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Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. Join us for real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region.
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Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net On this DocTalk episode, we chat with Dr. Steven Wexner, the Physician Executive Director and System Chief of Colorectal Surgery for MedStar Health. Dr. Wexner brings more than 38 years of clinical, academic, and research excellence to MedStar Health. He specializes in surgery for rectal cancer, and patients from around the world seek his expertise.&nbs...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net In this episode in the MedStar Health DocTalk series, host Debra Schindler talks with Dr. Meghan Milburn, FACS, director of the Breast Center at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, about an important and emerging advancement in breast cancer surgery: breast nerve preservation and resensation after mastectomy. Dr. Milburn explains why loss of s...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net Chronic knee pain affects millions of Americans, especially as we age, and osteoarthritis is often the cause. In this episode, host Debra Schindler talks with Dr. Moutasem Aljundi, vascular and interventional radiologist at MedStar Health, to explore an emerging, minimally invasive treatment option you may not have heard of: genicular artery embolizatio...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net In this episode of MedStar Health DocTalk, host Debra Schindler sits down with Dr. Nicole Sakla, a breast radiologist and published researcher in artificial intelligence, to explore how AI is changing the way mammograms are read and how it can help radiologists detect disease earlier, sometimes by years. Learn how AI tools flag subtle patterns invisible...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net In this episode of our podcast DocTalk, host Debra Schindler sits down with MedStar Health interventional cardiologist Dr. John Wang, director of the Cardiac Catheterization Labs at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, to explore how cardiac catheterizations have evolved, and why the transradial approa...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net The shoulder is the most mobile and most complex joint in the human body, which also makes it vulnerable to injury and arthritis. Each year, nearly 60,000 Americans undergo shoulder replacement surgery, also known as total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA). In this episode of MedStar Health DocTalk, host Debra Schindler sits down with orthopedic surgeon Dr. R...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net | MedStar Georgetown University Hospital was the first hospital on the East Coast to offer CyberKnife technology. Our team is among the world’s most experienced CyberKnife sites having treated more than 2,400 patients with prostate cancer and performed more than 35,000 treatments in total. Unlike traditional radiation that’s given in 40 sessions o...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net Understanding Aortic Aneurysms with Dr. Raghuveer Vallabhaneni Host: Debra Schindler Guest: Dr. Raghuveer Vallabhaneni, Director of Vascular Surgery, MedStar Health Baltimore Region The aorta, your body’s largest blood vessel, acts like a fire hose — forcefully pumping blood from your heart to every part of your body. Over time, parts of the aortic wal...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net In this episode of MedStar Health DocTalk, host Debra Schindler speaks with Dr. Othman Abdul-Malak, MD, MSC, a vascular expert, to break down the what carotid artery disease is, and how it can lead to stroke, mini-strokes (TIAs), and sudden vision loss. Learn how to recognize early warning signs—like facial droop, arm weakness, or sudden speech problems...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net In this episode of MedStar Health DocTalk, host Debra Schindler tackles a topic that many women face but few discuss: urinary incontinence. With an estimated 25 million American women affected, it's time to break the silence. Joined by MedStar Health urogynecologist Dr. Abigail Davenport, they delve into the myths surrounding incontinence, the different...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net According to the CDC, an estimated 58.5 million US adults have been diagnosed with some type of arthritis. Arthritis Awareness Month is observed every May, and it's a time to inform people about this complex group of debilitating diseases. The goal of this episode is to educate listeners about the impact of arthritis, how to promote lifestyle changes fo...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net Bumps and lumps of the hand can be any number of things... all are classified as a hand tumor, but do they all require treatment, and which are a cause for concern? Host Debra Schindler explores the various types of hand tumors from the benign to malignant, with hand surgeon and Chief of the Curtis National Hand Center, Dr. James Higgins, and orth...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the U.S. and the second leading cause of cancer deaths. Yet this cancer can be prevented with screening and is highly treatable when detected early. On this episode of our DocTalk podcast, we’re discussing colon cancer with Dr. Walid Chalhoub, t...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net | In this episode of MedStar Health DocTalk, host Debra Schindler sits down with gastroenterologist Dr. Jose Parungao to talk about celiac disease, a chronic immune disorder affecting approximately 1 in 100 people in the U.S. As they explore the intricacies of this condition, Dr. Parungao explains how gluten—a protein found in grains like wheat, r...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net Are you one of the many who experience heartburn or acid reflux? In our latest episode, host Debra Schindler separates fact from fiction about gastroesophageal reflux disease -or GERD- with MedStar Health gastroenterologist Vinshi Khan, MD. Learn why long term complications from GERD make treatment so important. If you would like to provide feedba...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net In the latest episode of MedStar Health DocTalk, orthopedic surgeon Zan Nasser, MD, who specializes in spine surgery, discusses the facts and fiction of scoliosis. From understanding the basics of curvature of the spine, to treatment options, patients, parents, and healthcare professionals alike, this podcast has something for everyone. Contrary to popu...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net A groundbreaking innovation is making waves for the approximate six million Americans who suffer with atrial fibrillation (AFib). It’s called pulsed field ablation. In our latest podcast episode, host Debra Schindler talks with Dr. Sunjeet Sidhu, a renowned cardiac electrophysiologist at MedStar Health, to explore the intricacies and benefits of this sa...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net The MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy Program is the only adult, FACT-accredited program in the Washington, D.C., area. We give patients with cancers affecting the blood or immune system and other disorders access to life-saving treatment options not otherwise available in our region. These include: ·...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net In our latest episode of MedStar Health DocTalk, Debra Schindler talks with MedStar Health breast surgeon, Maen Farha, MD, medical director of the Breast Center at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, about the most common breast cancer diagnosis: ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Learn more about the contained, early-stage disease, the i...
Would like like to share feedback on this podcast? Or suggest another topic for us to explore? Click here, or email us at DocTalk@medstar.net Stomach cancer, often referred to as gastric cancer, is a sneaky cancer. Its symptoms can be easily mistaken for more benign conditions like indigestion or acid reflux, making early detection a challenge. In our latest podcast episode, we delve into this complex disease with the help of two esteemed experts: gastroenterologist Dr. Walid Chaloub, a...
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