Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Douglas Smith, MD

Dr. Smith discusses the paradigm shift in our understanding of the mechanisms of traumatic brain injury. He explores how these new insights may impact our approach to various diseases including Alzhemier's Disease.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Louis Soslowsky, PhD

Dr. Louis Soslowsky, from the University of Pennsylvania Health System, outlines how newer understanding of the mechanism of injury in overuse syndromes is leading to new approaches in treatment. Dr. Soslowsky shares his expertise in biomedical engineering to help doctors fine tune their approach to rotator cuff tendinosis, epicondylitis and other common clinical problems caused by overused tendons.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Louis Soslowsky, PhD

Dr. Soslowsky discusses how new understandings of the pathophysiology of tendon-to-bone repair are leading to a new therapeutic approach to rotator cuff tears.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: John Trojanowski, MD, PhD

Dr. Trojanowski discusses the implications of our aging population in terms of the future burden of Alzheimer's disease: financial and human costs. He then reviews newer directions for the prevention and treatment of this possible epidemic.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: John Trojanowski, MD, PhD

Dr. Trojanowski discusses how to differentiate the types of dementia and how making these distinctions can lead to different approaches in terms of management.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Tracey Evans, MD

Dr. Evans discusses the the latest thinking in regard to screening and case finding for lung cancer. Dr. Evans then reviews newer approaches to the treatment of various types and stages of lung cancer.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Tracey Evans, MD

Dr. Evans discusses developing agents for use in the treatment of this often deadly disease.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: John Trojanowski, MD, PhD

Dr. Trojanowski discusses the implications of our aging population in terms of the future burden of Alzheimer's disease: financial and human costs. He then reviews newer directions for the prevention and treatment of this possible epidemic.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: John Trojanowski, MD, PhD

Dr. Trojanowski discusses how to differentiate the types of dementia and how making these distinctions can lead to different approaches in terms of management.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD

Dr. Lazar discusses exciting new innovations in our approach to both type I and type II diabetes including Islet cell transplantation, medications for beta cell preservation and new insights into the control of obesity.