Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Richard Jadick, DO Dr. Maurice Pickard speaks with Cdr. Jadick, who feels his decoration of valor should be shared with his corpmen. His story demonstrates why corpmen are the most decorated part of the military. "Corpman Up" tells it all ---this is the command among U.S. Marines that they are coming for a downed soldier no matter what. Cdr Jadick had been a Marine for 7 years before he went to medical school, and he reflects on his missions from a soldier/doctor's perspective.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Richard Jadick, DO Dr. Maurice Pickard discusses the above book with its author, who is the only Navy doctor to be decorated for valor while serving in Iraq. He had to shorten the "golden hour" in delivering care to wounded marines, so he advanced his operating room into an abandoned building in the middle of a fire fight in Fallujah. His commanding officer felt he saved the lives of 30 Marines by his bold decision to bring doctors to the patient.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Joseph Bocchini, MD Are there new vaccination requirements? When and how should they be administered? Can we vaccinate against possible terrorist threats? What are the seasons flu season vaccination recommendations? In this segment, join Dr. Joseph Bocchini answer these questions and more.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Joseph Bocchini, MD Why has there been such a backlash against the HPV vaccination? Join Dr. Joseph Bocchini in a discussion about the HPV vaccination and learn what the American Association of Pediatrics is recommending.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Joseph Bocchini, MD Who is at highest risk for influenza and what can the do preventatively? What are the 2007-2008 recommendations for the pediatric population? Nasal vaccine or Injectable? Join Dr. Joseph Bochhini as he discusses these topics and more.

Host: Andrew Krakowski, MD Guest: Bari Cunningham, MD Imagine that you have a rare condition called Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) in which even the slightest amount of UV radiation from the Sun turns your skin to cancer; left untreated, you can expect to die within the first 10 years of your life. Also imagine that your brothers and sisters suffer from this same affliction, but your family lacks the resources to do anything about it. Join Dr. Andrew Krakowski as he joins Dr. Bari Cuningham to discuss her remarkable journey through the wilderness of Guatemala to a small town where an autosomal recessive disease has dominated the local population and cast a shadow on life in this village. Then hear how a new day may be dawning for these special people thanks to a support team that is now championing their cause.

Host: Andrew Krakowski, MD Guest: Bari Cunningham, MD It's a rare condition in which even minimal amounts of UV radiation are deadly to the skin. Left untreated, a child will likely die before age 10. Sadly, xeroderma pigmentosum has devastated the local population of a small Guatemalan town. Dr. Bari Cunningham, associate professor of pediatric dermatology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, talks with host Dr. Andrew Krakowski about a journey through the wilderness of Guatemala, where the autosomal recessive disease has cast a shadow on life in this village. But a new day may be dawning for these people, thanks to a support team that is now championing their cause.

Host: Andrew Krakowski, MD Guest: Bari Cunningham, MD Imagine that you have a rare condition called xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) in which even the slightest amount of UV radiation from the sun turns your skin to cancer. Left untreated, you can expect to die within the first 10 years of your life. Also imagine that your brothers and sisters suffer from this same affliction, but your family lacks the resources to do anything about it. Dr. Bari Cunningham, a pediatric dermatologic surgeon at Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego, journied through the wilderness of Guatemala to a small town where the autosomal recessive disease has dominated the local population and has cast a shadow on life in this simple village. In this segment hear about the fundamentals for the disease process, its prevalence both nationally and globally, and how experts approach XP patients in high- vs low-resource areas. Dr. Andrew Krakowski hosts.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Harlon Wilson, MS Join Harlon Wilson, President and CEO of Medical Animatics, as he discusses the uses of cutting-edge 3-D modeling and animation for physicians, researchers, medical device companies, the pharmaceutical industry and the world of sports.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Harlon Wilson, MS Join Harlon Wilson, President and CEO of Medical Animatics, discuss how cutting-edge 3-D modeling and animation can educate patients and save physicians time and money.