Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Andrew Chan, MD, MPH

Join Dr. Andrew Chan, Assistant Professor of Medicine and practicing gastroenterologist at Harvard Medical School, in speaking with host Dr. Lee Freedman about current research updates in NSAID use for colon cancer prevention. Learn more about the molecular rationales behind applying COX-2 inhibitors towards this therapeutic purpose.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Ronald Pfohl, PhD

How can mentors encourage and guide pre-professional school students toward a career in healthcare? Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill talks about the opportunities and challenges of mentoring aspirant medical professionals with Dr. Ronald Pfohl, professor emeritus in the department of zoology at Miami University of Ohio and a past faculty advisor of 23 years to Miami MED, Miami University’s pre-medical honor society.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Ronald Pfohl, PhD

Did a mentor or mentoring program help influence your decision to become a medical professional? Are you currently mentoring aspirant health care providers? Dr. Ronald Pfohl, professor emeritus in the department of zoology at Miami University of Ohio and a past faculty advisor of 23 years to Miami MED, Miami University’s pre-medical honor society, joins host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill for an enlightening discussion about the benefits of medical mentoring.

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Richard Umbdenstock, MS

Everybody knows you can get more consumer information shopping for a car or groceries than you can from the hospital industry. But Richard Umbdenstock, president and chief executive officer of the American Hospital Association tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen that the issue of transparency and better consumer information is building among the nation's hospitals.

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Richard Umbdenstock, MS

Health information technology has long been believed to be the key to unlocking ways to not only improve patient care but to save money. But achieving this in an industry as complex and large as health care has its challenges, particularly in U.S hospitals. Richard Umbdenstock, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Hospital Association tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the challenges and strides hospitals are making on the health information technology front.

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Richard Umbdenstock, MS

Health care, its cost and availability are major concerns as voters evaluate issues in this year's elections, and hospital care plays a huge role in that it consumes the largest share of the tab. So how will the nation's hospitals figure into this national debate? Richard Umbdenstock, president and chief executive of the American Hospital Association tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about hospital roles in the plan to cover more uninsured Americans.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: Elizabeth McNally, MD

Physician scientists are the transport vehicle in translating knowlege from bedside to bench. Dr. Elizabeth McNally, professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and Director of both the Institute for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic at The University of Chicago Medical Center, discusses the professional duality of life as a physician scientist with your host, Dr. Bruce Bloom.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: Elizabeth McNally, MD

Dr. Elizabeth McNally, internationally renowned expert on inherited heart diseases, Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and Director of both the Institute for Cardiovascular Research and the Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic at the University of Chicago Medical Center joins your host, Dr. Bruce Bloom, to discuss research into various forms of inherited heart diseases.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: Elizabeth McNally, MD

How do inherited heart diseases impact neuromuscular diseases? Dr. Elizabeth McNally, cardiologist and world-renowned expert on heart disease genetics speaks with Dr. Bruce Bloom on inherited heart diseases and their impact on muscular dystrophies; discussing current treatments and the role of cell biotics in cardiomyopathy and muscular dystrophy patients.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: Elizabeth McNally, MD

How do we recognize and treat genetic heart disease in the single patient, and beyond? Dr. Elizabeth McNally, cardiologist and world-renowned expert on heart disease genetics speaks with Dr. Bruce Bloom on inherited heart diseases; covering their diagnosis, treatment, and varied prevalence around the world.