, as they discuss the reasons immunizations for patients with diabetes are so crucial.
Guest: Tom Zampieri, PhD, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The Department of Veterans Affairs is the single largest employer of PAs in the United States. With 1,600 PAs in the VA workforce, the PA leadership is only a part time field position. Dr. Tom Zampieri, director of government relations for the Blinded Veterans Association, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to talk about the possibility of a full-time director in the VA central office.
Guest: G. Timothy Johnson, MD
Host: Martin Samuels, MD
Communicating with our patients is one of the most crucial aspects of our work, and an area which is always evolving and we constantly work to improve. Joining host Dr. Martin Samuels in this conversation is Dr. Timothy Johnson, who, as medical editor and medical commentator on ABC News, arguably speaks to more patients per year than almost any other doctor in America.
Guest: Ian Jones, PA-C, MPAS
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Physician assistants have been practicing in Manitoba, Canada, for only the past 10 years. With a shortage of physicians across the country, the need for PAs is more crucial than ever. Ian Jones, president of the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to discuss the success of PAs within the Canadian medical system over such a short time frame, as well as the job openings available to American PAs just across the border.
Guest: Sir Roger Bannister, MD
Host: Martin Samuels, MD
Does overcoming defeat and reversal in sports lead to success in career? Joining host Dr. Martin Samuels is Sir Roger Bannister, who as a medical student in May, 1954, shattered a barrier in athletics that many believe stands as one of the greatest athletic accomplishments of the 20th century. But success did not come easily to Sir Roger. He and Dr. Samuels discuss breaking the record, and then choosing to retire as a running and begin his "real" career as a world class neurologist.
Guest: Sunil Hattangady, MBA, PhD
Host: Bruce Japsen
The wireless movement is a part of more and more consumers' daily lives, from smart phones to laptops. Will this kind of technology soon be ubiquitous in the healthcare field as well? Sunil Hattangady, president of Emblaze Consulting, tells host Bruce Japsen about the coming wireless trends and applications in the healthcare.
Guest: Laurie Benton, PhD, PA-C, RN
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Guest: Charles Foulks, MD
Sometimes two heads are better than one. That's the case when it comes to the PA/Physician team of Dr. Laurie Benton PA-C and her supervisor Dr. Charles Foulks. The two working together over the years have been able to slow the progression of kidney disease and keep their patients off dialysis. Dr. Foulks, medical officer at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Dr. Benton an orthopedic hospitalist joins host, Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to talk about the keys to a successful PA/Doctor team.
Guest: Stephen Hanson, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The debate over healthcare reform is on the minds of all medical professsionals these days. What could be different for PAs if new legislation is enacted? How is the American Academy of Physician Assistants assuring that PAs are an essential part of the debate? How can you get involved to make sure your representatives in Congress hear your voice? Steven Hanson, president of the AAPA, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to sort out what the AAPA is doing to keep PAs in the healthcare reform process.
Guest: Kenneth Edelin, MD
Host: Martin Samuels, MD
In 1974, one year after Roe v Wade, Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin, a young black doctor, was the chief resident in obstetrics at Boston City Hospital. Three months before completing his residency, Dr. Edelin was indicted for manslaughter after he surgically terminated a pregnancy. Convicted and sentenced to a one-year probation by a secret grand jury, before the decision was overturned by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts a year later, Dr. Edelin's case drew national attention. Dr. Edelin is emeritus professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University School of Medicine and author of the book, Broken Justice: A True Story of Race, Sex and Revenge in a Boston Courtroom. He joins host Dr. Martin Samuels to discuss his personal involvement in this landmark legal case and the issues it raised, which remain points of discussion in American society today.
Guest: Mansour Mohamadzadeh, PhD
Host: Jay Goldstein, MD
Researchers have developed an oral vaccine utilizing probiotics and, in preclinical studies, have found it successful in providing immunity against anthrax. Why are probiotics a good delivery component, and why might this method encourage a greater degree of response than the traditional vaccine injection? Dr. Mansour Mohamadzadeh, associate professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, tells host Dr. Jay Goldstein about this new vaccine delivery method. Will oral vaccines soon be ready for clinical trials?
Guest: Matt Baker, PhD, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
When disaster strikes, the first instinct of a medical professional is to jump in and help; however, that's not necessarily the best tactic. Dr. Matt Baker, dean of the school of science and health at the University of Philadelphia, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss volunteer options for PAs in the event of a local or national disaster. The two also discuss state licensing issues and educational opportunities for PAs who may want to become first responders.
Join us for highlights from the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 45th annual meeting, which took place May 29th through June 2nd, 2009, in Orlando, Florida.
Guest: Steven Stack, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
Join host Bruce Japsen for an overview of some of the major votes from the American Medical Association's 2009 House of Delegates Meeting in Chicago. Afterward, he sits down for an in-depth discussion of the issues with Dr. Steven Stack, an emergency physician from Lexington, Kentucky, and a member of the AMA board of trustees.
ReachMD brings you complete coverage of the 2009 AMA House of Delegates Meeting. Listen now!
President Obama's keynote address to the AMA House of Delegates
Delegates Respond to President Obama's Address
Leaders in long term care medicine react to the 2009 Delegates Meeting
AMA President Dr. J. James Rohack's inauguration speech
Dr. Rohack discusses President Obama's plan for healthcare reform
Perspectives from members of the AMA Board of Trustees
Listen to highlights of research presented at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's disease. This meeting was held July 11th through the 16th, in Vienna, Austria. Over 3,800 people came from around the world to attend over 100 plenary and symposium sessions.
Guest: Robin Hunter Buskey, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Physician assistants are often a vital part of the team delivering medical care to prison inmates. Robin Hunter Buskey, the 2009 PA of the Year and a senior clinical PA at the Butner Federal Corrections Complex in Butner, North Carolina, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to discuss how working in a federal prison differs from a community health system.
Guest: George Collins, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Over ten percent of all physician assistants work in orthopedics, and the number continues to grow. So why is this such a popular career choice? George Collins, chief physician assistant and PA director for Orthocarolina in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell why PAs are drawn to athletics, what it takes to build a career in sports medicine and how to get involved with a sports team in your area.
Guest: George Collins, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The opportunities for physician assistants in their practices are evolving. In practices all around the country PAs are not only seeing patients they are helping to run the offices and manage employees. PA George Collins chief physician assistant and PA director for Orthocarolina in Charlotte, North Carolina, joins host, Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to discuss his leadership role and the unique business model at the large orthopedic group where he works.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
The fifth annual Games for Health Conference, held in Boston June 10-12, brought together several hundred people at the intersection of game development and health. The stated goal was to explore the use of game techology in health and healthcare and to discuss recent industry advancements. Those interviewed in this program include: Ben Sawyer, co-founder of the conference; Richard Tate of HopeLab; Jerry Heneghan of Virtual Heroes; Richard Levine, developer of the video game "Microsurgeon;" Stephen Downs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Paul Puopolo of Humana; and Steve Brown of 3banana.
Join us for research highlights from the American Diabetes Association's 69th Scientific Sessions. This meeting took place June 5th through 9th, in New Orleans.
Guest: Michelle Mack, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
You've seen forensic investigators on TV detective shows like Law and Order and CSI but what is the job really like? Physician Assistant Michelle Mack, Director of Forensic Investigation at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in the District of Columbia, talks with host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell about how she puts together the puzzle surrounding a death investigation. The two also discuss how her PA training plays an integral role in her job and how she deals with the emotional side of a very difficult job.
Guest: Joseph Maroon, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
It takes more than orthopedic specialists and personal trainers to keep professional athletes ready to play their best. Today's team physicians are noted researchers and leading specialists who perform alongside Super Bowl champions. Dr. Joseph Maroon, neurosurgeon at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers, tells host Bruce Japsen about what he's learned from 20 years of caring for professional athletes and in the course of his own research along the way.
Join us for highlights from the American Psychiatric Association's 2009 Annual Meeting, May 16th through the 21st, in San Francisco.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Over 15,000 gastrointestinal healthcare professionals attended the meeting in Chicago, May 30 - June 4, 2009. These highlights showcase the latest research and advances in gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and gastrointestinal surgery.
Tune in for highlights from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists' 18th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress, which took place May 13th through the 17th in Houston.
Guest: Ed Lopez
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
What's it like to be a hospitalist? Many PAs are turning to this growing field. Ed Lopez, founder and president of La Palma Medicine and Surgical Associates in Tacoma, Washington, talks with host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell about the ins and outs of working in a hospital. They cover a typical day, and the type of personality best suited for this growing specialty.
Guest: Ed Lopez
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
With the growing shortage of healthcare professionals, the need is growing for PAs to become part of a hospitalist team. Ed Lopez founder and president of La Palma Medicine and Surgical Associates in Tacoma, Washington, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to discuss this growing field, including how to get a job in a hospital setting and the challenges and future for this specialty track within the PA profession.
Guest: Ann Davis
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Guest: Beth Grivett
Each state has its own laws and regulations on what physician assistants may and may not do within their practice. Host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell is joined by two guests for her discussion on state law. PA Ann Davis, director of state government advocacy and outreach with the American Academy of Physician Assistants discusses six key elements that help determine good state law for the PA practice. PA Beth Grivett, legislative chair for the California Academy of Physician Assistants, talks about how she lobbied and succeeded in removing restrictions on PAs when it comes to performing and signing physicals for the division of motor vehicles in California.
Guest: Wesley Burks, MD
Host: Lee Freedman, MD
Peanut allergy is an increasing public health concern in the United States. Children with peanut allergy may remain allergic for life, unlike children with more often outgrown allergies to milk or egg. Dr. Wesley Burks, professor and chief of the division of pediatric allergy and immunology at Duke University Medical Center, describes recent success with peanut immunotherapy in a few groups of children. Do these studies provide hope for all patients with peanut allergy, including adults? Dr. Lee Freedman hosts.
ReachMD presents highlights from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' 57th Annual ClinicalMeeting, which took place in Chicago, May 2 through 6, 2009. Tune in for important updates and research findings.
Guest: William Hutton, MD
Host: Larry Kaskel, MD
Decisions on practice philosophy, finances, marketing, and much more are yours to make when starting your own medical practice. That's the good news. But it can also make the prospect of setting up your own shop seem extremely daunting. From picking a location, to creating a business plan, to seeking expert advice on accounting, credentialing and legal issues, how can you put it all together to create a successful private practice? Host Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Dr. William Hutton, founder and chairman of the board of MedSynergies, a medical practice management firm based in Irving, Texas, who provides pointers you can use when launching your own practice.
Guest: John Heffner, MD
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Do allergies to various types of fungi trigger worsening of asthma? Are patients with severe asthma sensitive to certain species of fungus more than others? Dr. John Heffner, professor of medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University, discusses how patients with asthma might benefit from antifungal agents. Does off-label use of itraconazole for patients with severe asthma require long-term adherence for optimal asthma control? Dr. Maurice Pickard hosts.
Host: Todd Mahr, MD
Guest: Gailen D. Marshall, MD, PhD
The media often report about the effect of stress on the immune system. What research supports the idea that certain individuals are more susceptible to stress than others, and how can physicians recognize patients who might be experiencing an immunological response to stress? What mechanisms might link rhinitis, asthma and chronic urticaria to stress? Dr. Gailen Marshall, professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, discusses the fascinating relationship between a patient's mental state and immunity. Dr. Todd Mahr hosts.
Host: Todd Mahr, MD
Guest: Warner Carr, MD
What phases does the FDA use to approve a new medication, and why does this process take several years? Why must the active and excipient components of the medication, as well as the device, complete all of the testing phases? Dr. Warner Carr, allergist at Allergy and Asthma Associates in Mission Viejo, California, shares insight from his role as a new drug reviewer at the FDA. How do physicians play a vital role in the drug-approval process by providing clinical feedback to the FDA? Dr. Todd Mahr hosts.
Guest: Norman Edelman, MD
Host: Shira Johnson, MD
More than 40 thousand people, including fire and rescue workers, were exposed to toxic dust in the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City in September, 2001. Fast-forward more than a decade, and nearly a quarter of those first responders still have breathing issues. Dr. Norman Edelman, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association, joins host Dr. Shira Johnson to disuss what needs to be done for those who continue to suffer, as well as how children living in nearby neighborhoods have also been affected. The two also look at air quality and allergy and its affect on Americans.
Tune in for new research and clinical findings presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st annual meeting, which took place April 25th through May 2nd, in Seattle.
Guest: Patricia Donahoe, MD
Host: Martin Samuels, MD
How does one go about crafting a pioneering medical career in practice as well as in research? Joining host Dr. Martin Samuels to discuss these themes in her own career is Dr. Patricia Donahoe, director of Massachusetts General Hospital's pediatric surgical research laboratories and chief emerita of pediatric surgical services.
Guest: Robert Pass, MD
Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP
Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection causes auditory, cognitive and neurologic impairment in thousands of infants each year in the United States. Recognition of infection in pregnant women is difficult because CMV often produces few symptoms, and antiviral treatment during pregnancy may have toxic effects. Could a new experimental vaccine hold the key to preventing maternal CMV infection during pregnancy and decrease the incidence of congenital CMV infection and its sequelae? Host Dr. Jennifer Shu evaluates the progress toward a CMV vaccine with Dr. Robert Pass, professor of pediatrics and microbiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Dr. Pass also explains the proposed mechanism of action for the vaccine.
Guest: Rob Neville
Host: Bruce Japsen
Despite medical advancements in drugs and delivery devices for asthma and allergy sufferers, some patients are not getting appropriate dosages. But new advances are being worked on that could improve care for many through nanotechnology. Rob Neville, executive chairman of Savara Pharmaceuticals, tells host Bruce Japsen about the use of nanotechnology as an emerging way to administer drugs more effectively for improved respiratory care.
Guest: Christina Robohm, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
How does a PA handle the situation when a parent does not want to vaccinate their child? Christina Robohm, physician assistant and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado at Denver, tackles this growing issue with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell. The two discuss how PAs make sure parents receive accurate information in order to make an informed decision whether or not they want their children to receive vaccinations, the pros and cons of not vaccinating, and what it means for other children around them and the community at large. They also look at the controversy over vaccinations and autism.
Guest: Cynthia Lord, MHS, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Is the clinical doctorate appropriate for the physician assistant as an entry-level degree, as a post-graduate degree, or not at all? Those are just a few of the questions discussed recently at the PA Clinical Doctorate Summit held in Atlanta. Cynthia Lord, president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the program director of the Physician Assistant Program at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to discuss the recommendations made by an independent panel of health professionals. The two also talk about a possible bridge program for PAs to go to medical school as well as future summits and advanced training for PAs in the future.
Guest: Paul Offit, MD
Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP
Most parents support the immunization of their kids according to the recommended vaccine schedule. But increasing numbers are choosing to forgo this routine entirely or follow an alternative vaccine schedule. How are these vaccine practices impacting the health of our young patients and more broadly, the health of the general public?Host Dr. Jennifer Shu examines the key questions surrounding the alternative vaccine schedules and how to guide young patients and their families through this process, with Dr. Paul Offit, chief of the division of infectious diseases and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
These highlights present the latest clinical information and research findings from the American College of Cardiology's 58th Annual Scientific Session, held March 29 through 31 in Orlando, Florida.
Guest: Angela Gardner, MD
Host: Shira Johnson, MD
Emergency medical care makes up only three percent of the 1.5 trillion dollars the nation spends on healthcare. There are currently two bills before Congress that propose an increase in dollars spent on emergeny medical services. Host Dr. Shira Johnson is joined by Dr. Angela Gardner, president-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians, to discuss how this legislation will improve the care in the nation's crowded emergency rooms, what part of the population will be impacted most by this legislation, and how the Obama plan will affect practicing physicians.
Guest: Harold S. Nelson, MD
Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP
The incidence of asthma has doubled in the past two decades, though the cause of this rise is difficult to pinpoint. While the hygiene hypothesis has, for years, served as one possible explanation, newer studies show a possible link between asthma and vitamin levels or exposure to certain chemicals or medications. How might this knowledge help us prevent the development of asthma, and what research still needs to be performed to determine the key factors here, and put an end to the increasing incidence of asthma? Dr. Harold Nelson, professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and National Jewish Health hospital in Denver, lays out the evidence for these potential risk factors, from the child's date of birth, to acetaminophen use, to vitamin D levels, to exposure to cleaning sprays and other household chemicals. Dr. Jennifer Shu hosts.
Guest: Jesse Joad, MD, MS
Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP
Long-acting, single-agent beta agonists should be used in tandem with a corticosteroid for the treatment of asthma. Despite a black box warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to this effect, evidence suggests nearly half of our patients do not take these medications together, which appears to result in more severe asthma attacks and an increased mortality risk. In theory, longer-acting beta agonists (LABAs) should help with compliance, but if these single-agent drugs aren't taken as recommended, is there a role for them in the treatment of asthma? Dr. Jesse Joad, professor of pediatrics at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine and a former member of the FDA's Pulmonary and Allergy Drug Advisory Committee, talks with host Dr. Jennifer Shu about the pharmacologic and logistical differences between LABAs taken as monotherapy and LABAs taken in combination with a steroid. Dr. Joad …
Guest: David Fleischer, MD
Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP
Wheat, eggs, milk, peanuts and other nuts, soybeans and seafood: all of these can be an integral part of a balanced, healthy diet for growing children. Instead, many are off-limits for an increasing number of children diagnosed with food allergies. Though the rise in food allergies is certainly worrisome, we're learning that some food allergies may actually be misdiagnosed. Host Dr. Jennifer Shu welcomes Dr. David Fleischer, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and National Jewish Health in Denver, for a conversation about how we can improve our capacity to accurately assess food allergies, and help many of our young patients tolerate, or even enjoy, a wider range of food. Starting with a clinical history, what kind of workup should be done before patients are referred to an allergist? How should allergen-specific antibody blood tests be incorporated into this process?
Join us for research presented at the 2009 meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, held March 13th through the 17th in Washington, DC.
Guest: Michelle Heinan
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Primary care is as short of physician assistants as it is doctors. More than half of all graduating PAs go into specialty medicine. But the goal of the newest physician assistant training program at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, is to keep PAs in primary care. They also hope graduates will stay in rural Cumberland Gap, where the University is located, identified by the federal government as medically under-served. Dr. Michelle Heinan, director of Lincoln Memorial University's PA program, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to discusses the need for PAs in primary care and the need for them to stay in rural medicine. In the second half of this interview, Dr. Heinan talks about the challenges the University took on in establishing a PA training program, and what distinguishes this program from others around the country.
Guest: Bob Baltera
Host: Bruce Japsen
Asthma remains a difficult disease to treat and control, with a large portion of the patient population not receiving adequate treatment options. But next-generation therapies are targeting this inflammation by being more targeted, getting at the root of the pathways that play a larger role in the disease. Bob Baltera, chief executive officer of Amira Pharmaceuticals, tells host Bruce Japsen about developments in more targeted therapies.
Guest: Thomas Swift, MD
Host: Martin Samuels, MD
Is there a way that neurologists view the world that is different from other MDs? Are there lessons for all doctors based on this perspective? Host Dr. Martin Samuels talks with Dr. Thomas R. Swift, past-president of the American Academy of Neurology, about these and other topics.
Tune in for important findings presented at the 67th annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, held March 6th through 10th in San Francisco.
Guest: David P. Skoner, MD
Host: Ketan Sheth, MD, MBA
Is there evidence that suggests corticosteroids used to treat asthma might affect growth? Are growth effects from using inhaled or intranasal steroids to control asthma or allergic rhinitis a significant concern? Dr. David Skoner, professor of pediatrics at the Drexel University College of Medicine, discusses the challenges of evaluating the systemic effects of these medications, and suggests what physicians can do to minimize the risk of growth effects when using corticosteroids. Dr. Ketan Sheth hosts.
Guest: Michael Foggs, MD
Host: Ketan Sheth, MD, MBA
In what populations is asthma becoming more prevalent, and is asthma becoming a significant public health issue? How can physicians better care for under-served communities with a prevalence of asthma? Dr. Michael Foggs, chief of allergy, asthma, and immunology at Advocate Health Centers, discusses the impact of asthma on under-served communities, and how physicians can be mindful of related socioeconomic issues. Hosted by Dr. Ketan Sheth.
Guest: Amy Hendel, R-PA
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
The obesity epidemic causes numerous health problems but it's hard for one person to change their ways when the rest of the family continues old patterns. Amy Hendel joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to discuss how to help the group change their eating habits and take on a healthy lifestyle. The two discuss how families can work together as a team as well as how medical professionals can tackle the overweight issue with their patients.
Guest: Alex Haynes, MD
Host: Mary Leuchars, MD
Little is known currently about the amount and availability of surgical care worldwide. How does this challenge development of surgical care protocols globally and, by extension, the formation of international public health policies? Dr. Alex Haynes, surgical research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health and Massachusetts General Hospital, and lead author of a recent study evaluating the WHO surgical safety checklist, joins host Dr. Mary Leuchars to address these clinical and political challenges.
Reports and findings from the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Genitourinary Cancer Symposium, held February 26th though 28th in Orlando, Florida.
Guest: Jian Han, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
Diagnostic tests can sometimes get to patients too late but technology is changing to treat patients early, particularly for respiratory problems and infectious diseases. Dr. Gian Han, director of Diatherex Laboratories, tells host Bruce Japsen about the diagnostic industry's progress in testing for respiratory diseases and superbugs via the latest in research and technology in molecular generics.
Guest: James Sublett, MD
Host: Todd Mahr, MD
Indoor allergens can exacerbate or trigger allergic or asthmatic responses. What effect do carpeting, cleaning solutions, pets, and humidifiers have on indoor environments? Dr. James Sublett, clinical professor and section chief of pediatric allergy at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, offers tips on creating safer homes for patients with allergies. Dr. Todd Mahr hosts.
Host: Todd Mahr, MD
Guest: Sidney Braman, MD, FACP, FCCP
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is often diagnosed in late stages, as it is a slowly progressing condition. How can physicians diagnose patients with this deadly disease in its earlier stages, to increase the success of reversing some of its symptoms? Dr. Sidney Braman, professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, describes who is affected by COPD, and how physicians can best treat these patients. Dr. Todd Mahr hosts.
Guest: Ken Harbert, PhD
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
More than 8000 military corpsmen will head back to civilian life this year after being released from the military. How do they go about furthering their education to become a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or even pursue a medical degree, after serving their country? Dr. Ken Harbert, president of Health Watch, Ltd., talks with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell about the education challenges for corpsmen who want to pursue an advanced health degree. The two talk about the need for bridge programs and mentoring programs for veterans.
Guest: Charlene Morris, MPAS, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
As part of a profession whose role is not always clearly understood, physician assistants rely on the voice of their Associations. Host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell talks to Charlene Morris, past-president of the Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants, about practical ways PAs can get involved and lead.
Guest: Donald Pedersen, PA-C, PhD
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Have you ever thought of traveling the world and working at the same time? There are many international volunteer programs across the world that could benefit from the expertise of a PA. Dr. Donald Pedersen, a professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program, talks with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell about the specific programs geared to PAs, the role of the PA in other countries, as well as the cost and planning involved in an international volunteer program.
Guest: Donald Pedersen, PA-C, PhD
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
What role are physician assistants playing in global healthcare efforts? About half of the student PA programs in the United States offer international rotations in over 50 countries. Host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell discusses the possibilities with Dr. Donald Pedersen, program director at the University of Utah's Physician Assistant Program and past president of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs.
Guest: Jason Lunsford
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Physician assistants serving in Iraq treat everything from life threatening injuries to coughs and colds. In a combat zone, the PA never knows what will come up. Captain Jason Lunsford, a physician assistant on active duty in Iraq, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell, to talk about his first-hand experiences as a military PA.
Guest: Jason Lunsford
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
On the battlefield, the physician assistant's medical support is a lifeline for the troops. Cpt. Jason Lunsford, a physician assistant on active duty in Iraq, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to discuss the PA's role in battle.
Highlights of studies presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, held January 15 through 17 in San Francisco.
Guest: Paul Farmer, MD, PhD
Host: Martin Samuels, MD
Aside from pure altruism, is there any reason that an American doctor should care about healthcare elsewhere, particularly in parts of the world remote as Russian jails? Joining host Dr. Martin Samuels is Dr. Paul Farmer, medical anthropologist and founding director of Partners in Health, an international health and social justice organization, to discuss this and other important topics.
Guest: Keith Kelleher
Host: Bruce Japsen
Why is healthcare been such a growing area for organized labor to expand? From home health care workers and registered nurses, and even doctors, organized labor is finding an important audience in the medical care field. Keith Kelleher, president of SEIU Healthcare of Illinois and Indiana tells host Bruce Japsen about the labor movement among health professionals.
Guest: Keith Kelleher
Host: Bruce Japsen
Following the historic election of Barack Obama, one of the new president's longtime allies in organized labor now has a key voice in the nation's economic recovery and the healthcare debate. Keith Kelleher, president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare of Illinois and Indiana, talks with host Bruce Japsen about the seat at the table SEIU will have when the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress push a stimulus package that could make strides to expand medical care for more Americans while benefiting doctors and other providers.
Guest: Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
The nursing shortage is nothing new: it began as a supply side shortage in the 1990s Join host Susan Dolan and her guest, Dr. Peter Buerhaus, healthcare economist and professor of nursing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, as they explore the history of the nursing shortage. Where we are today, and how we can prepare to minimize the looming shortage in years to come? While there are fewer vacancies in nursing today than in years past, the fact is that many nurses are retiring, schools are turning away nursing students, and, all the while, demand for nursing is steadily increasing. Listen in to find out what can be done about the predicament.
Guest: Barbara Rutt, MDiv, BCC,
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Chaplains are increasingly being recognized as a critical resource on a hospital medical team. Our guest today, Chaplain Barbara Rutt, manager of Pastoral Care at the Lehigh Valley Health Network talks with host Susan Dolan, RN about her role as a member of the of trauma team, the open heart team and as a collaborator for the medical rounds of the palliative team. Join us to learn about the day in the life of a hospital Chaplain and how you might incorporate their services into your medical team.
Guest: Susan Weisberg, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
What advantages are there for physicians who see patients at their homes, and what are the limitations of a home practice? Dr. Susan Weisberg, a pediatrician who sees patients in her home during clinic after-hours, explains her reasons for practicing at home. What's involved in setting up a home practice? Dr. Michael Greenberg hosts.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
ReachMD brings you Conference Coverage Highlights from the 2008 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held December 10 through 14 in San Antonio, Texas. You will hear insights on the latest in research on breast cancer treatment and prevention.
Guest: Teri Mills, RN
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Guest: Alisa Schneider, RN
What is a National Nurse? In this segment, registered nurses Teri Mills, president of the National Nursing Network Organization, and Alisa Schneider, secretary of the National Nursing Network Organization, describe the effect a National Nurse would have on the nursing profession. Ms. Schneider discusses how nurses from across the country would be involved and how the National Nurse position could help to address the nursing shortage. Ms. Schneider describes the prevention programs the National Nurse would champion, and how listeners can support the National Nurse initiative. Hosted by Susan Dolan.
Guest: Teri Mills, RN
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Guest: Alisa Schneider, RN
Is it time for nursing to have a seat at the nation's healthcare table? In this segment, registered nurses Teri Mills, president of the National Nursing Network Organization, and Alisa Schneider, secretary of the National Nursing Network Organization, describe the organization's efforts in support of a National Nurse. Ms. Mills explains the legislative history in support of a National Nurse and discusses who would serve as the National Nurse. Ms. Schneider discusses how the National Nurse role would differ from the United States Public Health Service Chief Officer position and explains the goals of the National Nurse. Hosted by Susan Dolan.
Guest: Anne Muñoz-Furlong
Host: Todd Mahr, MD
How does a food allergy diagnosis impact a patient's quality of life? What can physicians do to help patients cope with food allergies? Host Dr. Todd Mahr asks Anne Muñoz-Furlong, founder and CEO of the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, about the challenges facing patients with food allergies. How can physicians and families navigate the management of a toddler or teenager with food allergies?