When did heart failure become sexy? Clyde W. Yancy MD joins the podcast to discuss what is new with heart failure, whether it can be prevented and how Northwestern Memorial Hospital is taking the lead in heart failure care.

Linda Suleiman, MD discusses her research into the gender disparities in orthopedics, some of the myths and barriers in orthopedics that might deter women from practicing this specialty, and what health systems and medical training programs can do to recruit more females to orthopaedic surgery.

Nicholas J. Volpe, MD discusses the biggest needs and challenges in Ophthalmology today, how he is building a program to address these needs, the key elements for building a world-class Ophthalmology Department and what referring physicians need to know about the program at Northwestern Medicine.

Yvonne C. Lee, MD discusses the clinical predictors of chronic opioid use among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and what her research might mean for the future of pain treatments for RA patients.

Edward Schaeffer, MD, PhD discusses his prostate cancer disparity research. He explains why African American men with prostate cancer are twice as likely to die than Caucasian men and how his research can impact patients, physicians and improve the medical community’s understanding of prostate cancer.

With the population increasingly aging, the worldwide cancer burden is growing rapidly. Recognizing the need for more research on the diagnosis and treatment of geriatric cancer and survivorship care for older adults, June McKoy, MD, JD, MBA, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics and a member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, has dedicated her research and clinical work finding the best on cancer treatment and survivorship in older adults. In this episode, she discusses how comorbidities impact cancer treatment in older adults, alternative treatment options and the importance of coordinated care.

Maciej (Matt) S Lesniak, MD, chair of Neurological Surgery and program leader for Neuro-Oncology at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, discusses the use of stem cells as a therapeutic approach for treating brain tumors, why he sees this as a breakthrough in this very unique clinical specialty and how Northwestern Medicine is leading the way in this cutting edge research.

In this panel discussion, John Pandolfino MD and Bethany Doerfler MS, RDN share the pathophysiology of GERD and what determines disease severity. They examine the role of dietary therapy and if it is effective long term. They tell us about the Reflux Improvement and Monitoring (TRIM) program and the Esophageal Center at Northwestern Medicine and what referring providers can expect.