Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Shira Johnson, MD

Guest: Sergio Torloni, MD

Join Dr Shira Johnson as she interviews Dr Sergio Torloni from the Mayo Clinic. Dr Torloni is the Medical Director responsible for theraputic apheresis, stem cell manipulation, and treatment of coagulopathies. He is on the cutting edge of this scientific breakthrough technology utilized in research and treatment.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD

Guest: Sergio Torloni, MD

From the Mayo Clinic, join Dr Sergio Torloni as he is interviewed by Dr Shira Johnson to learn what you probably don't know about the breakthroughs in this exciting technology. What was once termed plasmapheresis has now evolved into a host of techniques utilizing stem cell harvesting, administration of medications, and much more. Apheresis is maintaining a quality of life for patients with many disease states.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD

Guest: Edward Shorter, PhD

Historian Doctor Edward Shorter of the University of Toronto and author of "Shock Therapy: The History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness" discusses the study of the history of psychiatry.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD

Guest: Edward Shorter, PhD

Historian Doctor Edward Shorter of the University of Toronto and author of "Shock Therapy: The History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness" discusses the unique history and evolution of the psychiatric field, and some of the major paradigm changes in clinical practice for psychiatrists over the decades.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD

Guest: Edward Shorter, PhD

Historian Doctor Edward Shorter of the University of Toronto and author of "Shock Therapy: The History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness" discusses the use of electroconvulsive therapy today.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD

Guest: Edward Shorter, PhD

Historian Doctor Edward Shorter of the University of Toronto and author of "Shock Therapy: The History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness" discusses the history of the use of electroconvulsive therapy for mental illness.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Jonathon Moreno, PhD

Dr. Johnathan Moreno speaks with host Dr. Maurie Pickard about this year’s ground breaking research in the reprogramming of skin cells to act like stem cells. They also discuss the need for new embryonic cell lines that continue to be the gold standard. Continued progress in this area of research, however, is likely to be slowed due to the denial of federal funds, preventing the institution of guidelines of the National Institute of Health to facilitate the wide and rapid exchange of laboratory discoveries.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Jonathon Moreno, PhD

Dr. Johnathan Moreno discusses the implantation of DNA from two parents into an egg that has its nucleus removed to prevent diseases caused by genetic variants in the cytoplasmic mitochondria. Who is the mother? Join host, Dr. Maurie Pickard for an interesting discussion.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Sandeep Jauhar, MD

How does the process of training to become a physician change us and our preconceptions of doctoring and medicine? And how has our understanding of that process shifted over time? Cardiologist and author Dr. Sandeep Jauhar joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss his career as a physician writer and his chronicle of a grueling time, Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation (2006, Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Taner Edis, PhD

Why is the US more religious than Western Europe? Why does stem-cell research stir up so much controversy? ReachMD Book Club host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes author Taner Edis, PhD to discuss his book, Science and Nonbelief.