Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: David Walsh, PhD Are video games addicting? Dr. David Walsh, President of the National Institute of Media and the Family discusses the properties of addiction and considers when and if video games are addicting and whether or not they can be treated like an addiction.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: David Walsh, PhD How do video games impact the life of a child? According to Dr. David Walsh, President of the National Institute of Media and the Family and Spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics Violence Campaign, there can be both good and bad effects. Learn why in this segment.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH Guest: Barry Maron, MD What is the risk of sudden death for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? Dr. Barry Maron, Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center in Minneapolis, will discuss the risk of sudden death and the use of defibrillators in these high risk patients.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Richard D. Lamm, Gov. We’ve created a paradox in the United States healthcare system between Access with an “A” & Excess with an “E”. What impact will this paradox have on the practice of medicine? Gov. Lamm discusses how this Access/Excess issue came about and what we can do to change it.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: John Brooks, MD In this segment Dr. John Brooks discusses a variety of pathology issues today. He talks about new equipment and technology, new immunohistochemical markers, errors in pathology, tissue samples and more.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: John Brooks, MD Do pod labs violate the Stark Requirements? Are pod labs a case of physician self-referral? In this segment Dr. John Brooks talks about pod labs and other important issues facing pathologists today.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: John Brooks, MD In this segment Dr. John Brooks explains the role of the pathology lab in the doctor/patient relationship.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: John Brooks, MD Because sarcomas only account for a small percentage of new cancer cases, tissue samples for research purposes are not so easy to obtain. In this segment, learn from Dr. John Brooks how the LMS foundation started a tissue bank to help gather leiomyosarcoma tissue for research.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Bowen White, MD Join Bowen White, doctor, international lecturer, author and clown, discuss his book, Why Normal Isn't Healthy, and life as a clown.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Bowen White, MD Join doctor, author, international lecturer and clown, Dr. Bowen White, as he describes his most recent humanitarian clowning trip to Ecuador.