Dr. Jay Alberts, the vice-chair for innovations at Cleveland Clinic’s Neurological Institute and the Bell Family Endowed Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, took NeurologyLive inside Cleveland Clinic to explore the institution’s use of virtual reality in the treatment and care of its patients with Parkinson disease.
Tier 1 Veterinary Medical Center's Ciara Vollaro, DVM, and Kevin Snyder, DVM, MS, DACVO, discuss the opening of Alaska’s first full time ophthalmology service for pets and how crucial it is to the community.
Tripp Logan, vice president of SEMO Rx Pharmacies, discusses the importance of community outreach programs for community pharmacies. He addresses the programs his practices do to aid the community, specifically in public health, such as teaming up with Meals on Wheels and addressing vaccine hesitancy.
Dentistry is a rapidly changing field and new technologies and clinical approaches are constantly being introduced. Keeping a practice up to date requires dedication and flexibility. In this interview Dental Products Report contributor Lisa Newburger speaks with Editorial Advisory Board member Jeff Rohde, DDS about how and why he tries to keep his practice on the cutting edge, and why it’s so important to keep his entire team engaged in the process.
Ami P. Vaidya, MD explains some of the advancements made in the treatment of endometrial cancer.
Medical marijuana is having a moment: as of February 2022, 37 US states permit the use of medical cannabis products. These products are used to treat a variety of medical conditions, from cancer to epilepsy to glaucoma, but specific laws vary by state. And in New York, all dispensaries must have a licensed pharmacist on-site to counsel patients about the treatments available to them. Drug Topics® sat down with Jeff Lombardo, PharmD, to discuss the ins and outs of working in cannabis pharmacy.
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.
Shay Moinuddin, MHA, CANS, RN, who has been with the Few Institute since 2008 and manages the day-to-day operations there, talks with us about stackable aesthetic treatments, how the aesthetic world has changed in the last 10 years, and how allied health care workers should be utilized in the practice. Shay has had extensive training in injecting all brands of FDA-approved dermal fillers and neurotoxins and brings her perspective as a non-physician injector to this discussion.
At Allegheny Health Network, physicians take a minimally invasive approach to treating lung cancer. Benny Weksler, MD, explains in an interview.
The Global Society of Rare Genitourinary Tumors launched during the pandemic, hoping to give a voice to those who have or treat rare cancers in this space. In a recent interview, Philippe E. Spiess, MD, MS, FRCSC, FACS, and Andrea Necchi, MD, share how they aim to develop an environment that emphasizes education, patient advocacy, and clinical research for this subspecialty—one that has historically failed to receive the spotlight as much as other, more common cancers. Spiess and Necchi serve as President and Vice President of this organization.
On this Valentine’s Day episode of Inside the Practice, Shyla Pastore and Cherie Scheruich from Absecon Veterinary Hospital explain how they are using this Valentine’s Day to show pets and their owners love while raising money to help pets in need.
Dr. Donna Hallas joins Inside the Practice to discuss promoting the pediatric medical home through technology.
Dr. Matthew Allaway, DO, spoke with CancerNetwork about a prostate cancer biopsy technique that uses the transperineal approach to better detect cancer in harder to reach areas of the prostate. Along with this, Allaway touched on the American Cancer Society’s annual report, “Cancer Facts & Figures 2022” and detailed the important findings from a companion study to that information.
Michael Birrer, MD, PhD, discusses his decision to become vice chancellor and director of Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, plus his priorities for UAMS.
Author of the “Chasing the Widowmaker: The History of the Heart Attack Pandemic,” Dr. Meshkov leveraged his 40 years of experience studying and practicing cardiology as the basis of his book, which he hopes provides a comprehensive overview. In this segment, Meshkov, who serves on the editorial advisory board for Practical Cardiology, discusses his foray into authorship as well as the challenges he faced as a first-time author.
Asteres® chairman and BioIQ CEO, Sean Slovenski joined Inside the Practice to discuss 24/7 automated pharmacy pickup. ScriptCenter allows your pharmacy staff to maintain control of filling and checking prescriptions, while ScriptCenter takes care of the secure storage, tracking, pickup, and payment of your pharmacist-filled prescriptions. Asteres® develops ScriptCenter kiosks and lockers for secure and safe pickup of prescriptions and healthcare products.
Phillip Low, PhD, Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry-Biochemistry from Purdue University joined Inside the Practice to discuss the creation and approval of pafolacianine. This agent was approved in November 2021 to be utilized during surgery to identify malignant ovarian lesions. In the interview, Low discusses how the idea came to be, implementing this as a standard of practice, and the potential to utilize this agent for other cancers.
On this episode we look at the challenges dentists face when communicating with both patients and other health care providers about periodontal disease. While it can go largely unnoticed in undiagnosed patients, periodontitis is among the most widespread infectious diseases around the globe and numerous studies link periodontal issues to other conditions including diabetes and heart disease. Yet patients rarely understand the full gravity of the condition and often refuse treatment. Additionally, medical doctors rarely refer diabetic patients or others with periodontal comorbidities to a dental professional for a periodontal evaluation. Dr. Richard Nagelberg, a full time practicing dentist and director of medical affairs for OraPharma, is hopeful that a new free tool created by OraPharma can be used to both improve periodontal diagnostics as well as patient understanding of the condition and communication about the disease with other health care professionals. Dr Nagelberg joins Dental Products Report editorial director Noah Levine to talk about the challenges presented by periodontal disease and how using the MyPerioHealth app with a patient can help.
Gary Linkov, MD, board-certified facial, plastic and hair surgeon and founder and medical director of City Facial Plastics in New York, New York highlights the world of hair loss. He describes not only how to treat and prevent the condition, but how his own experience with hair loss helps him treat patients.
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.
