Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Fernando Martinez, MD, MS

Dr. Martinez discusses the collaboration of different medical discplines that takes place at the Arizona Respiratory Center and how their innovative approach is leading to new understanding of major respiratory illnesses and how they should be managed.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Fernando Martinez, MD, MS

Dr. Martinez discusses the formulation of the new guidelines on the diagnosis and management of asthma. He then emphasizes the changes in clinical practice that will result from the implementation of these guidelines.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Francine Kaufman, MD

Join Dr. Francine Kaufman, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and Head of the Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles, CA, to discuss childhood and adolescent diabetes.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Norbert Goldfield, MD

Dr. Maurice Pickard speaks with Dr. Norbert Goldfield, Executive Director of Healing Across the Divides, about how changes in physical activity, diet and increasing poverty are shared by Israelies and Palestinians and contribute to mutually rising incidences of diabetes.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Norbert Goldfield, MD

Dr. Maurice Pickard discusses with Dr. Norbert Goldfield the organization that is fostering partnered initiatives between Isreali and Palestinian healthcare projects. The purpose is not only to improve health but to contribute to a reawakening of a commitment to the peace process. Empowerment of individuals and communities from the bottom up can have far reaching benefits.

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Bertha Madras, PhD

Drug rehabilitation programs are notoriously ineffective. Indeed, just one look at the recent crowd of Hollywood stars who have been in and out of rehab multiple times would make any objective observer skeptical. Is there any effective treatment today for drug addictions? What about developments in the lab? Our guest today is Dr. Berha Madras who serves as the Deputy Director of Demand Reduction in the White House office of National Drug Control Policy. Prior to this government post, she was Professor of Psychobiology in the Department of Pscyhiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is an expert on drug addiction and has authored over 130 papers and book chapters as well as receiving 16 patents.

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Bertha Madras, PhD

By all accounts, Winston Churchill was an alcoholic and yet he functioned at a very high level until the end of his long life. Yet does everyone who uses a potentially addictive substance become addicted? Our guest today is Dr. Berta Madras who serves as the Deputy Director of Demand Reduction in the White House office of National Drug Control Policy. Prior to this government post, she was Professor of Psychobiology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is an expert on drug addiction and has authored over 130 papers and book chapters as well as receiving 16 patents.

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Bertha Madras, PhD

Some have called the war on drugs a failure, a war without end and no prospect of victory. Should we give up? What are the alternatives? Our guest is Dr. Bertha Madras who serves as the Deputy Director of Demand Reduction in the White House office of National Drug Control Policy. Prior to this government post, she was Professor of Psychobiology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is an expert on drug addiction and has authored over 130 papers and book chapters as well as receiving 16 patents.

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Bertha Madras, PhD

Upon hearing about the war on drugs, many of us in medicine immediately become skeptical. Same old, same old—nothing seems to change. Yet this year, new healthcare codes for drug screening and intervention have been developed. Can these new efforts make a difference? Our guest today is Dr. Bertha Madras who serves as the Deputy Director of Demand Reduction in the White House office of National Drug Control Policy. Prior to this government post, she was Professor of Psychobiology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is an expert on drug addiction and has authored over 130 papers and book chapters as well as receiving 16 patents.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Robert Brown, MD

What advice can you offer a patient awaiting a liver donation? Is there anything you can do to help them to find a living donor? Join Dr. Mark Hill in an interview with Transplant Surgeon Robert Brown MD in a discussion about the process of finding a living donor match.