Clinician's Roundtable

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.

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

Guest: Ken Harbert, PhD

Lisa D’Andrea talks with Dr. Ken Harbert a physician assistant and the president of Health Watch, a health care management firm that provides solutions for the utilization of Advanced Practice Clinicians. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and serves on the board of directors of the American College of Clinicians. He currently serves as the Dean for the School of Physician Assistant Studies at South College in Knoxville, Tennessee. We are discussing how the PA and NP professions have affected the health of the world

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

Guest: Ken Harbert, PhD

Lisa D'Andrea interviews Dr. Ken Harbert regarding the need for advanced practice clinicians as chief administrators in large health care systems.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Aditya Bardia, MD

Guest: Victor Montori, MD

What is the efficacy of Vitamins and Antioxidants in cancer prevention? Dr. Aditya Bardia and Dr. Victor Montori, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN discuss a meta-analytical study designed to answer this question. Specifically covered are beta carotene, vitamin E, and selenium.