Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Danny Petrasek, MD, PhD Guest: Louis Philipson, MD, PhD Dr. Louis Philipson, from the University of Chicago School of Medicine, discusses the treatment of Neonatal Diabetes in context of a special case involving patient Lily Jaffe. Lilly's mother, Laurie Jaffe, a strong advocate for research and advancement in the treatment of this disease, participates in this special conversation.

Host: Danny Petrasek, MD, PhD Guest: Louis Philipson, MD, PhD Dr. Louis Philipson from The University of Chicago, discusses with Laurie Jaffe, mother of Patient, her involvement with Neonatal Diabetes, a rare mutation of Type 1 Diabetes. How they discovered treatment for her daughter Lily.

Host: Danny Petrasek, MD, PhD Guest: Louis Philipson, MD, PhD Dr. Louis Philipson from the University of Chicago joins host Dr. Danny Petrasek to discuss Neonatal Diabetes and the clinical trials behind discovering treatments for this disease.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Fernando Martinez, MD, MS Dr. Martinez describes this multicentered network of facilities that is working together to take a fresh look at the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of asthma in children.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Fernando Martinez, MD, MS Dr. Martinez discusses the collaboration of different medical discplines that takes place at the Arizona Respiratory Center and how their innovative approach is leading to new understanding of major respiratory illnesses and how they should be managed.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Fernando Martinez, MD, MS Dr. Martinez discusses the formulation of the new guidelines on the diagnosis and management of asthma. He then emphasizes the changes in clinical practice that will result from the implementation of these guidelines.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Francine Kaufman, MD Join Dr. Francine Kaufman, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and Head of the Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles, CA, to discuss childhood and adolescent diabetes.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Norbert Goldfield, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard speaks with Dr. Norbert Goldfield, Executive Director of Healing Across the Divides, about how changes in physical activity, diet and increasing poverty are shared by Israelies and Palestinians and contribute to mutually rising incidences of diabetes.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Norbert Goldfield, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard discusses with Dr. Norbert Goldfield the organization that is fostering partnered initiatives between Isreali and Palestinian healthcare projects. The purpose is not only to improve health but to contribute to a reawakening of a commitment to the peace process. Empowerment of individuals and communities from the bottom up can have far reaching benefits.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Bertha Madras, PhD Drug rehabilitation programs are notoriously ineffective. Indeed, just one look at the recent crowd of Hollywood stars who have been in and out of rehab multiple times would make any objective observer skeptical. Is there any effective treatment today for drug addictions? What about developments in the lab? Our guest today is Dr. Berha Madras who serves as the Deputy Director of Demand Reduction in the White House office of National Drug Control Policy. Prior to this government post, she was Professor of Psychobiology in the Department of Pscyhiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is an expert on drug addiction and has authored over 130 papers and book chapters as well as receiving 16 patents.