Pulmonary Medicine

Host: Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr., MSc

Guest: David Fajgenbaum, MD

Since its founding, the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN) has worked to identify an effective treatment for Castleman disease, a rare immune system disorder that leads to a cytokine storm and multi-organ failure—much like what’s being seen in COVID-19 patients. Here to review how the CDCN’s innovations are now being leveraged toward the fight against COVID-19 is the CDCN’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Dr. David Fajgenbaum.

Guest: Bret Nelson, MD

When it comes to using ultrasound at the point of care in the setting of COVID-19, what do we need to keep in mind? Here to share his five key considerations is Dr. Bret Nelson, Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Chief of the Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Division at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Published June 5, 2020

Guest: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Against the backdrop of a global push to get more ventilators and other critical gear into the hands of healthcare professionals, some clinicians are opting out of using ventilators to treat their COVID-19 patients as several hospitals have reported unusually high death rates. Listen in as Dr. Charles Turck explains.

Published June 5, 2020

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD

Host: Stephanie Desmon

Guest: James Robert Ficke, M.D.

The Joint Hopkins Maryland Federal Medical Station, a 250-bed unit inside Baltimore’s convention center, opened on April 27 for non-critical patients recovering from COVID-19. Dr. James Ficke, the Station’s Director, talks with Stephanie Desmon about how his experience standing up combat hospitals in northern Iraq prepared him, the influx of patients they’re seeing, and what it takes to set up a fully operational contingency hospital with food, bathrooms, showers, and even its own pharmacy.

Published May 19, 2020

Host: Joshua Sharfstein, MD

Host: Stephanie Desmon

Guest: Albert Wu, MD

It’s been a few months since COVID-19 first arrived in the US, so what have we learned? Dr. Albert Wu returns to the podcast with Stephanie Desmon to discuss social distancing fatigue, new symptoms and disease observations, hopes for treatment, and what we should expect in the coming months in terms of a “return to normal.”

Published May 13, 2020

Host: Tom Corbridge, MD, FCCP

Guest: Gary T. Ferguson, MD, F.C.C.P

Listen in as Dr. Tom Corbridge and Dr. Gary Ferguson discuss the challenges physicians and patients face when there is an underreporting of COPD symptoms. Together, they’ll also explore the ways physicians can overcome these obstacles and give their patients the appropriate treatment.

This episode is supported in part by an unrestricted/independent medical educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

Guest: Martha Billings, MD, MSc

Guest: Renea Jablonski, MD

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians have quickly transitioned to telemedicine. To give us a better idea of what that transition has looked like in practice, Dr. Martha Billings and Dr. Renea Jablonski share their experiences in a pulmonary clinic setting.

Published March 19, 2020

Host: Victor Test, MD, FCCP

Guest: Andrew Klein, MS, RT

Tune in as Andrew Klein, a clinical nurse specialist in respiratory therapy, discusses his experiences caring for COVID-19 patients in a teamwork environment. Through these collaborations, the best care can be made available during this pandemic.

Published March 26, 2020

Host: Steven Simpson, MD, FCCP

Tune in as Dr. Steven Simpson speaks with a clinician on the frontlines of COVID-19 who shares her experience managing a COVID-19 case that was caught days after the patient was admitted to the hospital.

Published May 19, 2020

Guest: Mangala Narasimhan, DO, FCCP

Managing COVID-19 continues to be a work in progress as healthcare systems struggle to prepare for high volumes of patients in such a quick time. To help address this, Dr. Mangala Narasimhan shares her experiences and the importance of planning for double during this outbreak.

Published March 16, 2020