Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Steven Garlow, MD, PhD Host Dr. Cathleen Margolin interviews Dr. Steven Garlow of Emory University School of Medicine about his recently published article in the Journal of American College Health. Dr. Garlow and colleagues studied an interactive web-based method of outreach to college students at risk for suicide.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Steven Garlow, MD, PhD Dr. Steven Garlow of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine joins host, Dr. Cathleen Margolin, to talk about the challenges of finding young adults who are at risk for suicide. He also discusses the elevated risk of suicide among physicians.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Steven Garlow, MD, PhD What are the key warning signs of a potential suicide in young adults? How can we, as clinicians, act to prevent these devastating tragedies from occurring? Dr. Steven Garlow, assistant professor of psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine, discusses suicide prevention for the post-high school population with host Dr. Cathleen Margolin.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Michele Roth-Kauffman, JD, PA-C Michele Roth-Kauffman, a physician assistant and attorney, discusses the differences between employing a physician assistant with and without written contract. In addition, Ms. Roth-Kauffman identifies the key terms of a written employment agreement, such as salary, employment term, liability insurance and scope of practice. Ms. Roth-Kauffman highlights those terms of employment which should be clearly specified if the employer choses to employ the physician assistant under an agreement.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Michele Roth-Kauffman, JD, PA-C Host Lisa D'Andrea welcomes guest Michele Roth-Kauffman, a physician assistant and an attorney. Ms. Roth-Kauffman discusses the various options available to practice owners for providing malpractice coverage to physician assistants working in the practice. Ms. Roth-Kauffman also advises practice owners and physician assistants about the type and scope of coverage required for physician assistants working part-time or for two independent medical practices.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Michele Roth-Kauffman, JD, PA-C Host Lisa D'Andrea welcomes Michele Roth-Kauffman, chair of the physician assistant department at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, and an attorney, to discuss coverage options available to the physician assistants, the limitations of such coverage, and how the physician can enhance his/her own coverage to afford greater protection against malpractice claims. Ms. Roth-Kauffman also shares other steps you can take to reduce malpractice exposure.

Host: Sherwin Ho, MD Guest: Riley J. Williams III, MD When articular cartilage is damaged orthopedic intervention is required. Dr. Riley Williams, associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Medical College, director of the institute for cartilage repair at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and a leading expert on cartilage repair, joins host Dr. Sherwin Ho to talk about current surgical and non-surgical techniques for repairing tissue. Find out also what Dr. Williams is learning from clinical trials on an updated version of an ACI procedure.

Guest: Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD For much of the past 40 years, doctors have been telling patients vulnerable to heart disease to avoid eating eggs because of a mistaken belief that cholesterol-rich eggs increased one's risk of coronary heart disease. Guest Dr. Stephen B. Kritchevsky, director of the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center supported by the National Institute on Aging, reviews the scientific research concerning cardiovascular disease and egg consumption with host Dr. Larry Kaskel.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: John McElligott, MD,FACP, MPH Truck drivers live to an average age of 55, and thirty drivers are found dead each day in their trucks according to Dr. John McElligott, medical director of Professional Drivers Medical Depots. Dr. McElligott, explains to host Lisa D'Andrea how these statistics fueled his desire to provide convenient and affordable healthcare to the thousands of drivers in America. Dr. McElligott describe the model of the medical clinics, which are located at truck stops off major interstates highways. Dr. McElligott indicates that utilizing physician assistants to provide care makes the trucking clinics financially viable. Dr. McElligott also describes other services provided by the clinics such as taking care of a driver's truck, flexible appointments, and parking for these large vehicles, which are necessary in order to make 'healthcare' accessible for truck drivers.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Lawrence Cohen, PhD A treatment for atherosclerosis and the chronic inflammation in arterial blood vessels could be entering critical clinical trial stages that may result in a novel new treatment. Dr. Lawrence Cohen, president and chief executive officer of VIA Pharmaceuticals lays out for host Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen the landscape of large pharmaceutical companies as well as smaller biotech companies that are making progress in bringing these treatments through the clinical trial process. They are closer than you might think.