Clinician's Roundtable

Guest: Paul Howard, MD Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Other than the name, Doctor-Prescribed steroids have little in common with the steroids that often get bad rap from athletic abuse. Our guest today, Dr. Paul Howard, President of Arthritis Health begins the conversation explaining the differences between anabolic and medical steroids. He and host, Larry Kaskel MD, talk about the various types of steroids, when they should be used, and for how long they can be used. They also explore the differences between Disease Modifying Agents (DMA's) and steroids.

Guest: John Cantwell, MD Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Are you qualified to be the next CMO of the Olympic Games? Our guest, Dr. John Cantwell, Cardiologist and CMO of the 1996 summer games in Atlanta share his experiences managing the health of the athletes, their families and 1.5 million spectators as the CMO of the Atlanta Games in 1996. What were the greatest challenges? Were they prepared for the bomb? Join host Dr. Larry Kaskel to learn how Dr. Cantwell's preparation differs from the types of preparation required of the 2008 medical team heading to Beijing.

Guest: Anna Penn, MD, PhD Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD While medical advances have significantly increased our ability to give life to pre-term infants, more cognitive disabilities and disadvantages are present when these children reach school age. Is the deficit is due to early separation from the mother, or possibly our post-delivery treatments? Dr. Anna Penn, assistant professor of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a neonatologist at Packard Children's Hospital, talks with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg about her current research in this area. Dr. Penn specifically addresses how hormone levels impact the brain development of preemies.

Guest: George Sheldon, MD Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD The largest health problem in our country is a physician shortage, says guest, Dr. George Sheldon, Professor of Surgery at The University of North Carolina. There are 26% fewer surgeons today than in 1998. Why the shortage? In this segment host Dr. Bill Rutenberg explores with our guest many contributing factors and some solutions to the physician shortage problem. Learn how the physician gap will be filled and why a primary care directed health system may not be dependent on doctors in the future.

Do you believe that if a patient is worried that they are developing Alzheimer's that it can't be dementia? What do you do when a high functioning patient complains of being unable to remember names? Say, "Me too!"? Perhaps we all have a thing or two to learn about working up forgetfulness. Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Investigative journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin to discuss some of the interventions for patients with midlife forgetfulness.

The late Yale neuroscientist Patricia Goldman-Rakic said that working memory is the mental glue that links a thought through time from its beginning to its end. What happens when this system goes haywire? Investigative journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss the frontal lobe overload.

Anyone older than forty knows that forgetfulness can be unnerving, frustrating and sometimes terrifying. Investigative journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin embarked on a three year journey to revive her brain using the latest that science has to offer. She joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss what she learned.

Guest: Stephan Poulter, PhD Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Your patients' mothers continue to play a constant role in their lives, no matter how old they are. What are the types of mothering styles and how do they influence our psychology? Clinical psychologist and author of The Mother Factor, Dr. Stephan Poulter joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to describe how mothering styles may affect patients' current lives.

Guest: Stephan Poulter, PhD Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Mothers have gotten a bad rap for everything, from schizophrenia to breast cancer. What are the realties and misperceptions about mothers? Author of "The Mother Factor", Dr. Stephen Poulter, joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to give the audience a quiz on what we know about mothers and their impacts on daughters and sons.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Stephan Poulter, PhD You may remember the work of Dr. John Bowlby from your first psychology class. He taught us about attachment theory and how important bonding is. Today's guest helps us to understand how the type of attachment that our patients had with their mother may impact their current lives. Dr. Stephen Poulter, author of "The Mother Factor", joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss maternal attachment.