Inside the Practice - Season 4

Stacy Loeb, MD, PhD, MSc, discusses what urologists can do to be more sustainable both at home and in the workplace, including plant-based diets, environmental consciousness at conferences, and telemedicine. She also discusses the background and findings of the study, “Climate change impact of virtual urology meetings,” presented recently at the 2021 American Urological Association Annual Meeting.

The Cleveland Clinic had a new 7T MRI machine installed and Mark Lowe, PhD, explains the capability of this technology now that it’s FDA approved for not only research, but also clinical purposes.

Roy Jain, MBA, chief operating officer at Blue River Pet Care and Priscilla Cherry, vice president of operations at Blue River Pet Care share how they adapted practice operations amid COVID-19 and accommodated the influx of “pandemic pets” by prioritizing the safety and mental well-being of their staff and clients, leveraging technology, and beyond.

Dr. Andrew Schuman, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, in Lebanon, New Hampshire discusses how he mentors pre-med and medical students (including some of his former patients) by allowing them to shadow him throughout the day, and how it can offer not only a tonic from burnout, but pay it forward to our future health care workers.

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.

On this episode, Nurse Barb joins Michael Krychman, MD, to discuss her involvement with FAME, the Foundation for African Medicine Education (FAME)—an organization devoted to advancing quality medical care and education in rural Tanzania. Dehn also discusses the Global Fellowship Program for ob/gyns she is spearheading for FAME, and ways any physician can get involved.

Alan Tackett, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Deputy Director of Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, and Scharlau Family Endowed Chair for Cancer Research at UAMS College of Medicine, discusses research he led on a key driver of cancer cell development.

Avoiding clinical inertia and achieving optimal levels of prescribing for guideline-directed medical therapies is a problem that spans across almost all specialties in medicine. In cardiology, clinicians point to gaps in prescribing of guideline-directed therapies as a treatment gap leading to negative outcomes for some patients. In this edition of Inside the Practice, Dr. Stephen Greene discusses the process of creating a digital dashboard for increasing prescribing of guideline-directed therapies that was recently rolled out within the Duke Medicine health systems.

Shane Bishop, pharmacist and Pack4U founder, discusses how Pack4U has created a pharmacy network, making it easier for pharmacies to deliver medications and provide personalized care within their communities. He dives into the $500 billion dollar medication adherence issue that exists and discusses innovative patient-care models and the use of technology to improve adherence, patient health outcomes and quality measures.

Dr. Erin Jospe is a board-certified physician and remains clinically active with 20+ years of experience. She earned her MD from The John Hopkins School of Medicine, and completed clinical training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jospe discusses how consumer access preferences have changed throughout the pandemic and what independent practices can respond to these changing demands.

Not everyone who studies the techniques used in the dental industry goes on to have a career fixing people’s teeth. For make-up artist Matt Turull, learning the skills of a dental lab technician was a pathway to creating better teeth for his work doing make-up for movie and TV productions. He joins Dental Products Report editorial director Noah Levine to discuss the “theatrical dentistry” work he does using the materials and techniques of a dental lab to craft teeth that help actors and actresses embody their characters, whether they need a distinctive gap in an otherwise normal smile, or sharp fangs while playing an otherworldly monster.

Sarah Jackson speaks on how her dermatology practice has to prepared for hurricanes such as Hurricane Ida. She describes how her past experiences influences her current preparedness protocol and the details of how she protects important business documents and treatments.

Established in the Fall of 2012 through a food allergy support group in Tennessee, the Teal Pumpkin Project has been integral in providing kids with food allergies and other conditions with safe, allergy-friendly treats during the Halloween season. Since then, the project has expanded to all 50 states in the US and a total of 6 continents.