
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
Supercharge your learning and enhance your practice with this Internal Medicine Podcast featuring board certified Internists as they interview the experts to bring you clinical pearls, practice-changing knowledge, and bad puns. Doctors Matthew Watto, Paul Williams, and friends (a national network of students, residents, and clinician-educators) deliver a little knowledge food for your brain hole. Yummy! No boring lectures here, just high-value content and a healthy dose of humor. Fantastic for Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Primary Care, and Hospital Medicine.
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Aug 7, 2023 • 1h 24min
REBOOT: #372 Endocrine Emergencies featuring Dr. Sara Markley Webster
Dr. Sara Markley Webster from Emory University discusses inpatient management of can't miss endo emergencies including adrenal crisis, myxedema coma, and thyroid storm. The topics covered include dosage and tapering of hydrocortisone, diagnostic options for adrenal insufficiency, resolving electrolyte abnormalities, clinical aids for diagnosing myxedema coma, thyroid hormone replacement, and the use of steroids in endocrine emergencies.

Jul 31, 2023 • 1h 7min
#406 Kneedful Things: Knee Pain 201 with Dr. Ted Parks
Ready for more knee pain? You’ve already memorized episode #98, so join us as Ted Parks to returns to teach us even more about common causes of knee pain (anterior knee pain, patellofemoral pain, knee bursitis, pain after knee replacement) and what to do about them!
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Credits
Producer: Paul Williams, MD, FACP
Writer: Paul Williams, MD, FACP
Show Notes: Paul Williams, MD, FACP
Infographic and Cover Art: Paul Williams, MD, FACP
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Reviewer: Fatima Syed MD, MSc
Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Technical Production: PodPaste
Guest: Edward (Ted) Parks, MD
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Jul 24, 2023 • 58min
#405 Obesity Medicine, GLP1 agonists, Weight Loss Management Tools and Tips
Hone your obesity medicine skills in primary care! We discuss overcoming barriers, patient counseling, obesity pathophysiology, motivational interviewing, tools and tips from a weight loss program, and how to discuss medications for weight loss including phentermine/topiramate, bupropion/naltrexone, orlistat, oral superabsorbent hydrogel, and GLP1 agonists. We’re joined by obesity medicine expert, Dr. Kimberly Anne Gudzune of @HopkinsMedicine, recorded @SocietyGIM #SGIM23 in Denver, Colorado
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Show Segments
Intro
Barriers to treating medicine in primary care
Patient counseling and obesity pathophysiology
Motivational Interviewing
Telemedicine for obesity
Tools and tips for a weight loss program
Medications for Obesity
GLP1 agonist prescribing tips
Outro
Credits
Written and Produced by: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
Show Notes: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
Cover Art and Infographic: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Reviewer: Leah Witt MD
Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
In-studio Technical Production: Chris Chiu MD, FACP, FAAP
Technical Production: PodPaste
Guest: Kimberly Anne Gudzune MD, MPH

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Jul 17, 2023 • 53min
#404 Hematuria with Dr. Derek Fine
When there’s blood in the water…
Work-up hematuria with confidence. Learn what you should be worrying about, what tests are worth considering, and how to figure out if this is a job for a urologist or nephrologist.
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Credits
Producer and writer: Paul Williams, MD, FACP
Show Notes, Infographic, and Cover Art: Paul Williams, MD, FACP
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Reviewer: Emi Okamoto, MD
Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Technical Production: PodPaste
Guest: Derek Fine, MD

Jul 10, 2023 • 55min
#403 Hotcakes: Ketamine, Kratom, Nonhormone therapy for menopause, Metformin for long COVID, and New Breast Cancer Screening Recs
Join us as we review recent practice-changing articles on ketamine vs ECT for refractory depression, nonhormone treatment (fezolinetant) for menopause, metformin for long COVID, new breast cancer screening draft recommendations, and a primer on kratom.
Fill your brain hole with a delicious stack of hotcakes! Featuring Paul Williams (@PaulNWilliamz), Rahul Ganatra (@rbganatra), and Matt Watto (@doctorwatto).
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Jul 6, 2023 • 1h 4min
Addiction Medicine #12 - Listener Q & A on Substance Use Disorders
Put on your Primary Care Cat-Hat
We are thrilled to be back to kick off season 2! Carolyn Chan, MD (@CarolynAChan) soon to be at the University of Cincinnati, Shawn Cohen MD (@ShawnCohen_MD) at Yale University, Kenneth Morford MD at Yale University, and Natalie Stahl MD (@NanouTheNomad) at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center are back and on this episode, they answer burning questions submitted by listeners. We cover topics such as targeted naltrexone, increasing buprenorphine doses, treating kratom dependence, and so much more!
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Credits
Producer, Show Notes: Kenneth Morford, MD
Infographic and Cover Art: Carolyn Chan, MD, MHS
Hosts: Carolyn Chan MD, MHS, Shawn Cohen MD, Kenneth Morford MD, Natalie Stahl MD, MPH
Reviewer: Payel Jhoom Roy, MD
Showrunner: Carolyn Chan, MD, MHS
Technical Production: PodPaste

Jul 3, 2023 • 1h
#402 Don’t Get Caught with a CAUTI
Dominate naughty CAUTIs. Learn how to define them, which studies to order, and how to treat and prevent these pesky infections. We’re joined by Dr. Laila Woc-Colburn, @DocWoc71 (Emory University).
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Credits
Please consolidate if performing multiple jobs (e.g. Written and Produced by: Cyrus Askin MD; cover art and infographic by Kate Grant)
Producer and Writer:: Noble Maleque MD
Show Notes: Caroline Coleman MD & Noble Maleque MD
Cover Art and Infographic: Caroline Coleoman MD & Sean Evans MD
Hosts: Monee Amin MD & Meredith Trubitt MD
Reviewer: Sai S Achi, MD MBA
Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Technical Production: PodPaste
Guest: Laila Woc-Colburn MD

Jun 26, 2023 • 1h 2min
#401 Updates in Addiction Medicine - SGIM 2023
We are far too classy for a “Rocky Mountain High” joke.
Live from SGIM 2023 in Aurora, Colorado! We talk to a panel of Addiction Medicine specialists who recap their outstanding talk on all of the exciting developments in treating addiction. We review major policy changes, trends in drug overdose, outpatient screening for alcohol use, and all of the ways we might be using psychedelics to treat addiction. We are joined by Stefan Kertesz, MD @StefanKertesz (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Ximena Levander, MD, MCR, FACP @XimenaLevander (OHSU), Kenneth L. Morford MD, FASAM (Yale), and Katherine Mullins, MD, AAHIV @_kmullins_ (NYU Langone).
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Credits
Producer: Carolyn Chan, MD and Paul Williams, MD, FACP
Writer: Carolyn Chan, MD and Paul Williams, MD, FACP
Show Notes, Infographic, and Cover Art: Paul Williams, MD, FACP
Hosts: Carolyn Chan, MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Reviewer: Leah Witt, MD
Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Technical Production: PodPaste
Guests: Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc; Ximena A. Levander, MD, MCR, FACP; Kenneth L. Morford, MD, FASAM; Katherine Mullins, MD, AAHIV

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Jun 19, 2023 • 59min
#400 Antiplatelets, Anticoagulation for Coronary Artery Disease and Afib
Master the prescription of antiplatelets and anticoagulation for coronary artery disease and afib (atrial fibrillation). We discuss why, when, and how long to prescribe aspirin, clopidogrel, ticagrelor, prasugrel, and/or anticoagulation for primary, secondary, and “primary and a half” prevention including the definition and discussion of mono, dual, and triple therapy for patients with coronary disease who need anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation. We’re joined by preventive cardiologist, Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones MD, ScM (@dmljmd from NMCardioVasc)! This episode was recorded in person at ACP’s (@ACPIMPhysicians) Internal Medicine Meeting 2023 #im2023 in San Diego.
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Show Segments
Intro
Getting to know our guest
Definition mono, dual, triple therapy, DAPT
Post-PCI for NSTEMI with existing afib
Stable CAD with new Afib
CABG with New Afib
Prior stent with New Afib
Antiplatelet therapy after Acute Coronary Syndrome
Primary Prevention
Primary “and a half” Prevention
Life’s Essential 8
Outro
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Sponsor: Panacea Financial https://panaceafinancial.com/
Credits
Written and Produced by: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
Show Notes: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
Cover Art & Infographic: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Reviewer: Fatima Syed MD, MSc
Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Technical Production: PodPaste
Guest: Donal Lloyd-Jones MD, ScM

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Jun 12, 2023 • 57min
#399 Wisely Ordering Autoantibodies - ACP IM2023
The ANA, anti-CCP, RF, and beyond!
We all have ‘rheum’ to grow when it comes to making sense of autoantibodies and common markers. We talk through the nuances with rheumatologist Dr. Matthew B. Carroll (biography here!). Our interview covers physical exam tips for inflammatory arthritis, basic interpretation of rheumatologic testing, and what to do with the dreaded ‘vaguely positive’ speckled ANA!
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Show Segments
Intro
Case 1
History clues
Physical exam pearls; what does synovitis look like?
Interpreting mixed labs
Rheumatoid Factor tips
Role for imaging
Importance of early diagnosis
New testing modalities
Case 2
Oh no– a vaguely positive ANA!
ANA testing basics
Outro
Credits
Showrunners, Hosts, Producers and Writers: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Show Notes, Infographic, Cover Art: Beth Garbitelli MD
Reviewer: Emi Okamoto MD
Technical Production: PodPaste
Guest: Matthew B. Carroll MD
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