Penn Primary Care Podcast

In this podcast, Dr. Wiliams speaks with pancreatic cancer experts Dr. Ursina Teitelbaum and Dr. Nuzhat Ahmad about pancreatic cancer diagnosis and management, and then Dr. Bryon Katona joins to discuss pancreatic cancer prevention and GI oncology genetic workups in general.

In this podcast, Dr. Williams brings back Dr. Daniel Soffer and Dr. Doug Jacoby from Penn Preventive Cardiology to discuss the role of Apo-B and Lipoprotein(a) in cardiac risk evaluation.

In this podcast, Dr Williams speaks with Dr Bill Jaffe, urologist at Penn, to get practical guidance on how to tackle common male urologic concerns in primary care, including BPH, overactive bladder, ED, and low testosterone.

In this podcast, Dr Williams speaks with Dr Jeff Jaeger and Dr Maggie Lowenstein, addiction experts at Penn, about the management of opiate use disorder in primary care. The FDA recently approved all providers with a DEA to prescribe Suboxone and now every PCP can help to carry the weight of this staggering epidemic.

In this podcast, Dr Williams speaks with Dr Benjamin D’Souza, Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Penn, about the nuts and bolts of managing patients with atrial fibrillation. They start with the fundamentals and then highlight the significant advances that have revolutionized the way we manage atrial fibrillation.

Maternal mortaility- death associated with pregnancy- has dramatically increased in recent years and is much higher in the US than similar countries. In this podcast, Dr Williams speaks with Dr Mario DeMarco and Dr Monica Sanghavi about practical ways all physicians can ensure women get through the pregnancy period safely, with a special focus on the transition after pregnancy back in to primary care.

In this podcast, Dr Williams is joined by Dr Howard Hermann, the director of the TAVR program at Penn, and Dr Carl Reynolds, cardiologist at Penn, to discuss aortic stenosis management and how the development of catheter-based valve replacement (TAVR) has changed the therapeutic landscape.

In this episode, Dr. Williams continues the conversation about Value-Based Primary Care with Dr. Matthew Press and Dr. Kevin Fosnocht, focusing more on the practical aspects as well as the changes in the financial landscape that are occurring as a result of the transition to value-based payment.

Value-based primary care is a major revolution in primary care occurring throughout the country and at Penn. In this episode, Dr. Williams speaks with Dr. Matthew Press, the executive director of Penn Primary Care, and Dr. Kevin Fosnocht, CMO of Tandigm Health, about the changes this is bringing to primary care.

In this episode, Dr. Williams speaks with Dr. Ben Abella, national expert on cardiac arrest and resuscitation at Penn, about how best to achieve favorable outcomes from cardiac arrest in the community.