Andres Pelaez, MD, discusses overcoming gastrointestinal complications after a lung transplant. In this podcast, we will examine how diseases of the esophagus can impact outcomes after lung transplant, and how gastric reflux and allograft dysfunction affect esophageal motility.

Ramil Goel, MD, FHRS discusses PVCs and if asymptomatic PVCs are more likely to result in cardiomyopathy. He examines if monomorphic PVCs are easier to ablate and whether PVC ablation is an effective option for patients unwilling to take medications.

Daniel Hoh, MD, discusses how to determine when is spinal fusion necessary in lumbar disease and back pain. He shares the indications for lumbar spinal fusion while covering the different types of spinal fusion procedures and he examines the results of the recent randomized controlled trial of decompression with versus without fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis.

Richard Holbert, MD, helps us to identify treatment-resistant depression. He examines the indications for transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy and he describes the potential side effects and outcomes of these therapies.

S. Parrish Winesett, MD, explains afebrile seizures in the first year of life. He contrasts and compares the significance of febrile and afebrile seizures and if a child has a history of neonatal seizures and what providers can tell the parents to look for to signal a recurrence of seizures.

Steven DeKosky, MD, discusses whether supplements contribute to brain health. He will describe the difference between rules that apply to FDA approved drugs and supplements advertised to provide health benefits or support good health, that is not FDA approved.

He will recognize the reasons why such differences in regulations exist and the difficulties of treating brain disorders while providing healthy nutrition to the brain.

In this podcast, William Slayton, MD, discusses Immunotherapy for Pediatric Leukemia Patients. He will tell us the story behind the current outstanding cure rates for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He will help us to understand the reasons why 10% of patients still relapse. He will examine the awesome power of immunotherapy in relapsed patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and he will share current trials using immunotherapy to improve cure rates in newly diagnosed patients.

Michael A. Dennis, Jr., MD, FACS, discusses Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. He helps us to understand BPH in its role of causal symptomatology. He reviews the epidemiology and treatment modalities in BPH, and he shares an evidence based knowledge of current and emerging therapies for BPH.

Dennis Yang, MD, discusses third space endoscopy and its role in the management of various GI disorders. He provides information on the role of POEM in the management of esophageal motility disorders. He discusses the role of advanced endoscopic resection techniques in the treatment of lesions in the esophagus and he examines the role of advanced endoscopic resection techniques in the treatment of lesions in the colon.