Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Jon Abramson, MD Guest: Lance Rodewald, MD While some vaccinations are a requirement for students to enter public school, there are many parents who object to the vaccinations for personal reasons. How should the government and doctors respond to these objectors to best protect the public health? Our guests Dr. Jon Abramson, Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist and Dr. Lance Rodewald director of the Immunization Services Division at the CDC share with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg their feelings on vaccination exemptions and what doctors can do to help minimize the risk to the community at large.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Kathi Kemper, MD What are the most practical applications of alternative and complementary medicine that Pediatricians may want to incorporate in their practice? Pediatrician host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg learns from pediatrician Kathi Kemper about Vitamin D, Probiotics, Seabands, and various foods that you may want to use to help your patients.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Kathi Kemper, MD Are your patients asking you about alternative medicine approaches? Do you know enough to offer them answers or alternatives that may complement a particular treatment? Join pediatrician Dr. Kathi Kemper talking with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg about resources and training programs available in alternative medicine, and how you may consider incorporating alternative practice knowledge into your own practice.

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. In this segment Host Dr. Bill Rutenberg talks with Dr. Fortney and Dr. Brown about actual cases that have occurred using the telehealth system.

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.