Surgery

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Guest: Nick Kusnezov, MD

Can you balance locum tenens with a full-time career? To answer that question, Dr. Charles Turck is joined by board-certified orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Nicholas Kusnezov, to walk us through his journey from joining the military to locum tenens.

Host: Matthew Sorrentino, MD

Guest: Javed Butler, MD

In a groundbreaking procedure, a 57-year-old man with life-threatening heart disease received a heart from a genetically altered pig. Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center performed the 8-hour operation, making it the first successful transplant of a pig's heart into a human being. And while much is still uncertain, what could this achievement mean for the future of organ transplantation? That’s what ReachMD hosts Dr. Matthew Sorrentino and Dr. Javed Butler explore together.

Please note: Since the date of publication, David Bennet, the patient who received a heart transplant from a pig, died at the age of 57 at the University of Maryland Medical Center on March 8, 2022.

Host: Neilanjan Nandi, MD

Guest: Karen Krok, MD, FAASLD

While hepatologists can help gastroenterologists manage the pulmonary manifestations that may occur in our patients with chronic liver disease, it’s still important for gastroenterologists to know what they should be on the lookout for so that patients can receive timely and appropriate treatment. Additionally, gastroenterologists need to consider the potential impacts of those pulmonary manifestations on transplant outcomes. Joining Dr. Neil Nandi to discuss those and other key considerations gastroenterologists need to know is Dr. Karen Krok from Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Guest: Emily Carroll, JD, MSW

The No Surprises Act aims to protect consumers from surprise medical bills. But how exactly does it go about doing that, and what’s the current status of its implementation? Joining Dr. Charles Turck to share progress and challenges associated with the No Surprises Act is Ms. Emily Carroll, a senior legislative attorney for the American Medical Association's Advocacy Resource Center.

Guest: John Friedewald, MD

Could novel technologies like noninvasive biomarkers help us achieve the goal of “one kidney for life”? Find out with Dr. John Friedewald, Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, as he shares the latest developments that can help monitor patients with kidney transplants.

Host: Neilanjan Nandi, MD

Guest: Jason Schairer, MD

For a significant portion of our patients, pouchitis can be a frustrating and trying condition plagued with urgent diarrhea, incontinence, and even complications of fistula and stricture. Fortunately, a group of clinicians have gathered together to develop consensus guidelines on the endoscopic evaluation and clinical management of pouchitis and its potential complications. And who better to give us an in-depth review of the new guidelines than Dr. Jason Schairer, one of the authors of the guidelines.

Host: Neilanjan Nandi, MD

Guest: Jason Schairer, MD

How can we make the differentiation between pouchitis and cuffitis to provide the best possible care? And once we accurately identify and treat pouchitis, how can we manage surgical complications that may arise? Tune in to hear Dr. Jason Schairer from the Henry Ford Health System in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology discuss these FAQs with Dr. Neil Nandi.

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP

Guest: Amanda Ayers, MD, FACS

Many patients undergo surgery to help manage their inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but many questions still surround the surgical management of IBD. When should a patient receive surgery? How do we know which procedure is best? And what do we need to keep in mind before, during, and after a patient's surgery? Joining Dr. Peter Buch to help address those and other questions is colorectal surgeon Dr. Amanda Ayers.

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP

Guest: Randolph Steinhagen, MD

Despite significant advances in Crohn’s disease therapy, sometimes patients have no other option but surgery. So to learn more about surgery for Crohn’s disease, Dr. Peter Buch speaks with Dr. Randolph Steinhagen, Chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery and the Director for the Colon and Rectal Fellowship Program at Mount Sinai.

Host: Neilanjan Nandi, MD

Guest: Austin Chiang, MD, MPH

The field of endoscopic bariatric weight loss has developed over the years, but there’s a lot we still don’t know. Dr. Neil Nandi is here today with Dr. Austin Chiang, Director of the Endoscopic Bariatric Program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, to provide some insight on advanced endoscopy for bariatric weight loss.