The Clinical Problem Solvers

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The Clinical Problem Solvers episodes

February 25, 2020 Episode 68: Human Dx unknown with Rabih & UNC residents – lower extremity weakness
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Dr. Travis Smith presents a Human Dx unknown to Rabih and UNC residents – Drs. Kumfer and Diddams.
Human Dx case
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Dr. Ann Marie Kumfer
Dr. Kumfer is a third year resident at the University of North Carolina Internal Medicine Residency. She completed medical school at Texas Tech University Health Science Center. She is pursuing a career in hospital medicine and is interested in medical education and diagnostic clinical reasoning. In her time away from work, she enjoys traveling, running, and spending time with her husband and dog.
Dr. Maxwell Diddams
Dr. Maxwell Diddams is a 3rd year resident in Internal Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he will be staying for his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care. Max can be easily identified by the portable ultrasound he always carries, and is interested in point-of-care ultrasound for the internist and intensivist. Outside of medicine he enjoys rock climbing, good jokes, Chinese language learning, and pants with pockets large enough for the whole bottle of ultrasound gel.
Dr. Travis Smith
Travis Smith is an attending EM doc and clinical preceptor at St. Vincent’s Southside in Jacksonville, Florida. He also currently serves as a Regional Dean for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine where he helps mentor 50 wonderful and bright third and fourth year medical students. He is a graduate from the University of Florida Emergency Residency-Jacksonville campus in 2012 and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine-Bradenton in 2009. He received a degree in Biological Science from The Florida State University in 2005 (go Noles). In his spare time, he enjoys being a father of 3 young kids, golfing as much as possible, FSU football, and bedside ultrasound with his new Butterfly IQ.

50 min
February 23, 2020 Episode 67: Human Dx unknown with Reza & Pitt residents – altered mental status
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Dr. Janna Raphelson presents a Human Dx unknown to Reza and Pitt residents – Drs. Mallarino-Haeger and Augustin.
Human Dx case
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Dr. Christina Mallarino-Haeger
Christina Mallarino-Haeger is a third year Internal Medicine resident at UPMC/University of Pittsburgh. Originally from Bogota, Colombia; Christina completed her medical school at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship at Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston. Christina will be moving to Atlanta to continue her training in infectious diseases at Emory and is interested in pursuing a career as a physician-scientist and HIV researcher. When not in the hospital, Christina enjoys riding her bike, going to the symphony and watching movies.
Dr. Ryan Augustin
Ryan Augustin is a second-year internal medicine resident at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is originally from Minnesota (Twin Cities) and received his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of St. Thomas. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine where his love for all things med-ed took root. After residency, he plans to pursue a career in medical oncology. During his free time, he enjoys playing piano and cooking with his wife.
Dr. Janna Raphelson
Janna Raphelson is a PGY-1 in Internal Medicine at UC San Diego. She is a born Midwesterner who moved to Montreal to complete her medical degree at McGill University and learn some French. Her clinical interests include physical exam teaching, clinical anatomy for internists, and point of care ultrasound. Since moving to California, she spends her free time running outside all year round and reading books on the beach.

37 min
February 20, 2020 Episode 66: Clinical unknown with Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh – joint pain and rash
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CPS team Stephenie Le, Dan Minter, and Rabih Geha present a clinical unknown case to Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh.
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Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh
Dr. Santhosh is Assistant Professor at UCSF in the Divisions of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine and Hospital Medicine. She cares for patients at UCSF in the medical and neurological ICUs, the general pulmonary outpatient clinic, and on the general medicine teaching service. She serves as the Associate Program Director of the UCSF Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship Program and is the Co-Director of the UCSF Women in Leadership Development program. She is involved in medical education at the medical student, resident, and fellow levels and is passionate about clinical reasoning, medical education, and leadership development.

58 min
February 12, 2020 Episode 65 – Spaced Learning Series – Hemolysis and Infection
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Episode description
The CPSolvers share a case of hemolysis and infection – let’s practice those schemas together!
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Schemas
Hemolysis
Infection in inpatient

22 min
January 28, 2020 Episode 64: Human Dx unknown with Rabih & CPSolvers – Drs. Rose & Penner – Cirrhosis + headache
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Dr. Mady Heldman presents a Human Dx unknown to Rabih and CPSolvers, Drs. Penner and Rose.
Human Dx case
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Dr. Mady Heldman
Dr. Heldman is currently an infectious diseases fellow at the University of Washington. Originally from Cincinnati, OH, she completed her undergraduate education at Brown University in Providence, RI. She then began making her way west across the country, completing both medical school and internal medicine residency at Northwestern in Chicago, before heading out to the Pacific Northwest. Her academic interests include transplant ID, immunocompromised hosts, and medical education. In her spare time, she enjoys running, hiking, and exploring new restaurants.
Drs. Jack Penner & Mike Rose
Meet Us

44 min
January 26, 2020 Episode 63 – Human Dx unknown with Reza & Pitt residents – blurry vision and headache
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Episode description
Dr. Nick Duca presents a Human Dx unknown to Reza and Pitt team – Drs. Mallarino-Haeger and Augustin.
Human Dx case
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Dr. Ryan Augustin
Ryan Augustin is a second-year internal medicine resident at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is originally from Minnesota (Twin Cities) and received his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of St. Thomas. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine where his love for all things med-ed took root. After residency, he plans to pursue a career in medical oncology. During his free time, he enjoys playing piano and cooking with his wife.
Dr. Christina Mallarino-Haeger
Christina Mallarino-Haeger is a third year Internal Medicine resident at UPMC/University of Pittsburgh. Originally from Bogota, Colombia; Christina completed her medical school at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship at Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston. Christina will be moving to Atlanta to continue her training in infectious diseases at Emory and is interested in pursuing a career as a physician-scientist and HIV researcher. When not in the hospital, Christina enjoys riding her bike, going to the symphony and watching movies.
Dr. Nick Duca
Dr. Nick Duca is an assistant professor of medicine in the division of general internal medicine at Penn State College of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center- Presbyterian. He joined as faculty at Penn State College of Medicine in July of 2017. His clinical roles include outpatient medicine as well as attending on the inpatient teaching services at Hershey Medical Center. He has a strong interest in mentoring and clinical reasoning. He currently serves as clerkship director for the internal medicine clerkship. In his free time he loves spending time with his wife, Lauren, 3-month-old daughter Natalie, and their Beagle, Simon. He also enjoys fishing the beautiful trout streams of central Pennsylvania, hiking, and practicing mindfulness meditation.

35 min
January 22, 2020 Episode 62: Clinical unknown w/ Rabih & Reza at DEM – bloating and abdominal distension
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Episode Description
Dr. Andrew Olson presents a clinical unknown case to Reza & Rabih at DEM, with an introduction by Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal.
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Schema #1
Schema #2
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Dr. Andrew Olson
Andrew Olson is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He grew up on a farm in Iowa and then attended medical school at the University of California, Davis, did an internship in medicine at UCSF, and then residency in Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota. A hospitalist, his work focuses on improving diagnostic performance through education as well as educational approaches to teach clinical reasoning. He is the co-chair of the Education Section of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine.
Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal
Dr. Dhaliwal is a clinician-educator and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the site director of the internal medicine clerkship at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, where he teaches medical students and residents in the emergency department, urgent care clinic, inpatient wards, outpatient clinic, and morning report. His academic interests are the cognitive processes underlying diagnostic reasoning and clinical problem-solving and the study of diagnostic expertise. Dr. Dhaliwal enjoys playing pickup basketball with his two sons … even though both can handily defeat him.

54 min
January 16, 2020 Episode 61 – Hypoglycemia
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Episode description
Rabih, Reza, Arsalan, Sharmin, and Jack share their approach to hypoglycemia.
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Hypoglycemia Schema
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36 min
December 24, 2019 Episode 60 – Human Dx w/ Penn team – Seizure
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Episode description
Dr. Travis Smith presents a Human Dx unknown to Reza and Penn team – student Drs. Hernando and Murdock.
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Mary Ann Hernando
Mary Ann Hernando is a 5th-year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania in the process of applying in Internal Medicine. She is originally from Miami, Florida and received her undergraduate degree in neuroscience from the University of Miami. During medical school, she took a year out to pursue a Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University with a concentration in health systems and policy. In her spare time, Mary Ann enjoys cooking with friends, live music, and working her way through every escape room in Philadelphia.
H. Moses Murdock
H. Moses Murdock is a 5th year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania applying in Internal Medicine. He is originally from Orlando, Florida, and received his undergraduate degree at the University of Central Florida in molecular biology and microbiology. In his free time, Moses enjoys running, reading, and discovering new vegetarian restaurants.
Dr. Travis Smith
Travis Smith is an attending EM doc and clinical preceptor at St. Vincent’s Southside in Jacksonville, Florida. He also currently serves as a Regional Dean for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine where he helps mentor 50 wonderful and bright third and fourth year medical students. He is a graduate from the University of Florida Emergency Residency-Jacksonville campus in 2012 and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine-Bradenton in 2009. He received a degree in Biological Science from The Florida State University in 2005 (go Noles). In his spare time, he enjoys being a father of 3 young kids, golfing as much as possible, FSU football, and bedside ultrasound with his new Butterfly IQ.

41 min
December 23, 2019 Episode 59 – Human Dx unknown w/ UCSD team – subacute abdominal pain
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Episode description
Dr. Patrick Murphy presents a Human Dx clinical unknown to UCSD team – student Dr. Deshpande and Drs. Hastie & Jagannath
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Rima Deshpande
Rima Deshpande is a fourth year medical student at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. She is originally from Thousand Oaks, California and completed her undergraduate biology degree from UCSD. She is interested in pursuing residency in Internal Medicine. In her free time she enjoys cooking, hiking, and going to the dog beach with her dog Rajah.
Dr. Elizabeth Hastie
Elizabeth (Lizzy) Hastie is a second year Internal Medicine resident at the University of California San Diego. She is originally from Cincinnati and graduated from Emory University School of Medicine. She is currently a part of the RACE (Resident as Clinical Educator) Track at UCSD and is interested in pursuing a career in medical education. During her free time, she enjoys hiking, running, and watching scary movies.
Dr. Anand Jagannath
Dr. Anand Jagannath is a clinician-educator at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and hospitalist at the VA San Diego. He completed medical school at the Tufts University School of Medicine and internal medicine residency and chief residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. At UCSD, Anand’s interests include bedside team rounding, teaching clinical reasoning to medical students and residents, learning from his learners, and promoting a safe and inclusive learning environment. He is also a Section Editor for adult medicine cases at the Human Diagnosis Project. When he’s not getting excited about medicine, you’ll probably find Anand cooking food, watching shows about food on Netflix, running, or playing basketball or his violin.
Dr. Patrick Murphy
Pat is currently a 2nd year fellow in an acute care surgery and trauma fellowship in Indianapolis, Indiana. Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada he completed his General Surgery training at Western University in London, Ontario. During his training he successfully completed with MPH from Johns Hopkins University and his MSc from Western University. His main areas of interests are outcomes and health services research in emergency general surgery and trauma, with a focus on quality of care. Outside of medicine he enjoys competing in triathlons and playing soccer.
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34 min