Clinician's Roundtable

Oxygen: It's the third most abundant element in our universe. From healthcare to industrial needs, we know oxygen's uses to be far-reaching, but could there still be more therapeutic potential yet?

In an in-depth conversation with Dr. Matt Birnholz, Dr. Pang Zheng presents new evidence of oxygen's potential uses within the healthcare industry.

At the Physician Advisor and Medical Director Summit in Orlando, Florida, Dr. Prathima Setty goes live alongside Dr. Kalyana Kanaparthy. As the System Medical Director of the Physician Advisor Program at Rochester Regional Health, Dr. Kanaparthy speaks to the value of the physician advisor's role within the healthcare industry. They discuss not only the financial implications, but also how physician advisors strive to maintain a hospital's obligation of accuracy in patient status.

Dr. Prathima Setty traveled to the Physician Advisor and Medical Director Summit in Orlando, Florida, where she caught up with Dr. Simon Ahtaridis. As the National Clinical Advisor and the Chief Medical Officer of Advisory Services of Sound Physicians, Dr. Ahtaridis describes the implications of the change regarding total knee replacements and how providers and patients alike will be impacted.

Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases, such as scleroderma, may walk into your office and look healthy and happy on the surface. Beneath this facade, however, patients experience suffering and debilitating symptoms. But could commonalities help you diagnose these patients earlier and begin more targeted treatment approaches? Dr. Elizabeth Volkmann discloses new findings from her studies aiming to characterize the GI tract and the role of the microbiome in autoimmune diseases with Dr. Jennifer Caudle.

Sodium bicarbonate (more commonly known as baking soda) has been used as a raising agent when baking delicious sweets for years. But as new research suggests, taking a daily dose of baking soda could also be used as a therapeutic agent. Tune in as Dr. John Russell speaks with Dr. Paul O'Connor, Renal Physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, about his recent investigation into how this common household product could treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Career fatigue is a staggering epidemic where not only the healthcare professionals suffer, but so do their patients and family members. Join Dr. Jennifer Caudle as she speaks with Dr. Joanna Petrides, Clinical Psychologist and Resident Research Director of Family Medicine at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, about the warning signs physicians need to be aware of and the preventative measures that can be implemented to help keep them healthy.

Are you a retired physician looking to get back into the field of medicine? Or do you want to resume your clinical practice after taking a few years off? Then listen in as Dr. Andrew Wilner speaks with Dr. Leonard Glass, founder of the Physicians Retraining and Reentry program, about why he created the program in collaboration with UC San Diego School of Medicine, who the ideal candidate is, and how you can apply.

With all headache patients being unique, it's important to come up with an individualized treatment plan. But how do you go about doing that?

Joining Dr. Andrew Wilner is Dr. Lawrence Robbins, Director of the Robbins Headache Clinic in Riverwood, Illinois, to discuss the different approaches you can take when selecting acute, preventive, and behavioral therapies for migraine patients.

This innovative, 45-minute, case-based CME activity features two prominent faculty covering important, timely issues and data related to the detection of autoimmune (AI) disorders. Using case studies, the faculty will explore diagnosis and management strategies to maximize patient care. In addition to the analysis of AI cases, key topics will be covered, including:

• Evaluation for suspected RA
• Combination serological assessment
• 14-3-3eta as a marker for joint damage
• Autoantibodies in SLE diagnosis and classification
• ANA IFA and subserologies
• Diagnosis of RA, Sjögren’s, Lupus, and Systemic Sclerosis

In the early 1900s, about 40% of doctor visits were made in a patient’s home. Today, with the rise of telehealth technologies, more than 7 million patients are once again receiving care in the comfort of their own homes.

Join Dr. John Russell as he speaks with Dr. Judd Hollander, Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and Professor and Vice Chair of Finance and Healthcare Enterprises in the Department of Emergency Medicine, on the benefits and risks of implementing telemedicine in your practice.