Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Bertha Madras, PhD By all accounts, Winston Churchill was an alcoholic and yet he functioned at a very high level until the end of his long life. Yet does everyone who uses a potentially addictive substance become addicted? Our guest today is Dr. Berta 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 Psychiatry 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.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Bertha Madras, PhD Some have called the war on drugs a failure, a war without end and no prospect of victory. Should we give up? What are the alternatives? Our guest is Dr. Bertha 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 Psychiatry 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.

Host: Michael Benson, MD Guest: Bertha Madras, PhD Upon hearing about the war on drugs, many of us in medicine immediately become skeptical. Same old, same old—nothing seems to change. Yet this year, new healthcare codes for drug screening and intervention have been developed. Can these new efforts make a difference? Our guest today is Dr. Bertha 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 Psychiatry 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.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Robert Brown, MD What advice can you offer a patient awaiting a liver donation? Is there anything you can do to help them to find a living donor? Join Dr. Mark Hill in an interview with Transplant Surgeon Robert Brown MD in a discussion about the process of finding a living donor match.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Robert Brown, MD While there is a long list of patients awaiting organ transplants and an increase in the number of living donors, there are also many legal and ethical issues to be grappled with. In this segment, host Mark Nolan Hill, MD talks to transplant surgeon Dr. Robert Brown about legal and ethical challenges surrounding living donors.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Robert Brown, MD In this segment our guest, Dr. Robert Brown walks through the living organ donation process with host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill. What is the surgical procedure for the donor and recipient? Join Us.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Robert Brown, MD Has a patient asked you yet, your medical opinion regarding their decision to become a living donor? The number of living liver donors is growing each year. The ability to give the gift of life to another is appealing to many but what are the costs? What are the risks? What are the health requirements? Join host Mark Nolan Hill in a discussing with Dr. Robert Brown about what is involved in becoming a living liver donor.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Sheldon Davidow State laws bringing insurance and medical malpractice reform could be on the very of spurring a rate war among new carriers entering the market and that's good news for physicians. Sheldon Davidow, president of Medicus Insurance Company of Austin, Texas, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the possibility of a coming rate war.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Sheldon Davidow In the wake of state tort reform laws that have capped damages on pain and suffering and reformed insurance laws, states are seeing the re-emergence of new malpractice carriers, more competition and better rates. Sheldon Davidow, president of rapidly expanding Medicus Insurance Company explains the change in thinking of malpractice carriers and why that is good news for the medical profession on Inside Health Care with Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Lynn Hankes, MD Dr. Hankes describes the process of monitoring, the frequency of relapse, and the protection of the public in this engaging discussion based on over 20 years of experience.