Critical Care

Host: Jacob Sands, MD

Guest: Millie Das, MD

What are some of the latest advancements in small cell lung cancer? Dr. Jacob Sands discusses small-cell lung cancer treatment developments with Dr. Millie Das, a Clinical Associate Professor of Medical Oncology at Stanford University and Chief of Oncology at the Veteran’s Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System.

Host: John Russell, MD

Guest: Paul Farmer, MD, PhD

Dr. John Russell meets with Dr. Paul Farmer, the Chair of Global Health at Harvard Medical School and co-founder of Partners in Health, to review past pandemics and outbreaks while discussing things we can do as a community to lower the risk of these events.

Host: Matthew P. Bars, MS, CTTS, NCTTP

Guest: Michael C. Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA

Guest: Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD

Dr. Matt Bars is joined by his two colleagues: Dr. Laura Crotty Alexander, Associate Professor of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine at the University of California San Diego, and Dr. Michael Fiore, Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin and Director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research Intervention. Together, they review tobacco dependence, the CHEST Tobacco Dependence Treatment Toolkit, and resources to help patients.

Supported in part by an independent medical educational grant from Pfizer.

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Guest: Ana C Zamora Martinez, MD

The COVID-19 pandemic led many clinicians to make life-altering decisions. Dr. Ana Zamora, a pulmonary disease and critical care specialist, discusses her work with Locum Tenens and why she decided it was time for a change.

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP

Guest: Cynthia L Sears, M.D.

Decreased resistance to antibiotics has adversely impacted our ability to fight H. pylori. How can we help our patients overcome this threat? Dr. Peter Buch is here today to discuss this issue with Dr. Cynthia Sears, professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to help improve health outcomes for our patients.

Host: David Weisman, MD

Guest: Adil Javed, MD, PhD

How can providers help mitigate the symptoms of a disease as debilitating as multiple sclerosis? Dr. David Weisman examines management strategies for patients with multiple sclerosis with is Dr. Adil Javed, a board-certified neurologist and an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Chicago.

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

Guest: Eliot Brinton

One of the leading causes of death in the US, cardiovascular disease risk-reduction has neglected triglycerides. To explain why that is, Dr. Matthew Sorrentino discusses approaches to take when reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease with expert guest, Dr. Elliot Brinton, president of the Utah Lipid Center in Salt Lake City.

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO

Guest: Steve R. Ommen, MD

Dr. Steven Ommen, a cardiologist and medical director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic at Mayo Clinic and the chair of the 2020 AHA/ACC Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Guideline Writing Committee, sits down with Dr. Jennifer Caudle to discuss the committee’s updated guidelines.

For more information about referring a patient to Mayo Clinic, please visit mayoclinic.org.

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

Guest: Nanette K. Wenger, MD, MACC, MACP, FAHA

Previously thought to mostly affect men, heart disease puts an equal or greater number of women at risk. What do we need to know about protecting them from this life-threatening condition? Dr. Nanette Wenger, a Professor of Medicine in the division of cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine, joins us to discuss the prevalence of heart disease among women.

Host: Timothy Aksamit, MD

Guest: Amy Levinger, MSN, FNP-C

Guest: David E. Griffith, MD

The prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease in the United States has almost doubled between 2008 and 2015. But despite this increase, its diagnosis can often be delayed, which is why pulmonary nurse practitioner Amy Levinger and Dr. David Griffith join Dr. Tim Aksamit to discuss the diagnostic criteria, tools that can help us make a timely diagnosis of NTM lung disease, and more.

For more information and to access clinician & patient tools about NTM and MAC Lung Disease, click here to visit the CHEST Foundation NTM webpage.

This program is produced in partnership with the American College of CHEST Physicians, and is sponsored by Insmed Incorporated.