Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Joel Heller, MD Guest: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Dr. Bloom explains the two years to the cure initiative that this organization has begun which focuses on new research to develop new indications for existing drugs.

Host: Joel Heller, MD Guest: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Dr. Bloom discusses the challenges of getting cures to the patients who need them and the way in which his organization helps patients get what they need.

Host: Joel Heller, MD Guest: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Dr. Bloom explains why his organization was created to test drugs that are already on the market for additional uses.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Michael Moskowitz, MD Dr. Moskowitz identifies the clinical signs and symptoms that should trigger a refferal to a pain specialist and review ths various treatment methods that may be used for specific cases.

Host: Laura Humphrey, PhD Guest: Laura Jane Hyde Laura Jane Hyde discusses Gilda's Club, explaining the services it provides to the community and what physicians should know when referring a patient.

Host: Joel Heller, MD Guest: Steven DeAngeles, MD Dr. DeAngeles describes his medical treatment model that he has developed to treat patients who are unisured but do not qualify for government programs.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH Guest: Allen Anderson, MD Dr. Anderson reviews the patient types presenting to the emergency room with signs of heart failure, and how to determine who should be admitted for treatment.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH Guest: Allen Anderson, MD Dr. Anderson reviews the UNLOAD Trial and its findings.

Dr. Williams discusses the significant number of soldiers returning from active duty with traumatic brain injury and what needs to be done to treat this injury.

Dr. Williams discusses the guidelines physicians utilize to determine if an athlete should return to play after sustaining a concussion during a game.

Dr. Williams differentiates between retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia vs. memory difficulties.

Dr. Williams explains the significance of concussions related to sports injury.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: David Fishman, MD Dr. Fishman discusses the presenting symptoms of ovarian cancer.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: David Fishman, MD Dr. Fishman discusses the details epidemiology of ovarian cancer.

Host: Joel Heller, MD Guest: Dale Smith, PhD Dr. Smith discusses how medical treatment has changed through each of the wars and how these advances have affected civilian medicine.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Yaser Wafai, MD Dr. Yaser Wafai talks about the different forms of anesthesia and how the effects they can have following surgery.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Yaser Wafai, MD Dr. Wafai talks about the different types of anesthesia, specifically local anesthesia.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Yaser Wafai, MD Dr. Wafai discusses the process a patient goes through in receiving general anesthesia and post-op recovery.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Yaser Wafai, MD Dr. Wafai discusses patient profiles and necessary information to make a proper evaluation prior to receiving anesthesia.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Noah Berkowitz, MD Dr. Berkowitz, President and CEO of Alteon, Inc. discusses a new drug that they are developing for diabetic patients.