Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Charles Morris Author and historian Charles Morris Morris “embedded” himself with the heart surgery team at New York's Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital to learn about the inner workings of a surgical heart center for his recent book, Surgeons: Life and Death in a Top Heart Center. In this segment, host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill talks with Mr. Morris about some of the more global lessons he learned that further formed his ideas about our healthcare system.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Charles Morris In this segment, host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill interviews historian and author Charles Morris about his recent book Surgery: Life and Death in a Top Heart Center. Charles shares in detail how the project got started, what he hoped to accomplish, what surprised him most and many interesting anecdotes about his experience.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Ken Harbert, PhD Host Lisa D’Andrea, PA-C, talks with Ken Harbert, PhD, dean for the School of Physician Assistant Studies at South College in Knoxville, Tenn., about developing a physician assistant program. What makes it different from the medical degree (MD) and nurse practitioner (NP) education models.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Ken Harbert, PhD Lisa D’Andrea talks with Dr. Ken Harbert a physician assistant and the president of Health Watch, a health care management firm that provides solutions for the utilization of Advanced Practice Clinicians. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and serves on the board of directors of the American College of Clinicians. He currently serves as the Dean for the School of Physician Assistant Studies at South College in Knoxville, Tennessee. We are discussing how the PA and NP professions have affected the health of the world

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Ken Harbert, PhD Lisa D'Andrea interviews Dr. Ken Harbert regarding the need for advanced practice clinicians as chief administrators in large health care systems.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Aditya Bardia, MD Guest: Victor Montori, MD What is the efficacy of Vitamins and Antioxidants in cancer prevention? Dr. Aditya Bardia and Dr. Victor Montori, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN discuss a meta-analytical study designed to answer this question. Specifically covered are beta carotene, vitamin E, and selenium.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Levi Garraway, MD, PhD Levi Garraway, MD, PhD, of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, is credited with facilitating major advances in our understanding of cancer biology. He discusses the new paradigm of cancer, as a genomic disease which leads to abnormal activation of oncogenes and inactivation of suppressor genes. The implications for therapy, as we match genetic understanding to drugs, may well be revolutionary. Dr. Gary Kohn hosts.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Levi Garraway, MD, PhD Levi Garraway, MD, PhD, recent recipient of the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award and assistant professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School, has been credited with major advances in cancer biology. Dr. Garraway joins host Dr. Gary Kohn to discuss several common myths within our understanding of cancer biology and therapy.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Suzanne Cannegieter Dr. Suzanne Cannegieter, Director of Clinical Epidemiology at Leiden University in the Netherlands, discusses her team's work with the international Wright Project focusing on connections between air travel and venous thrombosis.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Suzanne Cannegieter Dr. Suzanne Cannegieter, director of clinical epidemiology, and the lead international researcher for the Wright Project, from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, talks about the history of research on deep venous thrombosis and extensive air travel.