Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: John Fortney, MD Guest: Rachel Brown, MD Our guests today, Dr. John Fortney and Dr. Rachel Brown are part of a telehealth network which enables specialists from Nationwide Children’s Hospital to view and consult on distressed newborns being cared for in a more rural facility, Adena Regional Health Medical Center. Host Dr. Bill Rutenberg learns how the system was set up, how the doctors from both facilities interact and how the telehealth network has benefited the community.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Joseph Bocchini, MD More families are shunning immunizations, should they be allowed to? Join host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg for a great discussion with our guest Dr. Joseph Bocchini about the medical, ethical and legal issues related to vaccinations in our society.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Michael Rudnick, MD How can we protect our patients who have renal insufficiency from a further decline in kidney function when they need a test or procedure that involves the use of intravenous contrast? What type of hydration is most effective? Are certain medications protective? Dr. Rudnick reviews the data on all of these points in this helpful discussion.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Michael Rudnick, MD Dr. Rudnick reviews the reasons for the rising incidence of contrast-induced renal problems. He outlines the risk factors for "CIN" - both related to procedures and patients - and then comments on the clinical significance of this growing issue.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Richard Ransohoff, MD Chemotactic cytokines (known as chemokines) are small proteins that direct the movement of leukocytes to sites of inflammation or injury. An explosion of information about chemokines and their receptors has occurred in recent years. Dr. Richard Ransohoff tells host Dr. Leslie Ludnt what is happening in this exciting field.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Devra Davis, PhD Many of us endured long hours in pharmacology classes with the books of Dr. Louis Goodman and Dr. Alfred Gilman, pioneers in toxicology who made crucial contributions to the development of cancer therapies. Dr. Devra Davis, author of ‘The Secret History of the War on Cancer,’ shares fascinating stories of Goodman and Gilman’s work, and other, perhaps less commonly discussed, aspects of modern cancer care with host Dr. Leslie Lundt.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Devra Davis, PhD In America and the UK, one out of every two men and one of every three women will develop cancer in their lifetime. How did a disease that was once so atypical become so ordinary? Author and researcher Dr. Devra Davis joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss why cancer may be so common.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Devra Davis, PhD Dr. Devra Davis tells us that more than $40 billion and 40 years have passed since the official launch of the war on cancer in this country. We remain focused on finding and curing cancer instead of controlling what causes it. Identifiable steps to significantly reduce or even eliminate many cancer risks have been overlooked or actively suppressed out of fear and in favor of profit. The result? Over 10 million preventable cancer deaths in the last 30 years. Dr. Leslie Lundt interviews Dr. Davis about her book, “The Secret History of the War on Cancer”.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Robert Schimmel Robert Schimmel, one of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Comics, authored Cancer on $5 a day* *chemo not included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life. Mr. Schimmel discussed how he survived his battle with stage three non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Bruce Dan, MD Dr. Matthew Birnholz interviews Dr. Bruce Dan regarding the benefits of attending the AMA's Medical Communications Conference.