Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Jerome Kassirer, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Dr. Jerome Kassirer, the highly respected former editor of The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Kassirer relates a litany of well-referenced examples that demonstrate the financial conflicts of interest in medicine today and how they threaten to undermine the integrity of the profession.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Joe Frascella, MD Researchers now know that the brain is able to change from birth to death. Imaging studies of the drug addicted show proof of the changes in the brain through the addiction and again through recovery. In this segment, Dr. Joseph Frascella of NIDA explains what researcher have learned from neuro-imaging about the re-wiring of the brain.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Joe Frascella, MD There are a number of current studies looking at treatments for addiction. In this segment, Dr. Joseph Fracella of NIDA shares some of the current and future work to treat addiction including possible vaccinations, behavioral treatments, medications, education. He also discusses the challenges of providing treatments to people with addictions.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Joe Frascella, MD Which areas of the brain are impacted most in addiction? Is addiction a developmental brain disease? In this segment, Dr. Joe Fracella of NIDA discusses what new research shows about the brain development and addiction.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Joe Frascella, MD Dr. Joseph Fracella of the National Institute on Drug Abuse explains why the way our brains our wired can cause addictions. Learn what is actually happening in the brain when a person is using addictive drugs and why some people become addicts and others do not.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Michael Ryan, MBA Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Mike Ryan, founder of Medical Mergers Group. Join us to hear the ins and outs of buy-ins and buy-outs from valuing partnerships, to disputes, to financing.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Michael Ryan, MBA Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Mike Ryan, founder of Medical Mergers Group. Mr. Ryan has helped thousands of medical practices improve their operations and determine the market value of their practice. Learn what how to determine what your practice may be worth and what you can do to increase the value.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH Dr. Maurice Pickard is joined by Dr. Chris Beyrer who discusses the startling finding that for women, the greatest risk for contacting Aids is being married despite being monogamous. Adding great insult to injury, these individuals are often the ones exclusively blamed for "shamefully bringing" this disease into their families.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard L. Harvey, MD New robotic products help stroke patients learn to reuse their arms and legs. In this segment Dr. Richard Harvey talks specifically about several new robotics and explains how the intelligence of the robot gradually trains the patients to reuse their limbs.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard L. Harvey, MD Cortical Stimulation has been found to improve the brain functioning of patients after stroke. In this segment Dr. Richard Harvey of RIC explains 3 methods of cortical stimulation and talks about when, how and why cortical stimulation can improve outcomes for stroke patients.