
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.
Latest episodes

Oct 18, 2021 • 1h 12min
#300 Celiac Disease with Dr. Amy Oxentenko
Take control of celiac disease (CD) with gastroenterologist, Dr. Amy Oxentenko (Chair of Medicine at Mayo Clinic AZ, @AmyOxentenkoMD). Learn how to recognize both classic and non-classical features of CD and understand diagnostic testing, management and proper follow-up for patients.
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Credits
Production and Script: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
Production, Show Notes and Infographics: Edison Jyang
Cover Art: Kate Grant MBChB, MRCGP, DipGUMed
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP; Beth Garbitelli
Reviewer: Emi Okamoto MD
Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Amy Oxentenko MD, FACG
Sponsor: ACP’s National Internal Medicine Day
Help the American College of Physicians celebrate National Internal Medicine Day on October 28th. Visit https://www.acponline.org/NIMD2021 to learn how you can show your internal medicine pride. Be sure to tag @ACPInternists and use the hashtag #NationalInternalMedicineDay.
Sponsor: Grammarly
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CME Partner: VCU Health CE
The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit.
Show Segments
Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
Guest one-liner, Picks of the Week
Case from Kashlak; Definitions
Workup for a typical celiac patient
Nonclassical features of CD
When to do a small bowel biopsy
Management of CD
Considerations for atypical celiac patient and differentials
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity
Outro
Links
Crucial Conversations (book)
Gluten-free flour (flour)
Pie crust recipe (recipe)
What Remains of Edith Finch (game)
Doughboys (podcast)

Oct 11, 2021 • 1h 8min
#299 Acute Pain Management for the Hospitalist
Confidently manage acute pain in the hospital! In this episode listeners will learn how to develop a multimodal analgesia plan for acute pain in the hospital, as well as how to safely initiate and discharge a patient on opioids. We’re joined by Dr. Melissa Weimer @DrMelissaWeimer (Yale School of Medicine).
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Credits
Producer and Writer: Carolyn Chan, MD
Script: Carolyn Chan, MD, Avi O’Glasser, MD
Cover Art and Infographic: Edison Jyang
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Carolyn Chan, MD
Reviewer: Emi Okamoto, MD
Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Melissa Weimer DO
Sponsor: ACP’s National Internal Medicine Day
Help the American College of Physicians celebrate National Internal Medicine Day on October 28th. Visit https://www.acponline.org/NIMD2021 to learn how you can show your internal medicine pride. Be sure to tag @ACPInternists and use the hashtag #NationalInternalMedicineDay.
Sponsor: Green Chef
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CME Partner: VCU Health CE
The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit.
Show Segments
01:39 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
03:20 Guest one-liner, Picks of the Week
09:18 Case from Kashlak; Definitions
11:00 Assessing Acute Pain
12:12 Types of Pain
15:08 Initiating Opioids
22:32 Counseling on Opioid Exit Strategy
25:26 Opioid Dependence vs. Opioid Use Disorder
29:50 Post-Op Pain Management
31:00 Other cool stuff
37:00 PCA
41:00 Opioid Taper
46:50 Acute Pain and Opioid Use Disorder
58:00 Methadone Titration
1:04:00 Outro

Oct 4, 2021 • 1h 8min
#298 Urinary Stone Disease Will Rock Your World
Do kidney stones have you saying “this too shall pass?” Our guest Dr. David S. Goldfarb, MD, FASN, FNKF, FACP can help! In this episode he takes us through risk factors as well as treatment and prevention for urinary stone disease.
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Credits
Producer: Paul Williams MD
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP, Beth Garbitelli
Show Notes by: Shelagh Browne, Kate GrantMBChB MRCGP DipGUMed,
Cover Art and Infographic: Kate Grant MBChB MRCGP DipGUMed
Reviewer: Molly Heublein, MD
Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: David Goldfarb MD, FSN, FNKF, FACP
Sponsor: ACP’s National Internal Medicine Day 2021
acponline.org/NIMD21
Sponsor: Indeed indeed.com/internalmedicine
CME Partner: VCU Health CE
The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org .
Show Segments
Guest book recommendation and advice
Common risk factors for urinary stone disease
Differential diagnosis of kidney stones
Symptomatology of kidney stones
Types of stones
Urine pH
Role of physical exam
Role of imaging
STONE score
Labs to order
Management of urinary stone disease
Prevention of urinary stones and approach to lifestyle/diet changes
Outro

Sep 29, 2021 • 38min
#297 CRC Screening, Common Skin Complaints, and Antibiotic Pearls (TFTC #8)
We recap the top pearls on CRC Screening, Common Skin Complaints, and Antibiotic Pearls. It’s Tales from the Curbside! (TFTC), our monthly series providing a rapid review of recent Curbsiders episodes for your spaced learning.
Note: No CME for this mini-episode but visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org to claim credit for shows #283, #284, and #285 at curbsiders.vcuhealth.org!
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Credits
Written, Produced, and Hosted by: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Infographics by: Beth Garbitelli, and Nora Taranto
Cover Art: Edison Jyang
Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Sponsor: ACP acponline.org/telemedicine201
Sponsor: Ten Thousand tenthousand.cc code = CURB
CME Partner: VCU Health CE
The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit.
Show Segments
Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
CRC Screening
Antibiotic Pearls
Derm Pearls (Common Skin Complaints)
Outro

Sep 27, 2021 • 1h 6min
#296 Diabetes FAQ with Dr. Jeff Colburn
Stumped by diabetes care? Hungry for tips on diagnosis and management? We’ve got you covered with this high-yield Diabetes FAQ covering type 1 and type 2 diabetes. We’re joined by Dr. Jeff Colburn, a board-certified endocrinologist and clinician educator in San Antonio, Texas as we review initial diagnosis, interrogate insulin resistance versus insulin deficiency, delve into down-titrating insulin, discuss ‘tricky diabetes,’ and talk through dietary approaches!
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Credits
Producers and Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Writer: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
Show Notes, Infographic & Cover Art: Beth Garbitelli
Reviewer: Molly Heublein MD
Editor: Molly Heublein MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Jeff Colburn, MD
Sponsor: BetterHelp betterhelp.com/curb
Sponsor: Birch by Helix birchliving.com/curb
CME Partner: VCU Health CE
The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit.
Show Segments
Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
Guest one-liner, Picks of the Week*
Case from Kashlak
Initial Presentation of Diabetes
Type 1 or Type 2
Initial Labs, Managing new diagnosis
Using GLP-1 agonists, SGLT-2 inhibitors
How to down titrate insulin
Diabetes in geriatrics
Diets for diabetes management
Outro

Sep 20, 2021 • 1h 1min
#295 Advance Your Care Planning with Dr. Rebecca Sudore
Advance your care planning with tips from our esteemed guest, Dr. Rebecca Sudore, @prepareforcare (UCSF). She helps us up our ACP game by defining advance care planning, and giving clear examples of how it can be incorporated into a busy primary care practice. It’s her life’s mission is to improve advance care planning and medical decision-making for culturally and ethnically diverse older adults. She is the creator of an interactive ACP website called PREPARE For Your Care, (after this episode, we are sure you’ll be sending patients there for advance care planning!)
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Credits
Written by: Leah Witt, MD
Produced by: Leah Witt, MD & Molly Heublein, MD
Reviewer: Lingsheng Li, MD
Infographic and Cover Art: Leah Witt, MD
Hosts:Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP, Leah Witt, MD
Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Rebecca Sudore, MD
Sponsor: Grammarly grammarly.com/curb
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CME Partner: VCU Health CE
The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org.
Show Segments
Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
Guest one-liner
Picks of the Week
Case from Kashlak Part 1: General ACP
Defining Advance Care Planning
Case from Kashlak Part 1: Dementia & ACP
Surrogate decision-makers
POLST
Outro

Sep 13, 2021 • 59min
#294 Pulmonary Hypertension Update
Join us as we take a six-minute walk through the definition, presenting symptoms, and diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension with our esteemed guest Dr. Estefania Oliveros, @EstefaniaOS (Temple University). She helps us get on the right side of hypertension on the right side of the heart!
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Credits
Writer and producer: Deborah Gorth MD, PhD
Infographic and Cover Art: Edison Jyang
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Reviewer: Leah Witt, MD
Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Estefania Oliveros MD
Sponsor: Indeed indeed.com/internalmedicine
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Sponsor: The American College of Physicians Telemedicine 201
ACP invites you to attend its free 4-part webinar series, Telemedicine 201. Episode one, “Video Visits Beyond the Simple Cases,” is on September 28th. Register today at acponline.org/telemedicine201.
CME Partner: VCU Health CE
The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit. See info sheet for further directions. Note: A free VCU Health CloudCME account is required in order to seek credit.
Show Segments
Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
Guest one-liner
Picks of the Week*
Case from Kashlak
Definitions
Discussion of testing for pulmonary hypertension
CTEPH diagnosis and management
Rundown of therapies for pulmonary hypertension
Outro

Sep 6, 2021 • 1h 5min
#293 The Best of Liver Tests with Dr. Elliot Tapper
Take a walk through Liver Land with Dr. Elliot Tapper (@ebtapper on Twitter) as we stroll through the best of liver tests. Once differentiating a hepatocellular versus cholestatic injury picture, Dr. Tapper shares some targeted labs to help with etiology, as well as what to do with those pesky isolated lab abnormalities. On top of that, we review common causes of severe acute liver disease and issues in pregnancy. Join us, and you’ll be writing more accurate notes as Dr. Tapper schools us on what “liver function tests” really mean!
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Credits
Written and Produced by: Elena Gibson MD
Cover Art and Infographic: Kate Grant MD; Elena Gibson MD
Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Editor: Emi Okamoto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Elliot Tapper MD
Sponsor: BetterHelp betterhelp.com/curb
Sponsor: Panacea Financial panaceafinancial.com
CME Partner: VCU Health CE
The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit.
Show Segments
Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
Guest one-liner
Definitions of liver enzymes, liver function tests
Patterns of acute liver injury
Drug-induced liver injury
Isolated alkaline phosphatase elevation
Isolated total bilirubin elevation
Livery Injury During Pregnancy
Acute liver failure
Outro

Sep 1, 2021 • 31min
#292 Acute Heart Failure, CHF Triple Distilled
Enjoy this rapid clinical overview of heart failure based on Episode #230 Kittleson Rules Acute Heart Failure Featuring Dr. Michelle Kittleson @MKittlesonMD (Cedars Sinai)!
This triple distilled episode is not available for CME, but claim CME for #230 Kittleson Rules Acute Heart Failure at curbsiders.vcuhealth.org!
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Credits
Written, Produced, and Hosted by: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP; Beth Garbitelli
Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Sponsor: Locumstory locumstory.com
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Show Segments
Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
The History, Failure mnemonic
CHF exam
CHF Labs, Swan (RHC)
Management of ADHF
Outro

Aug 30, 2021 • 1h 15min
REBOOT #230 Kittleson Rules Heart Failure
Dr. Michelle Kittleson shares insights on managing acute decompensated heart failure, discussing jugular venous pressure exams, diuresis, and hospital discharge. Other topics include book recommendations, evaluation and diagnosis of heart failure, diuretic dosing, and interventions in heart failure prevention.