Radiology

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Christopher Cates, MD

Following an interventional radiologic procedure, patients often have to lay still for 6-8 hours to enable their groin wound to properly close. Often times the patient returns to the physician because of a groin complication. Today's guest, Dr. Christopher Cates holds a patent on a new method for quickly sealing arterial puncture sites, decreasing the time it takes for the groin wound to seal and improving outcomes. Join host Mark Nolan Hill for an interesting interview.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Christopher Cates, MD

Physicians at Emory recently developed a procedure that combines Virtual Reality with MRI to enable vascular surgeons to walk through a procedure using Virtual Realty minutes before they do the actual procudure. In this segment, join host, Dr. Mark Nolan Hill walk through the VR procedure as a surgeon would, prior to conducting the actual procedure with our guest Dr. Christopher Cates from Emory University School of Medicine.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Christopher Cates, MD

Physicians at Emory recently developed a procedure that combines Virtual Reality with MRI to enable vascular surgeons to walk through a procedure using Virtual Realty minutes before they do the actual procudure. In this segment, join host, Dr. Mark Nolan Hill learn how this procedure was developed and how it is currently being used in practice and in training from our guest, Dr. Christopher Cates.

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD

Guest: Clarisa Gracia, MD

More than five percent of new cancer cases occur in women of prepubescent and childbearing age. Which of the current cancer treatments specifically influence fertility? Are prepubescent women less vulnerable to the damaging effects of therapy? Dr. Clarisa Gracia, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Lisa Mazzullo to review methods to reduce and monitor the impact of chemotherapy or radiation on fertility.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Roger Hudgins, MD

In this segment Dr. Roger Hudgins discusses many of the technologies used to pinpoint the tumors of a pediatric epileptic patient. He discusses pre and post operative imaging and interoperative imaging.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Todd Clements, MD

Dr. Todd Clements of the Amen Clinics discusses SPECT imaging in psychiatry – what is it, when to order it, why might it be useful in treatment settings.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Joe Frascella, MD

Researchers now know that the brain is able to change from birth to death. Imaging studies of the drug addicted show proof of the changes in the brain through the addiction and again through recovery. In this segment, Dr. Joseph Frascella of NIDA explains what researcher have learned from neuro-imaging about the re-wiring of the brain.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD

Guest: Abbas Chamsuddin, MD

Dr. Abbas Chamsuddin discusses the new procedure, ultrasound-assisted thrombolysis.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Elizabeth Tieman, MD

Work-life balance: how many of us can say we have it, let alone come close to having it? Board-certified radiologist Dr. Betsy Tieman is one healthcare professional who can say she achieved work-life balance by leaving private practice where she was working 14 hours a day to take advantage of locum tenens work, which also enabled her to train and compete in triathlons.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: David Levesque

Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by David Levesque, VP of GLobal Learning at Sonosite Inc. Mr. Levesque will discuss the many varied applications and the new and different uses of the hand-carried ultrasound.