Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Kristi Rollwagen, Deputy Director Emergency Preparedness Minneapolis, discusses personal stories about the disaster and relief at the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Kristi Rollwagen,Deputy Director of Emergency Preparedness Minneapolis, will discuss how a multi-jurisdiction event came together to have successful results in a disaster.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Kristi Rollwagen, Director of Emergency Preparedness Minneapolis, is discussing the importance of planning and rescue work in a disaster.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Don Goldmann, MD Medical harm: The unintended physical injury resulting from or contributed to by medical care. In this segment, Dr. Don Goldmann of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement discusses the IHI's ambitious program to save five million lives from hopital caused medical harm.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Don Goldmann, MD 15 million patients receive some type of harm in our medical system annually. In this segment, host Dr. Bill Rutenberg asks Dr. Goldmann some difficult questions about the social and political factors that may be a factor as well as a vehicle for improving the harm in our healthcare system.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: James Slater, MD Learn from Dr. James Slater about the implantation of Circulatory Assist Devices. Which devices should be used for what type of heart problems? When should mechanical devices be used in place of a heart transplant? Find out in this segment.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: James Slater, MD Why would a surgeon select to peform a CABG surgery Off-pump vs. On-pump? Learn from Dr. James Slater the reasons for performing a bypass without a pump.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: James Slater, MD Learn from Dr. James Salter about the Mini-MAZE procedure to cure atrial fibrillation.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: James Slater, MD In this segment Dr. James Slater talks about a newer type of oxygen monitoring during surgical procedures called cerebral oximetry. Dr. Slater talks about how the oxygen levels in the brain are monitored and adjusted during surgery and how surgical outcomes can be improved with cerebral oximetry monitoring.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: John Rabkin, MD Some bariatric surgeons claim that the duodenal switch procedure to cure morbid obesity is a better option for most patients than the alternatives. Why then is it not the most common option. Find out in this segment from Dr. John Rabkin.