MedStar Health DocTalk

By MedStar Health Physicians

What's MedStar Health DocTalk about?

Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. Join us for real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region.

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MedStar Health DocTalk episodes:

05.15.2024
The Silent Threat of Esophageal Cancer
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine from the largest healthcare system in the Maryland D.C. region: this is MedStar Health DocTalk.In our latest podcast episode, host Debra Schindler talks with thoracic surgeon Dr. Duane Monteith and gastroenterologist...
03.08.2024
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: What to Know
Did you know that Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States in men and women combined? March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. On this episode of our DocTalk podcast, we’re discussing colon cancer. Dr....
03.04.2024
Breaking down barriers: A candid discussion on colorectal cancer screening with Dr. Dana Sloane
02.14.2024
Young people and heart health featuring Miss D.C. 2023
In this heart-stirring episode of MedStar Health DocTalk, we delve into the alarming trend of heart attack fatalities among the young. With heart disease steadfastly holding its ground as the leading cause of death in the U.S., our host Debra...
01.31.2024
Let's talk AFib, or atrial fibrillation
Electrophysiologist Dr. Richard Jones, of the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, talks about symptoms and treatment for the full spectrum of the most common form of cardiac arrythmia: atrial fibrillation. Are you feeling a flutter in your chest, or...
01.30.2024
Bone health and fracture prevention program
Hand surgeon, Dr. Avi Giladi and endocrinologist Dr. Malik Cheikh discuss why their specialties lend to a fracture prevention program; why bone fractures are risky, particularly for seniors, as well as treatment and prevention tips.For more episodes of MedStar Health...
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01.05.2024
The athlete's heart: A deep dive into sports cardiology with Dr. Aubrey Grant
In our latest podcast episode, Debra sits down with Dr. Aubrey Grant, a sports and performance cardiologist at Medstar Health, who offers a deep dive into sports cardiology, the athlete's heart, and its capacity to remodel itself. Dr. Grant, a...
01.05.2024
Multiple sclerosis 101
Board certified neurologist Dr. Tamar Harel discusses the complex autoimmune disorder, multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is triggered by the immune system attacking the protective sheath surrounding nerve fibers, known as myelin, as something foreign. Symptoms include fatigue, loss of...
12.04.2023
Cervical cancer: prevention, diagnosing and treatment
Dr. Irinia Tunnage of MedStar Health, talks with host Debra Schindler about the signs, symptoms, screening and treatment of cervical cancer. For more episodes of MedStar Health DocTalk, go to medstarhealth.org/doctalk.
11.09.2023
Endometrial cancer is uterine cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 66,000 new cases of uterine cancer are currently diagnosed each year. Unlike most cancers in the Unites States, endometrial cancer, the most common type of uterine cancer, has been increasing in both incidence...
11.08.2023
Lung cancer: what is it, where is it, and how do we treat it?
Medical oncologist Dr. Joshua Reuss, an expert in lung cancer, mesothelioma and thymoma, and pulmonologist Dr. Rebecca Krochmal, an expert in benign and malignant airway and pleural disease, both with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., address questions...
10.02.2023
Transradial approach to uterine fibroid embolization (UFE)
There’s a game changer in the treatment of uterine fibroids. Women whose lives are compromised by pain, long periods, severe bleeding, anemia and other symptoms of the muscular tumors, can opt for an embolization through the wrist. Known as transradial...
08.14.2023
Hope for Kienbock's disease: the mysterious wrist condition
Kienbock’s disease, a debilitating condition where a wrist bone collapses and dies, has no known cause. Typically affecting young men in their teens or twenties, untreated Kienbock’s disease can result in progressive arthritis in the wrist and loss of function....
07.20.2023
Let's talk liver masses
Liver masses or lesions are increasingly being identified incidentally during imaging tests and through bloodwork for unrelated conditions. While most are benign, many are complex making them difficult to accurately diagnose and treat. That’s why it’s important to see a...
06.21.2023
Returning to play in sports medicine
Sports medicine orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Hinton, and athletic trainer and DPT McKenzie Bane talk about the wrap-around care necessary for not only a successful return to play, but to return to performance. It's never soon enough for an athlete.Topics...
06.16.2023
What's an electromyography (EMG)? And why do I need one?
From a test that lasts an average of 40-minutes, patients with nerve injuries or neuro-muscular conditions can learn a lot about the health of the nerves signaling messages to muscles. The test is called an electromyography, or EMG. Neurologist...
05.22.2023
Understanding menopause
Night sweats, hot flushes, female discomfort and dryness, anxiety, and weight gain are just a few symptoms of menopause. How does a woman get there?What are the facts and myths about this change that can make a woman feel less...
04.18.2023
Understanding peripheral artery disease?
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.By the time we reach our 40’s, about 10-million Americans have some degree of plaque build-up in the arteries, called atherosclerosis. Deposits of that plaque...
04.01.2023
Understanding thyroid cancer
The thyroid gland is a small butterfly shaped organ that secretes hormones that help regulate metabolism, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. Though uncommon, when cancer grows in the thyroid, it's not often aggressive, and very treatable when found...
03.15.2023
Lung nodules
Lung nodules are found in up to half of adults who get a chest x-ray or CT scan. Often called a spot on the lung or a shadow, they usually don’t cause any noticeable problems. However, in some cases, they...
03.13.2023
CyberKnife® radiation treatment for prostate cancer
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. CyberKnife®, also known as stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), is non-surgical, highly precise, targeted radiation, with minimal damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Unlike conventional...
03.02.2023
Social determinants of health
The color of your skin, the community you belong to, and the place you call home are the largest predictors of health and longevity, according to a recent research article. These, and other non-medical factors are called social determinants of...
02.27.2023
Veterans’ Health Administration adds MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to its National Solid Organ Transplant Network
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. Veterans across the country who are in need of a life-saving liver or kidney transplant now can receive these procedures at one of the...
02.02.2023
Transforming the treatment of brain and spine tumors
Though rare, there are more than 100 different types of brain and spine tumors, making them complex to diagnose and treat. Because of this, a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment that brings together specialists that include neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists,...
01.18.2023
Advanced heart failure
Over 6 million adults in the United States are living with heart failure. Simply put, heart failure means that the heart isn’t pumping as well as it should be. While this is a serious condition, many people with heart failure...
01.12.2023
Advancements in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.What are some of the most recent advancements in targeted treatments for patients with GI cancers? Have there been any recent advancements in how we...
01.05.2023
Complex lead extraction for cardiac implantable electronic devices
Approximately one million pacemakers, cardiac defibrillators, and resynchronization devices are implanted worldwide each year, including more than 300,000 in the United States alone. Today’s cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are reliable and effective. However, what happens when a pacemaker or...
12.27.2022
Cyberknife for the treatment of prostate cancer
Due, in large part, to advances in treatment, more men are surviving prostate cancer than ever before. Through the use of state-of-the-art technologies, such as CyberKnife, which makes it possible to deliver targeted radiation directly to the tumor—painlessly and without...
11.25.2022
Advancements in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. What are some of the most exciting innovations in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer? What role do lung cancer screenings play in...
11.22.2022
Pancreatic cancer
Though it’s a rare type of cancer, pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. That's because pancreatic cancer symptoms aren't obvious in early stages and there is no official screening for it yet....
11.21.2022
Outpatient joint replacement
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.While some post-surgical patients like to be cared for in the hospital, other patients want to return home as soon as possible. Now for joint...
11.14.2022
The Curtis National Hand Center and reconstructing hands
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. One of the medical legacies of World War II is combining the expertise of orthopedic, neurology and plastic surgery into one medical specialty: Hand...
11.10.2022
Living kidney donation
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. Who is eligible to be a living donor? What are kidney swaps and exchanges? And can someone be a living donor even if they...
10.27.2022
Hyberbaric oxygen therapy for wound healing
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat some chronic, non-healing wounds. Initially utilized to treat decompression sickness in divers, HBOT is now used for...
10.25.2022
Progress in treating early stage and metastatic breast cancer
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.What are the most common types of breast cancer? How do doctors decide how we treat each type? Have there been advances that allow one...
10.13.2022
Caring for the caregiver
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. Meet Dr. George Hennawi, physician executive director of Geriatrics and Senior Services for MedStar Health. Caring for an elderly adult can be rewarding but...
10.11.2022
New guidelines for lung cancer screenings
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.Lung cancer has historically been the nation’s deadliest cancer, claiming the lives of more than 135,000 annually. But with advances in screening for lung cancer...
10.10.2022
Innovations in breast surgery
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.Who needs Breast Surgery? What types of surgery do patients often get for breast cancer? And what are some of the new, exciting surgical innovations...
09.10.2022
Shoulder conditions, therapy, and treatment
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.What are the most common causes of shoulder pain? And how is a reverse shoulder replacement different from a regular shoulder replacement? Dr. Brent Wiesel...
09.08.2022
Breast cancer screenings
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women…a fact attributed in part, to advances in screenings. When found early, it is easier to...
09.02.2022
Pituitary tumors
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. The pituitary gland is the size of a pea, yet it releases many of the hormones that allow us to live our lives. From...
08.31.2022
Shoulder instability
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.When shoulder pain becomes so bad that you can’t sleep, put on a shirt, or work – is shoulder replacement surgery inevitable? MedStar Health shoulder...
07.21.2022
Atrial fibrillation
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) is the most common type of arrhythmia. In the US, it affects between 2.7 million to 6.1 million Americans, and that number...
07.01.2022
Robotic joint replacement
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.From self-driving cars to automatic vacuums, the field of robotics is exploding. this technology is also applied to healthcare, and specifically to knee and hip...
06.30.2022
Getting a breast cancer diagnosis- what's next?
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.By the time we reach our 50’s it seems most of us know someone who has been treated for breast cancer. According to the American...
06.20.2022
The neuro approach to spine surgery
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. …real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region.Most adults have suffered from back pain...
05.31.2022
Shoulder replacement surgery
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. …real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. When shoulder pain becomes so bad...
04.06.2022
Aging successfully: care for aging seniors
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. …real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region.Caring for aging seniors can be challenging...
04.06.2022
Melanoma
Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer that starts in the deep layers of the skin in the cells that produce pigment. It is aggressive and potentially life-threatening. So, it’s important that it be identified early when it...
03.24.2022
Thumb arthritis
Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. …real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region.Dr. Ryan Katz of the Curtis National...

What's MedStar Health DocTalk about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

MedStar Health DocTalk episodes:

The Silent Threat of Esophageal Cancer

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: What to Know

Breaking down barriers: A candid discussion on colorectal cancer screening with Dr. Dana Sloane

Young people and heart health featuring Miss D.C. 2023

Let's talk AFib, or atrial fibrillation

Bone health and fracture prevention program

The athlete's heart: A deep dive into sports cardiology with Dr. Aubrey Grant

Multiple sclerosis 101

Cervical cancer: prevention, diagnosing and treatment

Endometrial cancer is uterine cancer

Lung cancer: what is it, where is it, and how do we treat it?

Transradial approach to uterine fibroid embolization (UFE)

Hope for Kienbock's disease: the mysterious wrist condition

Let's talk liver masses

Returning to play in sports medicine

What's an electromyography (EMG)? And why do I need one?

Understanding menopause

Understanding peripheral artery disease?

Understanding thyroid cancer

Lung nodules

CyberKnife® radiation treatment for prostate cancer

Social determinants of health

Veterans’ Health Administration adds MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to its National Solid Organ Transplant Network

Transforming the treatment of brain and spine tumors

Advanced heart failure

Advancements in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers

Complex lead extraction for cardiac implantable electronic devices

Cyberknife for the treatment of prostate cancer

Advancements in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

Pancreatic cancer

Outpatient joint replacement

The Curtis National Hand Center and reconstructing hands

Living kidney donation

Hyberbaric oxygen therapy for wound healing

Progress in treating early stage and metastatic breast cancer

Caring for the caregiver

New guidelines for lung cancer screenings

Innovations in breast surgery

Shoulder conditions, therapy, and treatment

Breast cancer screenings

Pituitary tumors

Shoulder instability

Atrial fibrillation

Robotic joint replacement

Getting a breast cancer diagnosis- what's next?

The neuro approach to spine surgery

Shoulder replacement surgery

Aging successfully: care for aging seniors

Melanoma

Thumb arthritis

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