Medscape General Surgery Podcast

The son of famed 'Medical Physiology' textbook author Arthur Guyton tells Dr Ohman about his journey to cardiothoracic surgery and the rivalry among his nine physician siblings.

The gunshot victim who became a trauma surgeon, the radiologist author of the Atlantic article on the AR-15, and a surgeon who treats gunshot violence victims join Dr Glatter in this panel discussion.

Drs Kathy Miller and Reshma Jagsi on the reasons behind practitioners' reluctance to omit radiation therapy in older patients.

Dr Eric Topol discusses factors behind a predicted physician shortage (or lack thereof) with policy expert and ethicist Dr Ezekiel Emanuel.

Dr John Marshall on recent publications, both positive and negative, that may change your practice.

Drs Beckman and Soffin from Hospital for Special Surgery explain safe and synergistic methods of controlling pain.

A new analysis proves that the Massachusetts health insurance 'experiment' resulted in better cancer care.

Dr David Johnson continues to provide his takeaways from this meeting. In part 2, study highlights from the biliary tract and pancreas to the small intestine and colon are covered.

Representatives of the Hospital for Special Surgery describe their successful three-part approach to helping patients and providers.

Dr David Johnson reviews the latest data on managing these incidentally detected symptomatic lesions.