Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Mary Daly, MD, PhD Dr. Mary Daly, oncologist, PhD epidemiologist, Director of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program, and Senior Vice President for Population Science at the Fox Chase Cancer Center speaks with your host, Dr. Gary Kohn, on cancer prevention, the implications of BRCA 1&2 regarding risk of breast and ovarian cancer, the human genome project, and genetic counseling and testing in both men and women.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Sandeep Jauhar, MD Dr. Gary Kohn speaks with Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, physicist, cardiologist, medical writer, and director of the Heart Failure Program at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York regarding his book, Intern: A doctor's initiation.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Sandeep Jauhar, MD Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, physicist, cardiologist, medical writer, and Director of the Heart Failure Program at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York City speaks with your host, Dr. Gary Kohn about the transitional period of internship in his book, "Intern: A Doctor's Initiation". Dr. Jauhar relates common experiences through highlights of his own career move towards medicine, and his evolution as a doctor.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Lawrence Robbins, MD Noted author and researcher Dr Larry Robbins is interviewed by Dr Shira Johnson to discuss his recent published study on Bipolar Patients presenting with Migraine, Cluster, and Chronic Tension Headache. Discussion is on diagnosis and treatment challanges.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Lawrence Robbins, MD Noted Author and Researcher Dr Larry Robbins is interviewed by Dr Shira Johnson to discuss his study on the prevalence of Personality Disorders in patients presenting with Migraine. Discussion is on screening, diagnosis and management.

Host: Sherwin Ho, MD Guest: Timothy Taft, MD ACL injuries can be devastating to your athletic patients. Patellar tendonitis may be less demoralizing, but nonetheless aggravating to basketball players who surely need healthy legs. Is the ACL injury an automatic ticket to the operating room? What are the most efficient therapies for patellar tendonitis? Host Dr. Sherwin Ho welcomes Dr. Timothy Taft, director of sports medicine and team physician for the University of North Carolina.

Host: Sherwin Ho, MD Guest: Timothy Taft, MD Basketball season brings on a lot of injuries amongst college players. In this segment our guest Dr. Timothy Taft, Medical Director of the UNC Tarheels tells us about the most common types of injuries he sees. He discusses how injuries vary between his men's and women's teams and talks about the most common courses of treatment and prevention. Join host Dr. Sherwin Ho for an interesting look at basketball injuries.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Edgar Staren, MD, PhD, MBA When it comes to cancer care, we know about chemotherapy, surgery, bone marrow transplants and even the coming of stem cell therapies. But should hope also be included as a treatment for these life threatening diseases? Dr. Edgar Staren, senior vice president for clinical affairs and chief medical officer at Cancer Treatment Centers of America speaks to the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about this important consideration.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Edgar Staren, MD, PhD, MBA The customer is often first when seated at a restaurant table or when he or she walks into the lobby of the Ritz Carlton, but such an experience can still be a new phenomenon in health care. Dr. Edgar Staren, Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at Cancer Treatment Centers of America tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen how these hospitals provide customer-friendly care with specialized food, massage therapies and alternative treatments to complement the traditional chemotherapy and cancer treatment regimens.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH Consumers are demanding high-quality healthcare at a reasonable price. How can we work with them to ensure the emergence of this ideal scenario? Dr. Mark Chassin, president of the Joint Commission, tells host Bruce Japsen about payment schemes linked to standardized measures, and tactics to reduce overuse of services, among other strategies to broaden the debate over quality and affordability in modern healthcare.