Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Thomas Wang, MD Cardiologist Dr. Tom Wang of the Harvard Medical School talks about the broad distribution of Vitamin D receptors and the implications for cardiovascular and renal disease risk.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Thomas Wang, MD Cardiologist and investigator Dr. Thomas Wang of the Massachusetts General Hospital talks about his recent work on Vitamin D deficiency and the increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Lisa D'Andrea talks with Steve Engelberg, an emergency medicine physician assistant, past president of the Nevada Academy of Physician Assistants, and Vice President and Founder of the National Association of Physician Assistants. They discuss how to utilize physician assistants in an ER setting.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Elayne DeSimone, PhD Lisa D'Andrea talks with Elayne DeSimone about the retail health clinics and their effect on the nurse practitioner profession.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Elayne DeSimone, PhD Lisa D'Andrea talks with Elayne DeSimone about the DNP and how it will change the nursing profession.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Michael Rich, MD, MPH Over and over again studies have established a causal connection between media violence and aggressive behavior in chidren. What needs to be done to reduce this risk? In this segment, host Dr. Bill Rutenberg speaks with our guest Dr. Michael Rich, Director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital in Boston about the roles that media play on the behavior of children.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Michael Rich, MD, MPH The American Academy of Pediatrics recently unsuccessfully tried to stop the airing of the first episode of Eli Stone. Why? Because the episode revolved around a virus additive that was blamed for a case of autism. In this segment, our guest Dr. Michael Rich, Director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital in Boston, talks with Dr. Bill Rutenberg about whether or not the media should be held responsible for outcomes related to programming.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Carol A. Burke, MD, FACG, FASGE, AGAF, FACP Dr. Carol Burke, Director of the Center for Colon Polyp & Cancer Prevention at the Cleveland Clinic, discusses follow-up after colonoscopies, for patients of varying degrees of risk, with your host, Dr. Lee Freedman.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Carol A. Burke, MD, FACG, FASGE, AGAF, FACP A colon cancer screening is virtually implicit with colonoscopies. But, when should follow-up exams be performed in patients with varying degrees of risk? Dr. Carol Burke, Director of the Center for Colon Polyp & Cancer Prevention at the Cleveland Clinic, discusses colon cancer screening modalities with your host, Dr. Lee Freedman.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Lise Alschuler, ND Dr. Lise Alschuler, Director of the Naturopathic Medicine Department at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, talks with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg about the CTCA's comprehensive Care model to treat cancer patients.