Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Jacqueline Pongracic, MD

Children's Memorial Hospital is one of eight Medical Centers participating in this two year, double blind, placebo controlled study which is a phase four clinical trial of the IgE blocker Xolair. In this segment join host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg learn from co-investigator, Dr. Jacqueline Pongracic about the logistics of conducting the study.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Jacqueline Pongracic, MD

Our guest, Dr. Jacqueline Pongracic is the co-investigator of the Inner City Asthma Study sponsored by the NIH and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. In this segment, Dr. Pongracid speaks with host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg about the objectives of the study and the study protocol.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Richard Moss, MD

Our guest Dr. Rick Moss discuses with host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg current modes of diagnosis, including the genetic basis of CF. This is followed by a discussion of current and future treatments for cystic fibrosis, including lung transplantation, stem cell and gene therapies.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Richard Moss, MD

No longer a disease of childhood, patients with cystic fibrosis are now living well into adult life. Dr. Moss discusses with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg about the current state of the art of treatment that has made long-term survival possible, new morbidities resulting from increased survival to financing health care for adults with cystic fibrosis and transitioning from pediatric to adult care.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Marissa Miley

What is it like to be in high school today? What challenges and pressures are our patients and children facing? Life has clearly changed since we were in school…. Author of “Restless Virgins: Love, Sex and Survival in a New England Prep School”, Marissa Miley, joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to reveal what she discovered in her research on one academic year at Milton Academy.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Marissa Miley

The prestigious Milton Academy in Mass, the exclusive prep school which counts among its many famous and powerful alums TS Eliot and Senator Ted Kennedy, was rocked by a sex scandal that became front page news. How can learning about what happened at Milton help us with our teenaged patients or our own children? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes author of “Restless Virgins: Love, Sex and Survival in a New England Prep School” to discuss the current state of teen relationships.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Stacy Orloff, EdD

Dr. Stacy Orloff is Vice President of Palliative Care and Community Programs for the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast in Clearwater, Florida. During this segment, hear Dr. Orloff as she discusses the perinatal support services that are available when an unborn child has been diagnosed with a terminal condition.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Rick Goldstein, MD

Dr. Rick Goldstein discusses the state of pediatric palliative care in America today, including the directions this emerging field is taking and the challenges practitioners face in terms of recognition and acceptance in the wider community.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: David R. Donnersberger, MD, JD

Dr Donnersberger is one of a handful of experts in the world who is licensed and trained as both a physician and an attorney, and is in a great position to comment on the recent FDA conclusion that over-the-counter cold and flu preparations, including cough medicines and antihistamines, are not proven safe in children under the age of six.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Amy Franze

Guest: Louis Philipson, MD, PhD

Join Dr. Lou Philipson from the University of Chicago and Amy Franze, the Executive Director of the Illinois JDRF, to discuss type 1 diabetes.