Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Paul Raeburn

Guest: Robin Osborn, MBA

Robin Osborn, of the Commonwealth Fund in New York, has worked for a private British insurer (yes, there are some), has experienced health care in England, and studied health care systems all over the world. Join us as we ask her whether Michael Moore, in his film Sicko, painted an accurate picture of European healthcare.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH

Guest: Michael Murray, PharmD, MPH

How can we improve adherence to medications? Dr. Michael Murray will discuss how the pharmacist can help improve adherence to a medical regimen with simple patient interactions.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH

Guest: Michael Murray, PharmD, MPH

Dr. Michael Murray, Professor and Chair of Pharmacuetical Outcomes and Policy at North Carolina, will describe a recent study that showed increased medication compliance with simple pharmacy intervnetions.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH

Guest: William Elliott, MD

Should we use beta blockers as first line therapy for hypertension? Dr. William Elliott will discuss the current concerns regarding beta blockers for hypertension and the correlation with cardiovascular risk reduction.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH

Guest: William Elliott, MD

Dr. William Elliott, Professor of Preventive Medicine at Rush Medical Center, will discuss his meta-analysis linking anti-hypertensive therapy with the incidence of Diabetes.

Host: Renee Matthews, MD

Guest: Joan Lappe, PhD

In this segment, Dr. Lappe talks about how Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation decreases the rate of stress fractures in female navy recruits.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD

Guest: Bennett Lorber, MD

Dr. Bennett Lorver discusses the impact of societal changes on infectious diseases, and how daily lives are in turn affected by infectious disease.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: David Levesque

Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by David Levesque, VP of GLobal Learning at Sonosite Inc. Mr. Levesque will discuss the many varied applications and the new and different uses of the hand-carried ultrasound.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Donald Abrams, MD

Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. Donald Abrams, Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF; Chief, Hematology-Oncology, San Francisco General Hospital. They discuss the potential therapeutic value of cannabis in light of its undesirable delivery system via the inhalation of a combustion product. Dr. Abrams conducted a pilot study to investigate vaporization using the Volcanos device as an alternative means of delivery of inhaled Cannabis.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Donald Abrams, MD

Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. Donald Abrams, Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF; Chief of Hematology-Oncology at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Abrams discusses his randomized placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of smoked cannabis on the neuropathic pain of HIV-associated sensory neuropathy and an experimental pain model.