Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Barjor Gimi, PhD We cage animals to keep them safe from us and us from them. What if we caged transplanted cells to keep them safe from our immune system and vice versa? Dr. Gimi discusses his research focused on encapsulated cell based therapies.

Host: Andrew Krakowski, MD Guest: Connie Mariano, MD You're a healthcare professional and you've just answered the call to help a sick airline passenger while cruising at 30,000 feet. No resources; no support staff; no emergency landing for another 1/2 hour. No problem! You know what to do because you listen to boonDOCS Medicine... More specifically, tune in to hear how the Physician-to-the-President of the U.S.A. ensures that Air Force One is up to speed regarding its on-board medical capabilities. Learn how the President gets vaccinated for all those trips abroad. Hear how a Constitutional Amendment allows for a temporary shift in power during medical procedures requiring sedation of the President. Learn what it takes to become a member of the White House Medical Unit!

Host: Andrew Krakowski, MD Guest: Connie Mariano, MD You're a healthcare professional and you've just answered the call to help a sick airline passenger while cruising at 30,000 feet. No resources; no support staff; no emergency landing for another 1/2 hour. No problem! Tune in to hear how Dr. Connie Mariano, past Physician-to-the-President, ensured that Air Force One was up to speed regarding its on-board medical capabilities. Learn how the President gets vaccinated for all those trips abroad. Hear how a Constitutional Amendment allows for a temporary shift in power during medical procedures requiring sedation of the President. And learn what it takes to become a member of the White House Medical Unit!

Host: Andrew Krakowski, MD Guest: Joan Sullivan-Garrett, RN You're a healthcare professional and you've just answered the call to help a sick airline passenger while cruising at 30,000 feet. No resources; no support staff; no emergency landing for another 1/2 hour. No problem! You know what to do because you listen to boonDOCS Medicine... Tune in with Dr. Krakowski as he speaks with Joan Sullivan-Garrett, Founder and Chairman of the Board for MedAire, Inc. about how airlines commonly rely on 3rd parties to provide "from the ground" medical assessment/knowledge for in-flight medical emergencies. Quiz yourself on the top 10 diagnoses most commonly requiring plane diversion, and find out what you can do to get more involved in the fascinating world of in-flight medicine!

Host: Andrew Krakowski, MD Guest: Joan Sullivan-Garrett, RN You're a healthcare professional and you've just answered the call to help a sick airline passenger while cruising at 30,000 feet. No resources; no support staff; no emergency landing for another 1/2 hour. No problem! You know what to do because you listen to boonDOCS Medicine... Tune in with Dr. Krakowski as he speaks with Joan Sullivan-Garrett, Founder and Chairman of the Board for MedAire, Inc. about how airlines commonly rely on 3rd parties to provide "from the ground" medical assessment/knowledge for in-flight medical emergencies. Quiz yourself on the top 10 diagnoses most commonly requiring plane diversion, and find out what you can do to get more involved in the fascinating world of in-flight medicine!

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Kimberly Young, PsyD In this segment Dr. Kimberly Young discusses the impact of internet abuse/addiction on the family and specifically the risks of improper internet use to children.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Kimberly Young, PsyD Is there a standard treatment for internet addition? How does the U.S. internet addiction problem compare to people from other countries? Are there studies to indicate that these treatment options work? Find out in this segment from Dr. Kimberly Young.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Kimberly Young, PsyD In this segment, Dr. Kimberly young indentifies the specific risk factors that could cause an internet addiction. She talks about the profiles of people more drawn to the internet and who find it difficult to get away.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Kimberly Young, PsyD In this segment author Kimberly Young discusses the basics of internet addiction: when it was first recognized, how common, what are the typical signs that we see.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Jerome Kassirer, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. Jerome Kassirer, the highly respected former editor of The New England Journal of Medicine and author of On the Take: How Medicine’s Complicity With Big Business Can Endanger Your Health. They will discuss the consequences of collaborations between the medical profession and industry.