Host: Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH

Guest: Rita Charon, MD, PhD

Narrative Medicine: a return to traditional clinical practice or a new way to care for patients? Host Dr. Sayantani DasGupta speaks with clinician and literary scholar Dr. Rita Charon, Founder and Director of the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, about the integration of medical humanities into traditional clinical practice.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Peter Bach, MD

As former senior advisor to administration centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services for Cancer initiatives, our guest Dr. Peter Bach talks with host Bill Rutenberg about lessons learned while working on behalf of Medicare and Medicaid. Some highlights of this interview include discussion about physicians' use of evidence-based medicine, coverage under evidence clause, pay for performance, no-bid contracts, DRG and more. Join us for a great discussion.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Peter Bach, MD

We know that early detection of cancer can save lives. With this in mind, the focus turns to finding imaging mechanisms that will facilitate early detection. Does CT screening provide accurate information on lung cancer? Should high-risk patients undergo PET scans? Host Dr. Bill Rutenberg speaks with Dr. Peter Bach, of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, about the perceived values of screening for lung cancer.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Peter Bach, MD

Dr. Peter Bach, from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, talks with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg about racial disparities in medicine and treatment today. What are the reasons for this disparity, and how can we work to eliminate the difference? Join us to learn more.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Peter Bach, MD

What is keeping our society from moving forward in our ability to cure disease? How can what is learned in the lab be brought to the frontlines more quickly and efficiently? How can individual medical institutions work together to make a more profound difference in our healthcare system? Our Guest Dr. Peter Bach talks with host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg about the questions above in addition to his recent WSJ commentary entitled Why We'll Never Cure Cancer.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: William Burke, MD

Scientists at many institutions are researching to find neuroprotective agents for ALS. While today's guests research focuses on other neurological diseases, he recently wrote a commentary to a published neurology article about ALS research suggesting that the properties of a drug, Taxol should also be considered in animal models researching ALS. In this segment, Dr. Mark Nolan Hill talks with Dr. William Burke about ALS and why Taxol may be a worthwhile drug to examine in animal models as a neuoroprotective agent for ALS.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: William Burke, MD

In this discussion, Dr. Hill learns from Dr. William Burke about the latest research trying to link the dopamine theory to the alpha synuclean theory to better explain why Parkinson's Disease occurs. In this segment they also discuss current symptomatic treatment for Parkinson's Disease and the properties that would make up a more curative neuroprotective treatment.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Charles Morris

Author and historian Charles Morris Morris “embedded” himself with the heart surgery team at New York's Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital to learn about the inner workings of a surgical heart center for his recent book, Surgeons: Life and Death in a Top Heart Center. In this segment, host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill talks with Mr. Morris about some of the more global lessons he learned that further formed his ideas about our healthcare system.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Charles Morris

In this segment, host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill interviews historian and author Charles Morris about his recent book Surgery: Life and Death in a Top Heart Center. Charles shares in detail how the project got started, what he hoped to accomplish, what surprised him most and many interesting anecdotes about his experience.

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

Guest: Ken Harbert, PhD

Host Lisa D’Andrea, PA-C, talks with Ken Harbert, PhD, dean for the School of Physician Assistant Studies at South College in Knoxville, Tenn., about developing a physician assistant program. What makes it different from the medical degree (MD) and nurse practitioner (NP) education models.