The Doctor's Lounge

The Doctor's Lounge

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The Doctor's Lounge episodes

  • 03/11/21 The Path Forward
    Healthcare Remains Center Stage in the Washington Power Struggle
    Long time leader and partner in the fight for the doctor/patient relationship returns to the Doctor's Lounge to help chart the path forward.
    Grace Marie Turner of the Galen Institute is our guest with host Hal Scherz, M.D.
    We will discuss the immediate battles and the long term philosophy urging centralized control of medicine out or Washington.
    57 min
  • 03/04/21 The Whole Point of Healthcare - 12 Forgotten Principles of Public Health
    Med Twitter was ablaze with a series of posts by Martin Kulldorff that have been spreading since December.

    The Twelve Forgotten Principles of Public Health strike at the heart of our COVID centric pandemic response.

    Host Dr. Scott Barbour unpacks the principles and gives his take from the free market perspective on the frontlines of patient care.

    Read the principles at https://threadreaderapp.com/
    59 min
  • 02/25/21 COVID Policy - Bloom is off the Democrat Rose
    Flip flops, moving the goal posts, and political science are frustrating Americans as the pandemic response moves into year two.
    As host Dr. Hal Scherz says, "The bloom is off the Democrat's rose".

    Americans are losing patience and confidence with the Left and their COVID policies.
    1 hr
  • 02/18/21 Unlocking the Locked Down - Science & Politics
    Governor DeSantis had locked down his State like so many others around the country.
    Then in September of 2020, he took a public meeting with professors and virologists that changed everything.
    The Governor apologized to the people of Florida and lifted all restrictions and mandates.
    We can no longer act like we don't have nearly a year of real world medical learning about COVID, what works and what doesn't.
    Dr. Scott Barbour, host of the Doctor's Lounge, rips off the band aide and parses the difference of political science and real science.
    59 min
  • 02/11/21 Transgender Efforts in Pediatrics
    Defending the Children
    A dangerous issue to discuss but too much is at stake.

    Dr Hal Scherz, our host and a pediatric urologist, discusses the impact of the transgender movement on pediatrics.
    He plans to confront head on the impact of the movement and the implications of surgical interventions on the lifelong health and well being of children..
    59 min
  • 01/28/21 The Healthcare Agenda - Unpacking the Biden Admin's Moves
    With a flurry of Executive Orders, the new President is pausing and undoing the prior administration's policies at a furious pace.

    Free market policies in healthcare from DPC to price transparency are all under review.

    Host Dr. Hal Scherz will examine the Biden Administration's early moves and unpack the healthcare agenda coming to us all.
    59 min
  • 01/21/21 Inky Johnson Inspires
    Overcoming a Crippling Injury

    Host Scott Barbour, M.D. brings Inky Johnson into the Doctor's Lounge with a story of tragedy to triumph.

    The rising football star faced a devastating injury on the field leaving his arm paralyzed and dreams crushed.

    Tune in for Inky's story and a challenge - for in troubled circumstances, leadership is going first. Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation is heeding the call to be the first into the breach for American Healthcare.
    1 hr
  • 01/14/21 Cancel Culture - The Dangerous Road Forward
    The world is still reeling with the election, the charges of fraud in the many states, and the incursion of the Capitol Building.
    Cancel culture is on the march and it is forging a dangerous road forward.
    Especially dangerous is the impact of cancel culture on health care.
    Dr. Hal Scherz, host of the Doctor's Lounge, unpacks the issues as the future remains unclear.
    59 min

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Dr. Hal ScherzHal C. Scherz MD has been practicing pediatric urology for 23 years. He has been in private practice in San Diego, California and in Atlanta, Georgia and has been on the faculty of the University of California- San Diego and Emory University. He has been involved in resident and fellow training for all of his career, and has published over 75 peer reviewed articles and contributed chapters to 6 academic texts. He has been a reviewer for over 20 years for the major peer reviewed journals in Urology, has been a primary investigator in numerous clinical research projects and been invited to be a visiting professor in a number of institutions. Dr. Scherz is a former president of the American Association of Pediatric Urologists.Dr. Scherz has been the chief of Pediatric Urology and Managing Partner of Georgia Pediatric Urology since 1994. He has served on the boards of the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Ambulatory Surgery Center, The Children's Helthcare Network, and Georgia Pediatric Subspecialists. He currently is involved in the exploratory committee to organize a city wide Pediatric ACO in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Scherz has been the Medicaid reviewer for Pediatric Urology since 1996. He has been named as one of the top physicians by Atlanta Magazine, every year since 2005. In May of 2009, Dr. Scherz founded the physician group, Docs 4 Patient Care, which has subsequently become one of the most prominent physician groups in championing sensible healthcare reform. He was a featured speaker on a healthcare panel at CPAC in 2010. He has had 2 Wall Street Journal opinion pieces published in 2010 and others featured in Real Clear Politics and other online publications. He has appeared on over 50 nationally syndicated radio shows and on Fox News shows.