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Peter Carlos and assistant Jaycee Leonardo discuss social media and the effects social media can have on practices. After gaining 1.7 million followers on TikTok, they use what they have learned through their own personal experiences with their social media to help practices grow on social media.
In this segment, you will hear from Dr. Elaine Apperson as she discusses how she attempts to ease the burden pediatric diabetes can have on caregivers and patients themselves.
Dr. Marc Rosenberg elightens viewers on loosening COVID-19 protocols in veterinary clinics.
On this episode of Inside the Practice, the founder of Fear Free—Dr. Marty Becker—shares what inspired him to launch Fear Free, specific stories he’s had while incorporating it in the clinic, and what he sees for its future.
Robin the Robot from Expper Technologies is an interactive companion designed to help children feel comfortable in hospitals, dental practices, and other healthcare settings. ABC Kids Dental Group in Los Angeles was the first practice in the area to add Robin to the practice, and the impact has been amazing.
Dr. William Baker joins After Hours to discuss his exciting hobby of Cowboy Action Shooting.
Quita Highsmith and Dr. Monica Baskin discuss the Advancing Inclusive Research Site Alliance, a new initiative by Genentech to include more diverse populations in clinical trials. Highsmith and Baskin touch on why it’s important to have started this alliance and how they hope to see the program grow to include other cancer centers.
Yan Lavrovsky, MD, PhD discusses the RPH-104 Molecule, a biological project that is currently being developed to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases, recurrent fever, joint lesions, and rashes. Dr. Lavrovsky discusses why the FDA approval of the molecule is so groundbreaking, future research, and what first sparked his team’s interest in researching and developing the RPH-104 molecule.
Five experts in gastroenterology and infectious disease discuss what they think the future is for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in treating recurrent C. difficile infection, which is linked with high mortality. The availability of FMT has been limited since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and more standardized preparations are being explored.
Veterinary technician Alyssa Mages, BS, CVT, talks about how her love of music brought her to her side gig - Hypnotic Eye: The Tom Petty experience
In November of 2019, 13 MMRF hikers, all with a connection to Multiple Myeloma, embarked on the trek of a lifetime. This team traversed Patagonia - crossing over glaciers, through deep valleys, and ascending challenging peaks.
“Why don't we hear about the opioid crisis in America anymore? Did it go away during COVID?" Mental health professionals agree: the opioid crisis needs to be a priority.
How can researchers encourage patient participation in clinical trials and ensure their comfort during the process? Dr. Miguel Villalona-Calero discusses several aspects of clinical trials from a patient standpoint, from common misconceptions to what the most rewarding aspects are.
Nick Murray, DDS, and Kyle Spackman, DDS, met in college and reunited in dental school, bonding over a shared love of tabletop and card games. Game play and game design were hobbies for both dentists during school, and now they’ve taken that love to a new level with the founding of Bitewing Games. After a successful crowd-funding campaign on KickStarter, Bitewing Games will be publishing a trio of games designed by a renowned German game creator next spring before turning their focus to launching games of their own design.
On this episode of Inside the practice, we bring the animal hospital right into your home as Suzanne Ellis, DVM, discusses Lap of Love, a national organization that provides end-of-life care to pets at home. Ellis travels all day to different homes providing at home euthanasia and eventually will start providing hospice care that was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Urologist Matthew J. Allaway, MD, gives an overview of transrectal vs transperineal biopsies, discusses how his own cancer battle influenced his professional path, and how his PrecisionPoint system aids in the detection of prostate cancer.
Dr. Jennifer Weiss explains the research and goals behind a four-year endeavor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Carbone Cancer Center exploring ways to improve screening rates for colorectal cancer in rural clinics. She also provides background on the disease, which has seen a rapid increase in early onset cases for unknown reasons.
Nate Royster, BSN, RN, CEN, joins Wellbeing Checkup to give tips for nurses as it pertains to connecting with colleagues among all the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this segment, Dr. Muthiah Vaduganathan breaks down a recent study he led, which was published in JAMA Cardiology, examining the potential patient population and impact of optimal prescribing based on a label expansion from the FDA for Sacubitril/\Valsartan in February 2021.
Dr. Matthew Weissenbach, and Dr. Steve Mok both from Wolters Kluwer Health discuss a recent Pew Charitable Trusts study looking at antibiotic use in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. They provide an overview of the data associated with the study, discuss the findings, and offer some insights looking at antibiotic usage in this patient population.
Sanjay Juneja, MD explains how he got started with making comedic and educational TikTok videos, how his social media presence has expanded, and how he’s using it to connect with patients.
Holistic Dentistry can be a controversial topic among dental professionals, but at Brio Dental in Portland, Oregon, Karaneh Jahan, DMD, looks to provide care for the entire patient with a focus on services and products that reduce the use of metals and avoid known toxins such as mercury. Dr Jahan shares her personal story of pursuing a holistic approach to her own health challenges, and explains she incorporates those same principles into the care she provides to her patients.
Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams, a board-certified neurologist and MS specialist based in Atlanta, Georgia, offered her perspective on the unique aspects of care when it comes to treating millennial patients with multiple sclerosis. She spoke to their differences from older generations in understanding their disease and their desire to be involved in the decision-making process when it comes to disease-modifying therapies and care goals.
Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, MD, and Ruth B. Schneider, MD, join Second Opinion to discuss the importance of exercise in the care of patients.
Dr. William Schaffner chatted at the inflection point of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose regulation: the Vaccines and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) had just given unanimous support to Moderna’s and Johnson & Johnson’s booster dose applications, and the FDA was days away from revamping the eligibility and availability of those doses and the already emergency-authorized dose from Pfizer-BioNTech.
Gianna Bayci, an oncology nurse at UChicago, discusses how her coworkers incorporate holiday cheer into their lives and offers new nurses some advice about staying positive while working the holiday.
Kelly Pillinger, infectious diseases clinical pharmacy specialist and PGY2 infectious diseases residency program director at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Strong Memorial Hospital, discusses how her cookie decorating hobby helps her relieve job stress. She decorates cookies for different seasons, holidays, and events, and started decorating due to the pandemic because it was something she was always interested in.
As we put 2021 behind us and look ahead at 2022, it promises to be another year full of advancements and new discoveries in the field of cardiometabolic health. With the COVID-19 pandemic placing cardiometabolic health in a spotlight, Practical Cardiology and Endocrinology Network assistant managing editor Patrick Campbell polled his recent interview guests with the simple question: what are they most looking forward to in 2022.
Robert Silver, DVM, MS and Charlotte Lacroix, DVM, JD, explain the legal and ethical ways that veterinary professionals can discuss CBD with their clients, plus how to find more reliable information about CBD products.
Sandip Patel, MD and Narjust Duma, MD discuss a case scenario of a 45-year-old Hispanic female with lung adenocarcinoma.
In this episode of Behind the Science, we hear from optometrists on what they wish they knew when starting out their optometric careers.
For decades, companies have found ways to raise prices without changing the dollar amount on the price tag. Edgar Dworsky is onto them.
Dworsky, a consumer advocate who founded Consumerworld.org, says this product downsizing is a perfect example of shrinkflation. Dworsky sat down with Physicians Financial News to explain the concept, why it matters, and what consumers and businesses can do about it.
On working days, Dr. Michael S. Jellinek is a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. John B. Herman, associate chief of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. On Saturdays though, the 2 physicians wake up at 6 am, go for an early breakfast at a local restaurant, and then head over to Dr Jellinek’s fully equipped woodshed, situated behind his home in Barre, Massachusetts for a day of woodworking and blacksmithing.
Lori Pierce, MD, highlights reasons for the need of increased diversity within the oncology field.
Eric Segal, MD and Jurriaan Peters, MD, PhD join Second Opinion to go over a case study involving a child with strange spells.
Jessica Vanhouten started her own Dungeons & Dragons dice business because she wanted more and more custom dice for role playing games, but the skills she learned there led her to a job finishing dentures in a Wisconsin dental lab.
Taking on a new role in a different company can come with its share of excitement but also added levels of stress. Steve Evans, MD, chief medical officer of Centene, Nevada, speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care on the pressure he initially felt in managing the increased workload of his recently appointed role, and what strategies he leveraged to reduce stress and excel in his position.
In 2021, the American Contact Dermatitis Society named acetophenone azine, an allergen found in such substances as soccer shin guards and flip flops, the “allergen of the year.” What does this mean to this pediatric population; how can pediatric health care providers treat this allergen; and what exactly does it mean to be the “allergen of year?” Dr. Bernard A Cohen, the dermatology column editor for Contemporary Pediatrics, explains it all.
CGTLive sat down with experts to learn more about manufacturing challenges in the cell therapy space and strategies being pursued to address these challenges at the 2022 Onco Cell Therapy Summit. Conversations included Dr. Serena De Vita’s experience with Novartis’ T-Charge platform designed to expedite manufacturing; Dr. Philip Lee’s work with Senti Biosciences to streamline manufacturing; Dr. Michael Leek’s perspective on lessons learned with cell therapy manufacturing throughout the years; and Raphaël Ognar on the advantages of partnering for ease of manufacturing.
In the wake of the FDA approval of the EksoNR robotic exoskeleton for use in multiple sclerosis rehabilitation, Dr. Francois Bethoux, the chair of Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Physical Medicine, spoke with NeurologyLive about the functions of the exoskeleton and its use in a real-world clinic setting. He also touched on the available data, the major take-home points for clinicians, and the need to further analyze large datasets to identify the optimal patient populations for it.
Vivienne Hau, MD, clinical assistant professor with the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care® on the important role physicians have in curating an inclusive health care environment for all patients.
Veterinarian Stephanie Stubbe describes Anipal, the Australian company she founded that recycles post-consumer plastic bottles into pet products and supports threatened species in the process, benefiting the animals we love and our wondrous planet. Discover the inspiration and mission of the company, the array of products it offers, and the strides Anipal is making and beyond.
One part of an infection preventionists’ duties is to make sure that the health care workers are following their facilities’ hand hygiene protocols. Yet, no matter the tools or tricks that have been offered and created by investigators and inventors, health care professionals still do not follow the hand hygiene guidelines 100% of the time. So Behind the Science asked health care workers off the record why they find themselves not following strict hand hygiene protocol to get an insight on the reasons.
J. Brantley Thrasher, MD, joins us to talk about his journey toward becoming a pilot. He describes the aircraft he’s flown and provides advice for fellow physicians who are looking to take to the skies themselves.
On this episode of “Wellbeing Checkup,” Angie Arora, MSW, RSW, veterinary wellness coach, educator & advocate from Toronto, Canada, explains that veterinary professionals experience especially high exposure to secondary traumatic stress as they work with both patients and clients. Arora describes that there is a gap on how to process the effects of such trauma and delves into the importance of self-regulation and how this can address this problem and promote well-being.
Annie Lambert discusses how gardening provides her with joy and calm during breaks throughout her workday and helps to give her something to look forward to after work.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory virus that typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms. However, this season we’ve seen an unprecedented number of severe RSV cases in young children and older adults. Dr. Tina Tan joins Deep Dive to explain why this year’s RSV is so early and deadly, as well as to discuss the most promising candidates in the race to the first-ever RSV vaccine.
Sisters Michelle Pearlman, MD, and Amy Pearlman, MD, recently left their careers in academic medicine to start a private practice together. In this episode, they share why they made this move and emphasize the importance of self-care.
James Mahoney, MD, Physician Founder of EVA Health, joins to discuss finding the best EHR for small practice physicians.
Clinical
A panel of experts joins Behind the Science to give their reactions to the links between the Johnson & Johnson and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).
A panel of experts joins Behind the Science to discuss COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the oncology practice.
Dr. Giulia I. Lane joins Inside the Practice to discuss the recent Urology Practice paper “Patient Reported Shared Decision Making in Urology from the Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey,” for which she served as first author.
Mark Painter and Dr. Jonathan Rubenstein join Second Opinion to discuss the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ recently issued technical corrections to the new evaluation and management guidelines.
Dr. Xiomara Rocha-Cadman joins Wellbeing Checkup to discuss her work with doctors who she has helped support by providing coping strategies to manage burnout during the pandemic.
With issues surrounding health care cost and coverage being further exacerbated amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey by Kaiser Family Foundation and the Purchaser Business Group on Health indicates that a majority of executive decision-makers at large employers would support greater government intervention to address these concerns.
Dental researchers continue to look at the ways oral health impacts overall health with numerous links between periodontal disease and conditions affecting the heart and numerous other organs and systems.
Dr. Craig Chepke joins Inside the Practice to discuss how he found new ways to help his patients while providing top quality care.
New research shows disparities were found when diagnostic and treatment information from patients with bladder cancer was prospectively assessed.
Experts discuss their views on if the United States has seen robust uptake of biosimilars or if we need to wait to see the results.
Jason Ausili joins Inside the Practice to discuss how leveraging technology can save pharmacists time to focus on vaccinations, boost clinical services, and transform the pharmacy profession going forward.
Inside the Practice goes inside the Boster Center for MS, located in Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. Nabil Pierre Rizk, Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center, joins Inside the Practice to discuss virtual lung cancer screenings.
Kevin F. Boehnke, PhD, joins Deep Dive to discuss cannabidiol use for fibromyalgia - including symptom management.
2 experts join Deep Dive to discuss therapy selection for a specific set of melanoma, specifically focusing on doublet vs triplet therapy for BRAF mutant metastatic melanoma.
Dr. Tal Sella will be discussing a recent study he worked on regarding the effect of fertility concerns on endocrine therapy decisions in patients with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer.
Peter Carlos and assistant Jaycee Leonardo discuss social media and the effects social media can have on practices. After gaining 1.7 million followers on TikTok, they use what they have learned through their own personal experiences with their social media to help practices grow on social media.
Laura E. Riley, MD. Riley is chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She specializes in obstetric infectious disease and is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) COVID-19 Task Force.
James M. Shwayder, MD, JD delves into his Legally Speaking column from the May issue of Contemporary OB/GYN®, which analyzed a case in which methotrexate was used in an intrauterine pregnancy that eventually led to fetal demise.
Pharmacy Times interviewed Jay Lieberman, MD, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and senior medical director of PRA Health Sciences to discuss the future of COVID-19 disease and vaccines for adolescents and children, specifically in light of his perspective on the enrollment of his twin daughters in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial.
Dr. Carlos del Rio spoke on the FDA’s authorization of a booster COVID-19 vaccine dose for immunosuppressed patients this week, supported by data showing that immunocompromised patients including organ transplant recipients generally fare worse in COVID-19 vaccine response.
In this segment, Dr. Muthiah Vaduganathan breaks down a recent study he led, which was published in JAMA Cardiology, examining the potential patient population and impact of optimal prescribing based on a label expansion from the FDA for Sacubitril/\Valsartan in February 2021.
Experts attending and presenting at The Metabolic Institute of America (TMIOA) 5th Annual Heart in Diabetes meeting in New York, NY, this month. The question asked to our experts was: "What is still needed to improve the collaboration between heart disease and diabetes specialists?"
Heather Saunders, MPH, RN, CIC, is an infection preventionist and a member of ICT’s Editorial Advisory Board. She’s the Director of Infection Control for the Office of Population Health at Johns Hopkins University and she joins Deep Dive to talk about the many issues surrounding infection prevention at nursing homes.
Communication between health care providers and their patients are critical during patient appointments, but the communication outside of those appointments is just as critical both for the health of the patient and the success of the practice. We spoke with Serge Longin, co-founder and CEO of RevenueWell, a digital communications provider for dental practices, who shared insights on how to connect with patients in ways that meet the needs of both patients and practices, as well as the benefits of newer technologies that enable more flexible communications without sacrificing privacy or security.
During breast cancer awareness month and beyond, the role of breast imagers in radiology expand far beyond administering a mammogram or screening ultrasound. For radiologist Dana K. Bonaminio, MD, interfacing with patients and spreading awareness of the importance of breast cancer screening are highlights of her career, which she has dedicated to breast imaging.
Thanks to the COVID-19 vaccines, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have become less of a threat to residents this year. That wasn’t the case in 2020, when nursing homes were the nexus of COVID-19. Nearly 20% of the approximately 750,000 Americans who’ve died in the COVID-19 pandemic have been nursing home residents. How do you bring holiday cheer to this most vulnerable population who not only had to fight off COVID-19, but also the isolation that came with it? Around Thanksgiving last year, Mary Knapp, director of health services at Foulkeways at Gwynedd, decided to start planning a Christmas show. A Christmas show not only for the residents, but performed by the residents.
A panel of urologists share the biggest takeaways from SUO 2021.
Several doctors speak about their biggest takeaways and the most important abstracts presented at the 2021 ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
A panel of oncologists join Behind the Science to review the data and discuss the impact of 4 recent FDA approvals in oncology.
Sandip Patel, MD and Narjust Duma, MD discuss a case scenario of a 45-year-old Hispanic female with lung adenocarcinoma.
Ahead of a presentation during the 18th Annual International Symposium on Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies®, Dr. Michael of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discusses recent advances in treatment for patients with metastatic melanoma.
In this episode of Behind the Science, we hear from optometrists on what they wish they knew when starting out their optometric careers.
Eric Segal, MD and Jurriaan Peters, MD, PhD join Second Opinion to go over a case study involving a child with strange spells.
In bringing together national leaders from across the healthcare spectrum, this year’s virtual V-Bid Summit will address the opportunities and challenges regarding strategies to reduce health care disparities and enhance equity. Dr Mark Fendrick, director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, spoke with The American Journal of Managed Care® on the key discussions to be held at the meeting, with panelists Katy Spangler, principal at Spangler Strategies, and Dr Dora Hughes, chief medical officer at the CMS Innovation Center, also previewing their talks as well.
Monoclonal antibodies have become a beacon of hope for patients at high risk of COVID-19 who may not have a full response to the vaccines, or for whom vaccination isn’t an option. In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Alfred L’Altrelli, senior director of pharmacy at UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside, discussed how pharmacists are ensuring patient access to these important treatments.
Interventional radiologist Lindsay Machan, MD, discussed his longtime work with selective salpingography and fallopian tube recanalization to assist women with infertility issues, and key findings from a new study that he recently presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) conference.
A panel of experts discuss opportunities for pharmacists to address the cost of cancer care and enable improved access and outcomes for patients.
While onsite at the American Headache Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting, NeurologyLive caught up with a number of experts in the care and science of headache medicine to hear about some of the hottest topics in the clinical care of migraine. They offered insights into the state of science around status migrainosus, the disparity in funding relative to disease burden, the underlying cellular process in migraine, and the research into psychedelics as therapeutics for headache disorders.
John Burke, MD, explains why enrolling older patients on clinical trials in oncology can be a challenge and how a new trial in lymphoma is being designed to include older patients.
Stephen Greene, MD, provides a snapshot of trends in characteristics and outcomes among people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the US by taking a Deep Dive into work he presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2022.
Doug Long, vice president of industry relations at IQVIA, discussed the specialty and traditional categories in pharmaceutical spending and the parsing of them into smaller subcategories.
Reanne Booker, MN, NP, nurse practitioner with the palliative and end of life care services program at the Foothills Medical Centre at Alberta Health Services in Calgary, Alberta, as well as a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, shares how nurses can increase patient understanding on the role of palliative care in oncology.
There are several challenges in cannabis testing, which can make it difficult to ensure accurate and reliable results. Some of these challenges range from regulatory inconsistencies between states and countries, making it difficult to establish consistent testing standards; complex chemistry and subsequent analysis; sample variability; lack of standardized methods; contamination; and limited research. Here, several analytical chemistry experts weigh in on what they believe are the biggest challenges facing the cannabis testing world.
Recently appointed as Medical Director of Oncology at Thyme Care, Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA, speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care on what patients with cancer should expect from value-based care (VBC) providers, as well as recommendations for VBC providers when expanding to new communities.
Go behind the 2023 American Urological Association Annual Meeting.
Experts discuss the key findings presented at ASCO 2023, including the TRIMM-2 trial in multiple myeloma, the NATALEE trial in HR+/HER2- early breast cancer, and more.
Experts highlight their biggest takeaways and most important data from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.
During their time conducting on-site interviews on the floor at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, NeurologyLive asked experts in migraine and headache medicine on their insights based on hot topics presented in sessions during the meeting.
When treating a rare chronic disease like hemophilia, an integrative care approach is crucial for the best outcomes. As the practice expands, expert hematologists share the progress of integrative care has had for treating the chronic condition.
Lifestyle
While the job is rewarding, being a healthcare clinician can also be busy and stressful, especially during a global pandemic. Research has shown that mindfulness, meditation, and yoga help to decrease stress. Loren Winters joins Wellbeing Checkup to demonstrate a 5-minute chair yoga session that providers can do anywhere and anytime.
Jack Cameron, an emergency department technician at Stanford Healthcare, is interviewed by DVM360. Along with being a technician, Jack creates bandage art for patients in both the human and animal medical fields.
Dr. Arun Gulani, chief surgeon and founding director of Gulani Vision Institute, joins After Hours to discuss his interest in fashion.
Dr. Donald Fidler, professor in the department of behavioral medicine and psychiatry at West Virginia University, is also a prolific playwright and filmmaker. Dr. Fidler spoke with Psychiatric Times about his love of writing and how it began in childhood; making scenes out of giant popcorn boxes that his dad, a theatre major, brought home from work.
Dan Singh, owner of Dan's Wellness Pharmacy, joins Inside the Practice to share how his store is helping the local community during the pandemic, one hot meal at a time.
Dr. Richard Berlin joins After Hours to discuss his love of poetry, his process, and why he continues to write to edify his work in medicine.
Dr. Jason Luke is not only a well known oncologist at UPMC, but also as a trumpet player with his band "The Checkpoints". Dr. Luke joins After Hours to discuss his passion for music.
Dr. Marc Rosenberg joins After Hours to discuss his passion for dance.
Dr. Carl D. Sorgen joins Wellbeing Checkup to give his tips on overall wellbeing while establishing in pediatric medicine practice.
Chris Panebianco, Chief Marketing Officer of Bankers Healthcare Group, joins Deep Dive to discuss physician debt consolidation and management strategies.
Dr. Glenn Levine shared some wellbeing tips on how our pets can benefit our mental and physical health and wellbeing.
Peter Carlos and assistant Jaycee Leonardo discuss social media and the effects social media can have on practices. After gaining 1.7 million followers on TikTok, they use what they have learned through their own personal experiences with their social media to help practices grow on social media.
Thomas Zaleske offers great advice for his fellow lab technicians, but his approach to maintaining physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing is a model that can be adopted by anyone who works alone or from a home office.
Dr. Lance Baldo will discuss the findings and biggest takeaways from a recent study published in Nature on this topic as well as the importance of T cells and what they teach us about disease, diagnosis, and treatment. He will also offer a description of technology that addresses T-cell response, how it works, and why it’s beneficial to clinicians and patients.
Dr. Carl Sorgen joins Wellbeing Checkup to give his best tips for overall wellness for fellow pediatricians.
Dr. Joe Niamtu III, DMD, provides a glimpse of his life. From his unique hobbies to an interesting encounter with renowned singer Frank Sinatra, Niamtu’s life is anything but boring.
Daniel Hernandez, MD and Shilpa Venkatachalam, PhD, MPH from the CreakyJoints and Global Healthy Living Foundation discuss staying sane during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mentors positively affect people’s lives in many ways, including passing on knowledge and wisdom. In this video, 6 doctors share the best piece they have received from a mentor.
Veterinary technician Alyssa Mages, BS, CVT, talks about how her love of music brought her to her side gig - Hypnotic Eye: The Tom Petty experience
Nate Royster, BSN, RN, CEN, joins Wellbeing Checkup to give tips for nurses as it pertains to connecting with colleagues among all the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sanjay Juneja, MD explains how he got started with making comedic and educational TikTok videos, how his social media presence has expanded, and how he’s using it to connect with patients.
We sat down with Anisha Dua, MD, MPH to discuss her passion for making pottery. She explains what she loves most about pottery and how she believes pottery to be a meditative process for her and an important form of self-care, especially during the pandemic.
Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, MD, and Ruth B. Schneider, MD, join Second Opinion to discuss the importance of exercise in the care of patients.
Alexis Skoufalos, EdD, joins Wellbeing Checkup to talk about the importance of health care providers taking care of themselves, and to take time every day to do something they love.
Nate Royster, RN, offers tips on managing wellbeing while dealing with the day-to-day stress of the pandemic as an Emergency Department nurse working on the frontlines. Royster explained that remaining conscious of his own emotions, acknowledging the impact of his own efforts, and letting it be okay to feel overwhelmed have all been critical to manage his own mental health and wellness, as well as establishing good relationships with the people he’s working with because they are the people who understand what he’s going through each day.
This interview discusses William “Bill” Loeffler and his outside hobby of competing in triathlons and climbing the Adirondacks.
Daniel J. Lovell joins Wellbeing Checkup to discuss how he has maintained his wellbeing and avoided burnout?
Sebastián Herrera, MD, of Clínica Las Américas Auna and ARTMEDICA joins After Hours to discuss his passions of playing guitar, music, podcasting about rheumatology.
This episode of After Hours features Dr Heather Kvitko-White, DVM, DACVIM, as she shares her love for ice skating and her path to playing recreational hockey.
As patient- and population-level issues continue to face stakeholders involved in US health care transformation, finding time to maintain a work/life balance can be a difficult task. Mark Fendrick, MD, co-editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Managed Care®, and director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, discusses why this balance is important for stakeholders to efficiently manage short- and long-term goals, and what benefits he gained through his recent sabbatical with his new puppy.
Merry J Markham, MD, FACP, FASCO, describes what sparked her passion for traveling and details some of her ventures around the globe.
C. Roberto Simons-Linares, MD, talks about the need to find things to deal with stress and burnout. He personally likes the outdoors and exercise, but thinks everyone should find something that works for them individually.
Heidi Finnes, the President-elect of Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association, discusses her experience of burnout among medical colleagues in the field of oncology and ways health care organizations and institutes can implement metrics to support the assessment of burnout in the field.
Dan Mikesell, DO, spent 37 years practicing as a pediatrician in Muskegon, Michigan. In 2010, he became Dr. Dan, creator of the food and recipe blog 101cookingfortwo.com, and his hobby has continued since he retired in 2016. His blog began as a way to share recipes with his family while blending his loves of food, cameras and computers. It has had mentions and collaborations with a number of nationally recognized culinary sources. Spoiler alert: Dr. Dan reveals his favorite food and his favorite recipe.
M. Katherine Shear, MD, discusses her top self-care methods that help her beat burnout.
Abdelaziz Mohamed, MD, discusses how meditation allows him to stay aware of his thoughts and helps him understand himself better. He also notes how the practice may benefit patients with chronic diseases, including autoimmune diseases, regarding fatigue, pain, and general discomfort.
Along with practicing intellectual property law at Venable, Ha Kung Wong, JD, an advisory board member of The Center for Biosimilars®, is the host of a podcast called Football Garbage Time where he discusses all the latest news and updates in the NFL and fantasy football, as well as pop culture. On today’s After Hours, Ha Kung discusses what first sparked his love of sports, his future plans for the podcast, and his early predictions for Super Bowl LVII (57).
Audrey Friedman, MSN, RN, CLNC, Oncology nurse at UC Health University of Colorado Hospital, shares how she found her techniques to destress after a shift at the hospital. She also gives her advice to other health care workers to find their own methods to settle and find their center again.
Annie Lambert discusses how gardening provides her with joy and calm during breaks throughout her workday and helps to give her something to look forward to after work.
Sisters Michelle Pearlman, MD, and Amy Pearlman, MD, recently left their careers in academic medicine to start a private practice together. In this episode, they share why they made this move and emphasize the importance of self-care.
Ophthalmology Times sat down and asked numerous doctors in the field of ophthalmology what they wish they had known when they started out their career.
Dr. Farzad Mostashari, CEO and cofounder of Aledade, talks about #HealthPolicyValentines and his strong interests in poetry, cooking, bicycling, and hiking.
Tracey McGrath, PharmD, created Bliss Arts Co. after spending over 18 years in retail pharmacy. She became a mindful art coach who provides resources for women to use mindfulness techniques and meditation in their art practice to keep out judgement of themselves and their work. She also created a course designed specifically to help women create more calm and peaceful awareness in their lives using mindful art.
Harris A. Eyre, MD, PhD, shares how outdoor activities like running, hiking, forest walking, mountain biking, and traveling help him relax, manage stress, and channel creativity.
Lindsey Ball, MD, works as an emergency medicine physician in a community hospital during the day and afterward she turns copies of ECGs into works of art.
Cecelia Koetting, OD, spends her days practicing as an optometrist in Denver, Colorado, but she spends her nights and weekends on the mat, practicing yoga and teaching at community events.
Ophthalmologist Mia Woodward, MD, MSc, addresses the mental challenges and emotions that often accompany a big goal. As a clinician-scientist and certified life coach, Dr. Woodward outlines the process of defining a big goal, understanding why a goal hasn’t been done yet, and accepting the goal.
Dr. Vernard Hodges, the co-star of the popular television show, Critter Fixers, shares his passion for aquatic veterinary medicine and how it relates to his love for caring for koi fish.
James Phelps, MD, discusses his hobby of sailing and some intriguing similarities between sailing and treating mood disorders.
Innovation
Dr. Brian R. Stork and Dr. Stacy Loeb join Second Opinion to discuss the positives of physicians use of social media.
Dr. Robert Glickman joins Inside the Practice to discuss why the school feels it’s important to train dental students with the latest dental technologies including 3D cone beam imaging systems, digital intraoral scanners and CAD/CAM solutions including 3D printers. The discussion talks about the role these technologies play in dentistry today, and the ways this educational approach can help inform dental students’ future careers, as well as the future of the dental industry.
Bash Halow joins Deep Dive to discuss the toll that politics, policy and the pandemic are taking on workplace relationships and how to alleviate those strains. This segment explores the various stressors placed on veterinary professional relationships with their teams and clients from external influences like the pandemic, and internal team leadership struggles.
Two new therapies for presbyopia are in the pipeline. Allergan recently submitted an NDA for its investigational eye drop to treat the condition, and Visus Therapeutics recently received FDA acceptance of its investigational new drug application for Brimochol. Dr. Michael Robinson from Allergan and Dr. Rhett Schiffman from Visus join Deep Dive to talk about how the products work and what’s coming next.
Scott Knoer, the EVP and CEO of the American Pharmacists Association, joins Deep Dive to discuss the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Area Enhancement Act
Dan Volz and Dr. Dileep Yavagal join Deep Dive to discuss the partnership between Medtronic & MT2020+ and give insight on the collaboration and success of Medtronic’s similar IMMEDIATE program.
Experts from Digestive Disease Week join Behind the Science to discuss the decrease in C. difficile cases and whether it is feasible to expect some of these measures to continue in a post-pandemic world.
Researchers describe the potential for cannabis and psychedelic medicine to effectively address different mental health issues through unique pathways that other medications may be less capable of targeting.
A panel of experts join to discuss what optometry will have learned from COVID-19, and if any of those changes stay after we move out of the pandemic.
The 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO 2021) continues to hold its place as the most impactful medical meeting for advancements in the field of cancer treatment, with pivotal presentations across a wide range of different tumor types shaking up the standard of care each year.
Dr. Sharief Taraman explains Cognoa’s Canvas Dx, a first-of-its-kind autism diagnostic tool, being authorized for marketing by the US Food and Drug Administration for the physician-aided diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a primary care setting.
Dr. Jeffery Auletta discusses recently published research regarding mismatched unrelated donors stem cell transplant in patients with acute leukemias and myelodysplastic syndrome. The findings indicates that HLA-matched unrelated donors may offer better outcomes for patient’s vs half-matched related donors.
Pharmacy Times interviewed Dr. Clive Ward Able, the president of Clintell and a trained pharmacist and physician who has worked in the pharmacy industry for over 30 years. During this discussion, Dr. Ward Able addresses his research investigating the use of psychedelic compounds to treat obesity, as well as optimize human health.
Chevon M. Rairy discusses how Cancer Treatment Centers of America has partnered with CVS Health to bring infusion of cancer therapies into patient’s homes.
Dr. Michael Assouline joins to discuss new technology for screening for and diagnosing ophthalmic conditions. EyeLib is described as an AI-device that “allows for rapid fully automated advanced and comprehensive ophthalmological diagnoses and consequent referrals to the appropriate specialists.” Essentially, the idea is that all the medical devices used at the beginning of a check-up are combined into one streamlined machine.
As use of reference bevacizumab (Avastin) for the treatment of macular degeneration has increased over the past decade, payers have begun to recommend bevacizumab biosimilars for the same indication. However, some institutions, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, say that there needs to be more evidence for the use of these biosimilars for macular degeneration and that recommending them for use is premature.
Robin the Robot from Expper Technologies is an interactive companion designed to help children feel comfortable in hospitals, dental practices, and other healthcare settings. ABC Kids Dental Group in Los Angeles was the first practice in the area to add Robin to the practice, and the impact has been amazing.
Quita Highsmith and Dr. Monica Baskin discuss the Advancing Inclusive Research Site Alliance, a new initiative by Genentech to include more diverse populations in clinical trials. Highsmith and Baskin touch on why it’s important to have started this alliance and how they hope to see the program grow to include other cancer centers.
Targeted Oncology interviews seven oncologists who treat gastrointestinal cancers to get background ongoing studies that they’re involved with and insight about what’s needed for the future.
Yan Lavrovsky, MD, PhD discusses the RPH-104 Molecule, a biological project that is currently being developed to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases, recurrent fever, joint lesions, and rashes. Dr. Lavrovsky discusses why the FDA approval of the molecule is so groundbreaking, future research, and what first sparked his team’s interest in researching and developing the RPH-104 molecule.
Five experts in gastroenterology and infectious disease discuss what they think the future is for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in treating recurrent C. difficile infection, which is linked with high mortality. The availability of FMT has been limited since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and more standardized preparations are being explored.
For patients with breast cancer whose disease has spread to the axillary lymph nodes, the use of a new reflector device technology in the early neoadjuvant chemotherapy setting can help to more accurately pinpoint cancerous nodes for resection, and potentially improve outcomes. Leslie L. Montgomery, MD, and Tara M. Balija, MD, discuss the benefits of a novel reflector device in patients with breast cancer, its efficacy in identifying clipped axillary lymph nodes, and the potential future use of this device in other cancer types.
Previewing New Jersey’s first free-standing cancer center, Dr Steven Libutti, director of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care on how the upcoming Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center will open possibilities in cancer care that were otherwise unavailable in the state. Dr Libutti discusses the capabilities in oncology care and clinical trial research that will be provided at the Rutgers-affiliated center, and its implications for a state marked by one of the highest cancer rates nationwide.
Utilizing its innovative whole-body scanner, Q Bio develops breakthrough technology to measure changes in the human body like never before. Q Bio unveiled the first clinical "digital twin" platform, Q Bio Gemini, to capture and monitor comprehensive baseline patient health in a scalable virtual model. In this interview, Q Bio CEO Jeff Kaditz discusses the company’s leading technology that is driving this innovation.
Jordan Tishler joins Inside the Practice to discuss how medical cannabis can be used to treat PTSD among veterans and the general public.
Holistic Dentistry can be a controversial topic among dental professionals, but at Brio Dental in Portland, Oregon, Karaneh Jahan, DMD, looks to provide care for the entire patient with a focus on services and products that reduce the use of metals and avoid known toxins such as mercury. Dr Jahan shares her personal story of pursuing a holistic approach to her own health challenges, and explains she incorporates those same principles into the care she provides to her patients.
The COVID pandemic is driving interest in the importance of the immune system to human health, and platform technologies to preventing and treating disease. There are roughly 60 million patients in western society dealing with immune mediated diseases. Tackling drug development through a pathway approach opens the potential to treat multiple diseases with one therapy. New ongoing research by Janssen Immunology continues to validate their “pipeline in a pathway” model to treating immune mediated diseases in multiple therapeutic areas including psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis and more.
Greg Marchand, MD, FACS, FACOG, FICS, Director of the Marchand Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery. He talks about robotic and assisted laparoscopic surgery and shows how his simulators of the two different machines work. He also explains the many benefits to assisted or robotic surgery.
At Allegheny Health Network, physicians take a minimally invasive approach to treating lung cancer. Benny Weksler, MD, explains in an interview.
Ovarian cancer can bring an onslaught of more than a dozen symptoms, as well as lingering anxiety and other difficulties for patients and their caregivers. Heidi Donovan, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing is working with app developer Haomin (Leon) Hu to change that.
Their app, which is currently in the early stages of development and is slated to launch next year, will help patients and their caregivers track and manage symptoms, leading to a better feeling of control over the disease.
James Beckman, MD, is the creator of a topical application that stops the progression of a first or second degree burn and reverse the symptoms already present as soon as possible after the burn. We discuss the science behind this burn reversal method, the complexities of working with burned skin, and what needs to be considered when working with a burned patient.
As high-end whisky can take decades to develop and total to thousands of dollars per bottle, a novel process created by Sarfaraz Niazi, adjunct professor of biopharmaceutical sciences and advisory board member for the Center for Biosimilars®, seeks to circumvent both time and cost by replicating the biosimilar approach to therapeutic drugs to that of whisky. Dr. Niazi speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care® on the distillation process, how the biobetter whiskies compared with their reference products, and future considerations for the alcohol industry.
Dr. Bridget A. Bagert sat down with NeurologyLive to discuss a hot topic of clinical concern in multiple sclerosis: Epstein-Barr virus. After 2 decades of research suggesting a link between EBV and MS, the findings of a recently published paper provided the most robust dataset to date, with analyses suggesting there may be a causal link between EBV infection and MS disease onset. Bagert, an expert in the field of MS who has focused on this link in her clinical research, offered her perspective on the findings the what is known to this point.
Sam Asgarian, MD, MBA discusses how PrismRA uses a patient’s disease signature to match them with a therapy best suited for them and how this new technology has the potential to produce faster, better outcomes in this patient population.
Paul Harari, MD, discusses upright proton cancer therapy, which will be offered at University of Wisconsin Health.
Alex Capano DNP, CRNP and Samantha Timmermann discuss introducing CBD in pharmacy practice, including how to ensure patients are discussing it, what are the questions pharmacists should prepare for, and what pharmacists need to learn before introducing it.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Myeloma Center became the first institution in the state to offer CAR T-cell therapy for patients with multiple myeloma. Frits van Rhee, MD, PhD, joins to discuss.
Advantage Dental+ has incorporated “teledentistry” in its practices, allowing patients to have more flexibility in a variety of services. Sharity Ludwig, EPDH, MS, is Director of Alternative Care Models at Advantage Dental+ and has expanded on some of the benefits that telehealth/teledentistry can offer both patient and practitioner. Teledentistry can serve patients in a variety of ways, including assisting patients who may otherwise be unable to access quality dental care because of location or working hours.
Nina Kotter, MD, the Associate Chief Medical Officer of Clinical AI for Radiology Partners, Sonia Gupta, MD, the Chief Medical Officer for Change Healthcare, and Morris Panner, the President of Intelerad Medical Systems, discussed challenges with radiology workflows and how artificial intelligence (AI) could improve workflow efficiencies and possibly facilitate improved patient outcomes down the line.
Vamsidhar Velcheti, MD, speaks on Lung Cancer Health Equity SU2C Catalyst® Research Team (with support from Bristol Myers Squibb): The team will investigate whether mobile technology services can improve patient outcomes for underserved, underrepresented diverse patients. Specifically, the team will study whether Black, Hispanic and Asian non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients across NYC using the ApricityRx™ digital platform, as well as the on-demand ApricityRx™ Cancer Adverse event Rapid Evaluation (C.A.R.E.) service to see if their long-term outcomes can be improved and whether technology-enabled monitoring can close gaps in clinical care for underrepresented populations.
Armando E. Giuliano, MD, discusses updates and advancements in surgery for breast cancer, and how the field has evolved with new developments in the medical space.
In this episode of Behind the Science, the staff at Ophthalmology Times talked to several physicians recently, posing the question “What are you most excited about in 2023?”
When it comes to maintaining a personal touch with telehealth appointments, appropriate patient selection is key, explains Krupal Patel, MD, MSc, FRCS(C). Patel and his team also conducted research on both patient and providers’ opinions of telehealth, and found that many providers actually still felt connected to their patients, even if their visits were virtual. Similarly, patients also felt that they had better connection to their clinicians, highlighting that telehealth could be a fantastic option that offers more flexibility for both patients and providers.
At the 64th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, the CGTLive team caught up with experts in the clinical care of patients who are receiving cell and gene treatments. A variety of data were presented on the latest advances in CAR-T therapies that are being evaluated for different patient populations. Specifically, they offered insight into the trends they’ve observed in the development of these treatments, the needs that are lingering where progress has been made, and much more.
On this episode of Deep Dive, Dr. David S. Boyer joins us to discuss 48-week results from the PHOTON study detailing the safety and efficacy of high-dose aflibercept in the treatment of diabetic macular edema. Boyer is an adjunct professor of ophthalmology at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine and a partner in Retina Vitreous Associates Medical Group in Los Angeles.
As cannabis slowly gains a foothold in US medicine, psychedelics seem to already inhabit a place of their own, yet their role remains undefined. Dustin Sulak, D.O., founder of Integr8 Health and medical cannabis education resource Healer.com, shares his professional experience with psychedelics as a treatment option for patients in his practice.
Faruk Capan, CEO, EVERSANA INTOUCH & Chief Innovation Officer, discusses the arrival of Chat GPT and generative AI in the public consciousness.
Given the large number of patients diagnosed with cancer and amount of data produced during cancer treatment, interest in the application of artificial intelligence to improve oncologic care is expanding and holds potential. Here, Tufia C. Haddad, MD, discusses how experts can leverage AI to improve care for their patients with cancer.
During the recent Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting in Chicago from May 6-9, AI was a major topic of discussion. During the meeting Drs. Shaukat and Lee shared insight into how AI is being utilized specifically for colorectal cancer screenings to better detect polyps and forecast risk.
Devan Jaganath, MD, MPH, breaks down how artificial intelligence technology helps detect cough sounds, severity and frequency, and how this new technology can help treat infants.
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Steven C. Anderson, FASAE, CAE, IOM, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), discusses the importance of regular, daily exercise, detailing his workout schedule and routine he keeps to 5 days a week. He also explains how he avoids meat and keeps to a pescatarian diet outside of special events. Through these efforts in diet and exercise, Anderson explains it becomes easier to maintain his overall wellbeing.
Andrew Budson, MD, professor of neurology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, discusses his journey as an author in writing books to help people in managing their memory and even shares some advice on how to remember better.
CancerNetwork spoke with multidisciplinary leaders in the cancer space regarding the recent chemotherapy drug shortages. These experts explained how treatment dosing needs to be adjusted to best conserve the supplies, and which cancers need to use cisplatin in the first line for curative intent.
Dr. Varoon Singh of the National Dope Testing Laboratory discusses his experience with different types of chromatography, the various scientific papers he has recently published, with topics such as sample preparation using chromatography with mass spectrometry and analyzing multi-residue particles using SPME and LC with HRMS.
Sandra Jee, MD, MPH, explains what helps her relax, check-in and keep going on a day-to-day basis as a professor of pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York.
Ryane Englar, DVM, DABVP, shares her passion for ballroom dancing.
Annmarie Hipsley, DPT, PhD, offers an update and overview of iAware Inc, a non-for-profit organization that was established for the awareness of age-related ocular disease. Their beneficiary is the Khmer Sight Foundation, which has a mission to train Cambodian ophthalmologists and raise awareness of ocular diseases.
