Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: Steve Kron, MD

Dr. Steve Kron, Associate Professor, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago, and a member of the Committees on Genetics, Cancer Biology, Cell Physiology, and Molecular Medicine discusses targeted therapies in cancer research.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: Steve Kron, MD

Dr. Steve Kron, Associate Professor, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago, and a member of the Committees on Genetics, Cancer Biology, Cell Physiology, and Molecular Medicine discusses the cancer research his laboratory has taken and what trials and tribulations they encountered along the way.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Kevin Pho, MD

In this segment, Dr. Kevin Pho or the blog Dr. Kevin talks to host Dr. Larry Kaskel about the specifics of his experience as a doctor who blogs and how you can set up your own blog.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Kevin Pho, MD

Medical blogs are a rapidly-growing area of medical media, attracting the full sector of healthcare professionals. In this segment, host Dr. Larry Kaskel interviews Dr. Kevin Pho of the blog 'KevinMD' about the growing new media of healthcare blogging.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Joseph Britto, MD

What are the pros and cons of having a diagnosis system? Could diagnosis still be inaccurate or might a system help you find something you may not have thought of. In this segment Dr. Kaskel talks to Dr. Joseph Britto the founder of Isabel Health Systems.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Joseph Britto, MD

Misdiagnosis of a medical condition is costly for the patient, the physician and the insurance company, and can lead to outcomes as severe as death. How bad is the problem of misdiagnosis in healthcare settings, and what can be done to minimize this problem? Hear more from Dr. Joseph Britto of Isabel Healthcare.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Joseph Britto, MD

What are the challenges in making accurate diagnosis in a pediatric intensive care unit. Join Host Larry Kaskel, interview Dr. Joseph Britto, founder of Isabel Systems discuss diagnosis decisions in a pediatric intensive care unit.

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Mary Woolley, MA

Despite rising health-care costs paid by Americans that are routinely double the rate of inflation, money spent on research to cure what ails Americans continues to lag, says Research America chief executive officer Mary Woolley in this segment of Inside Health Care with Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune.

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Mary Woolley, MA

As political pressure builds on Republicans over the War in Iraq, will Congress finally OK a veto-proof bill to allow federal funding for embryonic stem cell research? Mary Woolley, CEO of Research America says the political climate is improving for a bill to pass and survive a Bush veto for embryonic stem cell research on Inside Health Care with Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune.

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Mary Woolley, MA

About $1 billion will be spent by candidates running for president of the United States but only $1 a year per American is spent on medical research, says Mary Woolley, CEO of Research America in her interview with Inside Health Care host Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune.