Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA

Guest: James Cawley, MPH, PA-C

Lisa D'Andrea talks with Jim Cawley about the physician assistant doctorate degree.

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA

Guest: James Cawley, MPH, PA-C

Host Lisa D'Andrea speaks with James Cawley, professor of health care science and director of the PA/MPH Program at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, about the steady movement of physician assistants away from primary care medicine. How will this trend, similar to what we're seeing among entering physicians, impact the medical community?

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Joe Goveas, MD

Mild cognitive impairment occurs in up to 29 percent of our geriatric patients. What should we be doing after the diagnosis is made? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. Joseph Goveas, assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee to discuss interventions for mild cognitive impairment.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Joe Goveas, MD

Memory complaints in those of us aged 50 and up are not unusual. How can you determine whether subtle changes are due to normal aging, early dementia or some other medical problem?

Dr. Joseph Goveas, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss mild cognitive impairment.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Thomas E. Eissenberg, PhD

We recognize that tobacco use kills millions of people around the world each year, but most of the available research focuses on cigarette smoking. The scope of tobacco use extends well beyond cigarettes, and includes an upswing in hookah, or water pipe, smoking, which many young people believe is less harmful than other forms of tobacco use. What do we know about the growing popularity of hookah smoking? What can we do to educate our young patients about the dangers of this form of tobacco use? Dr. Thomas Eissenberg, associate professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and an expert in the behavioral pharmacology of drugs of abuse, joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss his research on waterpipe smoking.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Beth Ann Malow, MD, MS

Insomnia is a common sleep concern in children with autism spectrum disorders. As these children often have a complex array of other conditions, hypnotic use can be problematic. Is melatonin a reasonable alternative? Dr. Beth Malow joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss her research in this area.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Robert Rosen, PhD

Dr. Robert Rosen was awarded a six-year multi-million dollar grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to study leadership and healthy organizations. Having interviewed more than 250 CEOs and worked with organizations in more than 30 countries, Dr. Rosen says anxiety is a necessary and desirable feature of a successful leader. He expands on this idea in a conversation about his latest book, Just Enough Anxiety, with host Dr. Leslie Lundt

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: David Hellmann, MD

The quality of medical care is operator dependent and most physicians are overworked and undereducated in dealing with patients as individuals. Today's guest heads an innovative approach to improving our skills in providing personal health care.  Dr. David Hellmann, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss Johns Hopkins innovative program the Aliki Initiative.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Jeffrey Gulcher, MD PhD

Are we already able to assess our patients accurately for MI risk factors or is there another test that could provide more accuracy? Our guest today, Dr. Jeffrey Gulcher, chief scientific officer and co-founder of deCode Genetics tells host, Dr. Larry Kaskel about deCode MI. Learn how to use and interpret the results of the new decode MI test. What can you learn that you don't already know?

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Richard Goode, MD

Are your patients' expectations too high? Could docs be at fault for setting those expectations? Dr. Richard Goode, professor of otolaryngology at Stanford University Medical Center, joins host Dr. Larry Kaskel to discuss his recent article, The Unhappy Patient Following Facial Plastic Surgery: What to Do? and analyze why some patients will always be dissatisfied with the results. Tune in to hear how to identify those unhappy patients before they undergo a procedure. Does surgeons have an ethical obligation to treat and/or refuse treatment to these patients?