The Cribsiders

Dr. Marissa Hauptman, Co-director of Boston Children’s Hospital Pediatric Environmental Health Center, discusses lead screening, elevated lead levels, and taking an environmental exposure history. They cover the importance of lead screening in young children and the risks of lead exposure on brain development. The podcast also addresses factors contributing to lead exposure, health disparities, lead poisoning symptoms, treatment with chelation therapy, and supporting healthy housing.

TTG IGA, DGP IGG, IGG EMA…do you ever feel like you’re making alphabet soup trying to diagnose Celiac Disease? Listen to our episode with our special guest, Dr. Dale Lee from Seattle Children’s, as he teaches us how to diagnose, manage, and treat Celiac Disease. Dr. Lee will teach us how almost any symptom can mimic Celiac, and why going gluten-free is so important!

Pediatric cardiologist Dr. Mike Fahey returns to teach us about the EKG. In our most ambitious episode yet, we discuss the what, where, why, and how of an EKG on an AUDIO podcast. Learn about how to approach an EKG read, what the electrical signal represents, and common pathologies that present with abnormal findings.

Dr Travis Crook (Vanderbilt) shares his passion for teaching on this special Cribsiders-Teach Collab on the learner as educator.   We cover the continuum of health-professions learners from undergraduate to graduate, including both direct teaching skills and education theory valuable for a career as a clinician educator.   Whether you are looking for practical tips to get started, one- on-one teaching opportunities with your learners, or want to create a formal “learner as educator” program at your institution, this is the episode for you!.

Osgood Schlatter disease and Sever’s disease sounds scary, but they should not scare you or your patients. Tune into this episode as Dr. Conde (Pediatric Sports Medicine, Cincinnati) walks us through her approach to the knee and ankle musculoskeletal exams, then discusses common overuse injuries that can be treated in the primary care clinic! 

Does talking about the bird and the bees with teens give you the heebies jeebies? Don’t know where to start with discussion about sexuality with families? Join the Cribsiders and Dr. Tracey Wilkinson (assistant professor at Indiana University School of Medicine and general pediatrician)  for this timely conversation on the importance of sexual health and the role all pediatricians can play in advancing reproductive justice.

Trying to hone your on-the-spot derm diagnoses? White knuckling your way through patient questions about random skin findings? Get ready, because pediatric dermatology expert Dr. Craig Rohan is back to shed some light on the diagnosis and management of hypo- and depigmented lesions in pediatric care!

Listen in for a great review with Dr. Sarah Wood (CHOP) about how to diagnose pelvic inflammatory disease, including tips on how to perform a pelvic exam, and what to do when your treatment for PID isn’t working. 

Calling all fungi fighters! It’s time to level up your dermatophyte identification and treatment skills. Learn to take down tinea like a dermatologist in this pearl-packed episode with the great Dr. Craig Rohan. Listen now to become a skin savior, up your azole advocacy, and rule out those pesky mycosis mimickers! 

Brain tumors can be intimidating, for families and providers alike! Tune into this episode as Dr. Trent Hummel, Pediatric Neuro-Oncologist, guides us through the red flags to look for, when to escalate care and how to approach discussions with families. This conversation will blow your mind!