Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard L. Harvey, MD Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) is a newer technique used to help stroke victims recover motor skills. In this segment Dr. Richard Harvey explains the history and process of improving motor skills using CIMT. He also breaks down the steps of shaping and talks about some of the state of the art tools used by rehab institutes to assist stroke patients in recovery.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Richard L. Harvey, MD This segment begins with a medical explanation of stroke and the risk factors of stroke. Following the basics, Dr. Richard Harvey of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago explains the neuroplasticity and recovery of the brain following a stroke.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jayanta Debnath, MD Autophagy and Anoikis sounds to the unfamiliar like a hip law firm, but in truth these terms describe cellular processes that may soon help us find the cure to cancer.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jayanta Debnath, MD Autophagy-one of those words we remember from the basic science courses in med school-could it be relevant to curing cancer? Discussion on cancer research focusing on autophagy.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jayanta Debnath, MD Translating knowledge from bedside to bench and back again is the Holy Grail for all medical professionals. Physician Scientists are the transport vehicle. Today, we are discussing Dr. Debnath's choice to pursue cancer research instead of clinical care.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Jayanta Debnath, MD Making a discovery is to a researcher what hitting a game winning home run is to a ball player. But does getting there first sometimes put the patients last? Today we are discussing issues surrounding researchers’ ability to share research information.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Katrina Firlik, MD Dr. Katrina Firlik, author of "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: a Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside" discusses being female in the male dominated specialty, neurosurgery.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Katrina Firlik, MD Dr. Katrina Firlik, author of "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: a Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside" discusses the practice of neurosurgery.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Katrina Firlik, MD Dr. Katrina Firlik, author of "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: a Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside" discusses her experiences as a neurosurgery resident as documented in her book.

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Katrina Firlik, MD Dr. Katrinia Firlik discusses the writing and publishing of her book, "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside."