Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Katie MacFarlane, PharmD Dr. Michael Greenberg talks with Katie MacFarlane about the process of turning an idea into a medicine and what a pharmaceutical company must spend and do to deliver that product to market.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Katie MacFarlane, PharmD Dr. Michael Greenberg talks to Katie MacFarlane, CEO and President of Xintria Pharmaceutical Corporation about how ideas become pharmaceuticals.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Cheryl Wellington, PhD Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Dr. Cheryl Wellington who has dedicated the past 7 years to wroking on apoE and Alzheimer's. She compares the risk factors for CVD and Alzheimer's and discusses how the brain uses cholesterol differently than other organs.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Clare Bergquist Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Clare Bergquist, Director of Strategic Services for Corporate & Retirement Services at Charles Schwab. Clare discusses special considerations and key challenges physicians face when saving for retirement.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Joel Stein, MD In this segment, Dr. Joel Stein shares some recent brain research that indicates stroke victims can continue to recover throughout their lives.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Joel Stein, MD Spasticity is an abnormal increase in muscle tone caused by damage to the nerve system that regulates muscle activity. Spasticity is often a problem for stroke victims. In this segment, Dr. Joel Stein shares the latest ways to manage or better control spasticity?

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Joel Stein, MD Virtual reality based technology is a new but rapidly growing area in medicine, which will revolutionize health care in the foreseeable future. In this segment, Dr. Joel Stein talks about how are rehabilitation institutions incorporating virtual reality into their treatment programs?

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Joel Stein, MD Hear from Dr. Joel Stein about the Myomo e100 robotic arm used for stroke recovery.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Steven Schroeder, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Dr. Steven Scroeder, Director, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, UCSF. They will discuss everything from second hand smoke to the success rate of those who spontaneously stop smoking to insurance coverage for smoking cessation.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Steven Schroeder, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Dr. Steven Schroeder, Director Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, UCSF. Tune in to hear about trends in tobacco control in the US and internationally, plus arguments for and against FDA regulation of cigarettes.