Clinician's Roundtable

Although the rate of new HIV diagnoses in the United States is steadily declining, people in prisons are still disproportionately living with the virus, which is why researchers at Temple University are now developing an app aimed at improving HIV prevention and substance use treatment access for incarcerated women in Philadelphia. To learn more about this research, Dr. Mary Katherine Cheeley is joined by Dr. Sarah Bauerle Bass, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Director of Risk Communication Laboratory at Temple University.

Scientists at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine have identified a novel gene-editing strategy aimed at eliminating HIV-1 infection with no adverse effects on cell mortality. Find out how this recent discovery could get us one step closer to a cure for HIV with Dr. Charles Turck and Dr. Kamel Khalili, the Laura H. Carnell Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Inflammation.

Diabetic patients have a significant risk for developing more advanced liver disease, and the disease that they’re particularly at risk for is steatotic liver disease. Dive into this episode to learn more with Dr. Charles Turck and Dr. Sujit Janardhan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, and the Department of Transplant Surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

The largest study to date on 4F-PCC was conducted as an FDA postmarketing requirement in partnership between Kaiser Permanente and CSL Behring. The purpose of this long-term study was to compare the 45-day risk of thromboembolic events and all-cause mortality in adults with warfarin-associated major bleeding after treatment with KCENTRA®, Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (Human), or plasma. Take a deep dive into the data with Dr. Jennifer Caudle as she speaks with Dr. Michelle Kincaid, Trauma Surgeon and Director of Surgical Critical Care at Ohio Health Grant Medical Center in Columbus.

How do the guidelines recommend keeping our patients safe during the flu season? Dr. Paul Doghramji takes a look at these recommendations—and how clinicians can counsel their patients on them—with Dr. Marci Drees, the Chief Infection Prevention Officer and Hospital Epidemiologist at ChristianaCare in Wilmington, Delaware.

Influenza can increase the risk of hospitalization and disease severity, specifically for high-risk patients. Fortunately, the influenza vaccine can help combat this. Join Dr. Natalia Castillo Almeida, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine, as she shares key data on hospitalization rates and recommendations for vaccination.

Illinois lawmakers are taking steps to end intrusive mental health questionnaires for physician licensures. To learn more about Illinois House Bill 3109 and how you can get involved, join Dr. Michael Greenberg as he sits down with Dr. Bill Hauter, Illinois State Representative and Anesthesiologist.

A delay in diagnosis and treatment of vulvovaginitis can have big impacts on a patient’s quality of life and their overall health. Explore how screening modalities like molecular tests and treatment guidelines from the CDC can help optimize the management of patients with vulvovaginitis with Dr. Charles Turck and Dr. Tosin Goje, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.

Better diagnostic techniques with rapid turnover and therapies for the treatment of both acute and chronic vulvovaginitis can help address the long-term burden facing reproductive-aged women. Learn more with Dr. Tosin Goje, Associate Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at the Cleveland Clinic's Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.

The burden of malnutrition across the globe is very high, with hospitals and care teams being directly impacted. Here with Dr. Mary Katherine Cheeley to share what we need to know about the relationship between nutritional deficiencies and health economics in the hospital is Ms. Shelby Yaceczko, an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of the Pacific in Sacramento, California.