Surgery

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Sandra Carson, MD

Host Dr. Lauren Streicher continues her discussion with Dr. Sandra Carson, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, on how to tackle the issue of treating obese women. They discuss diet plans, lifestyle modifications, counseling strategies, and medications to best treat obese patients.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Mininder Kocher, MD, MPH

In pediatric sports medicine, it is now recognized that ACL injuries are increasingly common in kids. But their still-growing bodies present added risk when considering treatment options, not the least of which is the grueling recovery process following surgery to repair the injury. Dr. Mininder Kocher, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at Harvard Medical School, and associate director of sports medicine at the Children's Hospital in Boston, assesses the relative risks of operative and non-operative treatment for ACL injuries in young athletes. How can we counsel our young patients who will not have surgery, but also refuse to adjust their activity level? Dr. Mark Nolan Hill hosts.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Mininder Kocher, MD, MPH

In years past, we understood that children rarely suffered ACL injuries. But we're now learning that this diagnosis, previously reserved for adults, has become increasingly common in children. How can we best counsel a young patient who suffers an ACL injury? Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill welcomes Dr. Mininder Kocher, associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School, and associate director of sports medicine at the Children's Hospital in Boston.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Andrew Vickers, PhD

We all know that practice makes perfect, but how much practice is necessary to be considered beyond the learning curve? In this segment, Dr. Andrew Vickers shares his research in which his team evaluated the surgical outcomes for radical prostectomies based on chemical recurrence. What do the outcomes of this study indicate about the training and experience level of surgeons? Join us to find out.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Harlon Wilson, MS

Guest: Jack Ditslear, MD

Harlon Wilson is the President and CEO of Medical Animatics. Dr. Jack Ditslear is a bariatric surgeon. During this segment hear Mr. Wilson and Dr. Ditslear discuss how physicians are using new animated informed consent technology for bariatric surgery.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Jo Quetsch, RN

A new technology for the operating room, bar-coded surgical sponges are helping us keep track of one crucial aspect of any surgical procedure: ensuring that all sponges are safely removed at the conclusion of the process. How does the protocol change for a procedure using bar-coded sponges? Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill welcomes Jo Quetsch, RN, clinical director of surgical services at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., one of the first institutions in the United States to put these sponges into practice in their operating rooms. Ms. Quetsch shares Loyola’s experience in utilizing these sponges.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Jo Quetsch, RN

A new technology for the operating room, bar-coded surgical sponges are helping us keep track of one crucial aspect of any surgical procedure: ensuring that all sponges are safely removed at the conclusion of the process. How can these digitized sponges improve outcomes in the operating room? Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill talks with Jo Quetsch, RN, clinical director of surgical services at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., one of the first institutions in the United States to put these sponges into practice in their operating rooms.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Nathaniel Soper, MD

Innovations in minimally invasive surgery and endoscopy platforms are contributing to a promising procedural field called Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). Dr. Nathaniel Soper, professor and chair of surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and one of the first surgeons in the United States to perform NOTES procedures, joins host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill. Does early research on NOTES methods give us a perspective on long-term outcomes following the procedure? Do NOTES procedures beget any changes in role for nurses and other key contributors in the operating room?

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Nathaniel Soper, MD

Innovations in minimally invasive surgery and endoscopy platforms are contributing to a promising procedural field called Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). Dr. Nathaniel Soper, professor and chair of surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and one of the first surgeons in the United States to perform NOTES procedures, discusses some of the early findings on NOTES procedures. Dr. Soper also shares his perspective as a fundamental contributor to the early stages of this nascent surgical research. Dr. Mark Nolan Hill hosts.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Nathaniel Soper, MD

Innovations in minimally invasive surgery and endoscopy platforms are contributing to a promising procedural field called Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). Which patients are the most likely candidates for NOTES procedures? Dr. Nathaniel Soper, professor and chair of surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and one of the first surgeons in the United States to perform NOTES procedures, joins host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill.