Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: William Maloney, MD Dr. William Maloney, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Condell Medical Center, discusses the legal issues involved in Emergency Care, including coverage for the uninsured.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: William Maloney, MD Dr. William Maloney, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Condell Medical Center, discusses the variety of patients seen and care required in ED's today.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: William Maloney, MD Dr. William Maloney, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Condell Medical Center, defines the role of an emergency care physician today including required training.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Doug Wojcieszak, MS Join Doug Wojcieszak as he continues his discussion about the Sorry Works! Coalition, a non-profit group that includes doctors, lawyers, insurers and patient advocates who promote full disclosure and apologies as a solution to the medical malpractice crisis.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Doug Wojcieszak, MS Join Doug Wojcieszak, the founder and spokesperson for the Sorry Works! Coalition discussing why when doctors apologize for bad outcomes, good things happen.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Barry Baines, MD Ethical Wills are gaining popularity as a way to leave loved ones with values instead of just valuables. Join Dr. Barry K. Baines as he discusses how Ethical Wills help patients.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Barry Baines, MD Pulse, respiration, blood pressure and temperature are the 4 traditional vital signs. Pain is now the 5th. Join Dr. Barry K. Baines to learn about the 6th vital sign.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Carnie Wilson In this interview, Carnie Wilson talks about Lite and Hope, the medical resource site matching patients with board-certified bariatric surgeons nationwide. She also discusses the patient communications network, with a focus on one of the most prominent concerns shared among postoperative patients, Dumping Syndrome.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Steven Gordon, MD Dr. Gordon distinguishes between the different strains of the influenza virus discussing the H5N1.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Carnie Wilson In this interview, Carnie Wilson discloses aspects of her personal struggles with food cravings during the recovery period from gastric bypass surgery. She ties these cravings to an eventual brief shift in addictive behaviors towards alcoholism, and closes the interview with constructive ways in which patients can respond to such negative behavior modifications.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Howard C. Herrmann, MD Dr. Herrmann discusses the use of interventions in structural heart disease.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Carnie Wilson In this interview, Carnie Wilson talks about her upbringings, including her lifelong struggles with obesity, the comorbid conditions she began to experience, and the personal vs public events compelling her to undergo gastric bypass surgery.

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Stanton Glantz, MD Dr. Glantz discusses the impact on the movie industry from implemented rules governing smoking in movies.

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Hoangmai H. Pham, MD Dr. Pham discusses the issues and policies surrounding what can be done to reform the Medicare system.

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: Hoangmai H. Pham, MD Dr. Pham discusses the findings of a recently published study in NEJM to determine if P4P can really work.

Host: Joel Heller, MD Guest: Diljeet Singh, MD Dr. Singh discusses ovarian cancer and updates in treatment options.

Host: Joel Heller, MD Guest: Diljeet Singh, MD Dr. Singh discusses the latest treatment updates in cervical cancer.

Host: Joel Heller, MD Guest: Diljeet Singh, MD Dr. Diljeet Singh discusses updates to treating endometrial cancer.

Host: Joel Heller, MD Guest: Diljeet Singh, MD Dr. Singh discusses the recent activities related to the AIDS epidemic in Rawanda.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Kenneth Alexander, MD Dr. Kenneth Alexander, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Section of Pediatric Diseases at the University of Chicago discusses the controversy surrounding the HPV vaccine.