Penn Medicine Physician Interviews

Dr. Elizabeth Anne Genovese offers an overview of peripheral artery disease, or PAD and its end-stage form, chronic limb-threatening ischemia, and discusses the treatments available at the Penn Advanced Limb Preservation (PALP) program, including investigational therapies for the “no-option” patient.

In this episode, Dr. Lisa Levine leads a discussion focusing on what burden does pregnancy place on the heart, and why some women and birthing people develop heart disease for the first time during pregnancy.

Rebecca Hamm, MD, provides an engaging overview of standardization and implementation science at Penn Medicine, a new field that seeks to inform health care change, particularly with regard to disparities in maternal outcomes and women’s health.

Dr. Stephen Bagley provides an overview of two enrolling clinical trials at Penn Medicine. The first explores targeted CAR T therapy in recurrent IDH wild-type glioblastoma; the second pairs two investigational drugs in the treatment-of recurrent IDH-mutant glioma.

Drs. Neilanjan Nandi and Anish Sheth of Penn Gastroenterology discuss the current set of colonoscopy and elucidate the advantages of GI Genius, a program that incorporates AI into practice to improve upon colonoscopy outcomes.

Fertility specialist Christine Skiadas, MD, offers her insight on the causes of the worldwide decline in male fertility, and how Penn Penn Fertility Care is approaching this mystery through genetic testing and assisted reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization.

Dr. Michael Ibrahim offers an overview of the history and application of the Ross procedure, a method of aortic valve replacement that offers an alternative to the complexities of mechanical and bioprosthetic valves for younger adults.

Drs. Christian Bermudez and Asad Ali Usman furnish a comprehensive overview of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) Program at Penn Medicine and its affiliates, which now averages 200 to 250 cases of ECMO support every year, and reflect on recent advances in technique, the novel introduction of ECMO for COVID-associated ARDS, and patient survival on ECMO for up to six months as bridge to transplantation.

Lorraine Boakye, MD, discusses the application and research behind wearable motion sensing accelerometers that measure changes in velocity throughout the day for patients recovering from Achilles tendon injuries.