Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Tait Shanafelt, MD Eastern countries have been touting the benefits of green tea for centuries. Could EGCG, an extract from green tea, be beneficial in treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)? Dr. Tait Shanafelt, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, joins Dr. Bruce Bloom at the 5th Mayo Clinic State of the Art Symposium on Hematologic Malignancies to discuss his research with EGCG and other herbal remedies in treatment of CLL.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Leon Speroff, MD Dr. Leon Speroff discusses the symptoms corresponding to a diagnosis of PCOS, its high rate of occurrence among overweight women, and its correlation with insulin resistance.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Leon Speroff, MD Does hormone therapy bring with it an increased risk of breast cancer, or does it conversely lead to earlier detection of pre-existing tumors and thereby improve outcomes for these patients? Dr. Leon Speroff discusses the alleged findings of the Women's Health Initiative in this regard, and delves deep into the correlation between HRT and breast cancer, highlighting factors that may or may not substantiate a relationship. The alleged increased risk of ovarian cancer is also explored.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Leon Speroff, MD What are the motivating reasons behind development of a 24 dose/cycle oral contraceptive? Dr. Leon Speroff discusses the distinction of the 24-day contraceptive in regards to breakthrough bleeding, follicular growth and development, and endometrial thickness. Dr. Speroff also covers the 24-day contraceptive as a possible choice for overweight women.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Leon Speroff, MD Where does post-menopausal hormone replacement therapy stand? Dr. Leon Speroff navigates the findings of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), discussing the alleged elevated risk of coronary heart disease coupled with post-menopausal hormone replacement therapy.

Host: Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH Guest: Courtney Davis, NP Dr. Sayantani DasGupta is joined by guest Courtney Davis, renowned author and women's health nurse practitioner, to speak about literary writing in the medical community. Mrs. Davis shares exerpts from her previous works including I Knew a Woman: The Experience of the Female Body, and describes the unique integration of narrative writing and a medical career.

Host: Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH Guest: Courtney Davis, NP Courtney Davis, Nurse practitioner and award winning poet, is the author of four books and has co-edited two collections of poetry written by nurses. She joins host Dr. Sayantani DasGupta to share some of her work, discuss narrative medicine's rise in healthcare and society, and comment on the clinician writer's creative process.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Andrew Chan, MD, MPH Join Dr. Andrew Chan, Assistant Professor of Medicine and practicing gastroenterologist at Harvard Medical School, in speaking with host Dr. Lee Freedman about current research updates in NSAID use for colon cancer prevention. Learn more about the molecular rationales behind applying COX-2 inhibitors towards this therapeutic purpose.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Ronald Pfohl, PhD How can mentors encourage and guide pre-professional school students toward a career in healthcare? Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill talks about the opportunities and challenges of mentoring aspirant medical professionals with Dr. Ronald Pfohl, professor emeritus in the department of zoology at Miami University of Ohio and a past faculty advisor of 23 years to Miami MED, Miami University’s pre-medical honor society.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Ronald Pfohl, PhD Did a mentor or mentoring program help influence your decision to become a medical professional? Are you currently mentoring aspirant health care providers? Dr. Ronald Pfohl, professor emeritus in the department of zoology at Miami University of Ohio and a past faculty advisor of 23 years to Miami MED, Miami University’s pre-medical honor society, joins host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill for an enlightening discussion about the benefits of medical mentoring.