Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Joseph Golish, MD Dr. Golish outlines the rationale behind as well as the specifics of the treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Joseph Golish, MD Dr. Joseph Golish reviews basic and newer understandings that will assist in the clinical identification and evaluation of patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Kenneth Thorpe, PhD Dr. Kenneth Thorpe discusses the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease with host Mark Nolan Hill. Can healthcare be made more affordable by attacking chronic diseases like cancer and obesity?

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Kenneth Thorpe, PhD Dr. Kenneth Thorpe discusses with host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill the state of healthcare in the United States today. He talks about state and federal coverage of the uninsured, SCHIP, presidential candidates' health policy and more.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Spero Karas, MD The reported rates of failure after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair are widely varied. Dr. Spero Karas, director of the Emory Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, talks host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill through the double-row rotator cuff repair procedure, a newer and more successful repair technique. Which patient populations will do best with this procedure and how do the results differ when compared with a more traditional repair?

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Rick Goldstein, MD Dr. Rick Goldstein discusses the state of pediatric palliative care in America today, including the directions this emerging field is taking and the challenges practitioners face in terms of recognition and acceptance in the wider community.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Jennifer Ackerman Is it a biological imperative to want to nap in the afternoon? Author of “Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream”, Jennifer Ackerman joins ReachMD Book Club host, Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss siestas, napping and our circadian rhythms.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Thomas Schwartz, MD Fibromyalgia can be one of the most challenging problems to treat. How can we treat it effectively? Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes research psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Schwartz to review the current and future treatments of fibromyalgia.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Thomas Schwartz, MD What approach should you take when your patient doesn’t respond to an antidepressant? The answer may be different than what you might expect! Dr. Thomas Schwartz joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to explore the options available when the first antidepressant does not work.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Thomas Schwartz, MD Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., with 40 million of the adult U.S. population affected. How far have we come in treating this common problem? Anxiety disorders specialist Dr. Thomas Schwartz joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to review treatment options for anxiety disorders.