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Physician's Weekly presents PeerPOV: The Pulse on Medicine, a weekly podcast series that features expert points of view on the latest healthcare news, landmark research, and more.
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John Bertrand (CEO, Digital Diagnostics) speaks with us about LumineticsCore, an AI diagnostic system that autonomously diagnoses patients for diabetic retinopathy, including macular edema, to detect disease before it leads to blindness. Also, regular contributor Dr. MedLaw discusses the role of private equity in your practice. Enjoy Listening! Let us know what you thought of this week’s episode on Twitter: @physicianswkly Want to share your medical expertise, research, or unique experience...
PW editorial board member and regular host Alex McDonald, MD, speaks with stress expert Jay Winner, MD, about stress reduction techniques for you and your patients. Too much stress can ruin our days and shorten our lives. It ages us, harms relationships, and impairs job performance. Excessive stress can exacerbate almost any medical condition, including obesity, heart disease, chronic pain, depression, and headaches. And in our busy lives, reducing stress can seem like just one more time-cons...
Regular contributor Dr. MedLaw explores what to do when you get a negative online review. We also speak with Drs. John Sayer (University of Newcastle, UK) and Roman-Ulrich Müller (University Clinic Cologne, Germany), live from the 61st European Renal Association annual meeting to discuss the 11% of the world’s population that has genetic kidney disease. We talk about how one-third of renal failure is attributable to faulty genes, as well as the ethical considerations of sequencing all babies ...
PW Editorial Board member Alex McDonald, MD (Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group), speaks with Joanna Bisgrove, MD (Rush Universitiy), who has broken remarkable boundaries as a hard-of-hearing physician. As a physician with a disability, Dr. Bisgrove is determined to advocate for a country where there are no barriers for persons with disabilities anywhere. In this conversation, Dr. Bisgrove shares insights on ableism and antiableism. Also discussed is the pioneering work...
We speak with Gregg Stone, MD, who presented findings at ACC 2024 from RELIEVE-HF, a randomized trial designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of treating patients with heart failure with an interatrial shunt. The results are clear, so keep listening to hear his interpretation of the results. We next talk to, Javed Butler, MD, who presented results from the EMPACT-MI randomized trial, which examined treating patients with empagliflozin following a heart attack. The results add to our...
Dike Drummond, MD (TheHappyMD@PW author) brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in preventing physician burnout through innovative strategies and leadership principles to a lively discussion. Dr. Drummond explores the concept of "leadership power tools," one of the seven healthy habits for doctors to maintain wellbeing and stave off burnout. These tools are not just about managing teams but also about managing oneself in the high-stakes environment of healthcare. We also look at "servant...
PW editorial board member and regular contributor Alex McDonald, MD, speaks with Kim Yu, MD, FAAFP (PRIME National Strategy Consultant, American Board of Family Medicine; Director of Health Care Strategy, KCS Inc.), about new mandates concerning value-based care and what they might mean to you. Enjoy listening! Let us know what you thought of this week’s episode on Twitter: @physicianswkly Want to share your medical expertise, research, or unique experience in medicine on the PW podca...
Regular contributor Dr. MedLaw discusses the question many physicians are asking themselves: what are the rules regarding AI use in medicine and physician liability? Also, Saby George, MD, FACP (Roswell Park Cancer Institute), discusses results of the Checkmate 67T trial, which he recently presented at the 2024 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers symposium. The study compared subcutaneous nivolumab with intravenous nivolumab in patients with advanced kidney cancer. Dr. George reviews the impact the tr...
PW Editorial Board member and columnist Alex McDonald, MD (family and sports medicine, Kaiser Permanente), speaks with Erika Roshanravan, MD (family physician and medical director, CommuniCare+OLE), about trauma-informed care and the need to shift the focus in patient conversations from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?” A trauma-informed approach to care acknowledges that healthcare organizations and care teams need a complete picture of a patient’s life situation—past and p...
“Healthcare is at a very delicate moment,” says Jeanne Haggerty, a lobbyist for Williams & Jensen in Washington DC. With 25 years of governmental affairs experience in Washington, she should know. Haggerty’s successful career on the Hill has included working on the Senate Finance Committee, and later, the House Energy and Commerce Committee. During this time, she built strong relationships and knowledge in a wide variety of policy areas, but her specialty is healthcare policy. Haggerty ta...
Regular contributor Dike Drummond, MD, (family physician, CEO of TheHappyMD.com, PW columnist) talks about the difference between your job and your medical practice, recognizing the fact that they are almost never attuned. More importantly, he provides critical tools to mend the bridge and regain your grip on the work that you love. What are the changes that need to happen and how do you go about that? Dr. Drummond talks us through this complex and sensitive process. &...
Sara Gorman, PhD, MPH, discusses the work she does as executive director of Those Nerdy Girls, along with a group who provide evidence-based answers to common medical questions in order to battle medical mistrust and misinformation. Dr. Gorman is also the founder of Critica, non-profit organization of scientists and social scientists who counteract science denial. Also, regular contributor, board-certified radiologist, and medical malpractice lawyer Dr. MedLaw speaks about when and how you mi...
Physician’s Weekly editorial Board member Alex McDonald, MD, CAQSM, FAAFP (Kaiser Permanente), speaks with Scott Nass, MD, MPA, FAAFP, AAHIVS (Aledade), about LGBTQ+ healthcare. Since 2019, Dr. Nass has served as Chief Medical Officer for the transgender community-founded and -led Transgender Health and Wellness Center in Palm Springs, Riverside, and San Diego, CA. Additionally, he is past president of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality, a national organization committed to e...
The medical field is constantly evolving, with innovative advancements revolutionizing the way we diagnose, treat, and prevent diseases. As we move into 2024, there are numerous promising developments that hold the potential to significantly impact healthcare and improve the lives of individuals worldwide. PW Podcast host, Rachel Giles, MD, and PW editorial board member Alex McDonald, MD, offer their perspectives on anticipated medical breakthroughs they feel could shape the future of healthc...
PW Podcast host Rachel Giles, MD, and PW editorial board member Alex McDonald, MD, offer their perspectives on what they feel are the top 10 medical innovations of 2023. Some are already in practice, whereas others are recent breakthroughs not quite ready for “prime time.” All in all, it was a great year for medical science. Think we missed a top medical innovation of 2023? Let us know! We’ll be back the first week of January 2024 with a look at anticipated medical breakthroughs in 202...
In a lively discussion, E. David Crawford, MD (University of Colorado), explains the controversy around prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test screening. The National Cancer Institute describes the PSA controversy as follows: “Using the PSA test to screen men for prostate cancer is controversial because it is not yet known for certain whether this test actually saves lives.” Also, regular contributor Dr. MedLaw addresses how to handle when you find yourself at odds with an insurance company ove...
Physician’s Weekly’s editorial Board member Alex McDonald, MD, FAAFP, speaks with Jill Grimes, MD (best known as @tiktokcollegedoc), about hercommitment to empowering individuals with accurate medical information and practical advice that has made her a respected figure in the field of healthcare communication and education. Dr. Grimes is a highly regarded physician, author, and educator with a passion for promoting health literacy and preventive care, with a special focus on targeting teens ...
This week, we take the time to delve into the important topic of physician burnout with our single guest, Dike Drummond, MD, family physicians and CEO of TheHappyMD.com. In this first episode of a series of in-depth conversations, Dr. Drummond speaks with us about how and when to quit your practice. More importantly, he talks about the vast majority of cases in which that is not necessary. What are the changes that need to happen and how do you go about that? Dr. Drummond talks us through thi...
The Know Your Lemons Foundation was founded in 2014 by Corrine Ellsworth-Beaumont, MA, PhD, a designer who lost her grandmothers and a close friend to breast cancer. She created the #knowyourlemons campaign as an initiative to help improve early detection of breast cancer through symptoms and screening education in a fun, accessible, and inclusive way. We interviewed Dr. Ellsworth-Beaumont at the World Cancer Leaders’ Summit. Using 12 lemons instead of breasts helps the campaign achieve a glo...
Digital health expert Patty Riskind (CEO, Orbita) digs into three main barriers physicians may perceive in incorporating chatbots into their practice. Virtual assistants, such as chatbots, have changed the way businesses operate, and how people navigate their day-to-day tasks. From making travel plans to scheduling car services, digital tools are improving consumer access while conserving staff resources, but the medical world has been falling behind. Also, Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH (University o...
Caryssa Lim, MPH, a third-year medical student at Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, talks with PW editorial board member Alex McDonald, MD, about whether medical school can/should be looked at as a time of despair and paralysis or the best opportunity of a lifetime to affect change. They also discuss what it was like being a medical student during the pandemic, how medical education is changing, and the three things Lim would like to see changed in medical school. Enjoy ...
Heather Raymond shares her remarkable story of breast cancer survival, following a diagnosis while working at Kaiser Permanente in 2021, with PW editorial board member Alex McDonald, MD. They discuss the importance of screening and how to talk with patients, because awareness in October isn’t enough. Enjoy listening! Let us know what you thought of this week’s episode on Twitter: @physicianswkly Want to share your medical expertise, research, or unique experience in medic...
Cambrian Liu, PhD (University of Chicago), explains regenerative medicine and what it can mean for patients. He tells us about how his lab focusses on cells that can travel from another organ into the colon when tissue there is damaged by inflammatory bowel disease. Also, regular contributor Dr. MedLaw walks us through the ins and outs of what to do when you get a subpoena, depending on the circumstances. As a physician bound to shield patient privacy, you must be particularly alert for confi...
In the fourth episode of a series on physician burnout, TheHappyMD@PW columnist Dike Drummond, MD (family physician and CEO of TheHappyMD.com), talks about revenue models for medical practices and whether being an employee is always the right choice. He offers several innovative possibilities for ensuring you are practicing in the best possible environment. Enjoy Listening! Let us know what you thought of this week’s episode on Twitter: @physicianswkly Want to share your medical expertise, ...
Reilly Bealer, MD (University of North Carolina), speaks with PW Editorial Board member Alex McDonald, MD, offering insights to help answer this question, noting that maternal mortality rates more than tripled among Native American and Alaska Native moms while continuing to be highest among Black mothers, according to a study recently published in JAMA. Dr. Bealer, who was a Government Relations and Advocacy Fellow at the AMA in 2020-2021—where she fought for access to Medicaid up to 12 month...
Viktoria Bogner-Flatz, MD (Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany), discusses observations from use of a mobile CT scanner equipped with AT to detect head injuries at the 2022 Munich Oktoberfest. Using lessons from 2022, the mobile scanner is back right now for the 2023 event. Also, regular contributor Dr. MedLaw explores the concept of pre-contracting with patients to limit legal issues, on the heels of the OceanGate Titan submersible disaster which saw the media giving attention to long disc...
Adam Landman, MD (Mass General Brigham), answers the question of whether voice assistants like Siri or Alexa can help bystanders perform CPR when needed. His recently published study found that the directions provided by these AI voice assistants are inconsistent and lack relevance, often directing people to inappropriate information. But he has some solutions. Also, Ann McKee, MD (Boston University), discusses her study of 152 brains from contact sport players who died before reaching age 30...
Regular PW Podcast contributor, “Dr. MedLaw” discusses doctor-lawyer communications, in light of several recent prominent news stories about lawyers revealing client communications coming out of the investigations into attempts to interfere with the 2020 election. With most physicians taking it as a given that what they tell an attorney is shielded from discovery, she answers the question of whether doctors should be worried that the attorneys representing them could be forced to reveal their...
We talk with PW columnist and TheHappyMD.com CEO Dike Drummond, MD, about the three energy accounts—physical, emotional, and spiritual—we all have. The different types of energy serve different purposes because we are more than just physical beings, especially when functioning as a physician caring for patients. Dr. Drummond explains how any of these falling into a negative balance gives rise to a different symptom of physician burnout, how each is filled in a different way, and how to take t...
This week, we have two top-tier guests explaining some pretty remarkable breakthroughs published this summer in their respective fields of MS and dermatology, respectively. Sergio Baranzini, PhD (UCSF), discusses recently published research on a genetic breakthrough in understanding MS progression. Dr. Baranzini’s research involves large analyses of samples from patients with MS to characterize the activity of genes during 1) different stages of the disease (eg, remission vs. relapse), ...
Samir Mitragotri, PhD (The Mitragotri lab, Harvard) discusses a novel breakthrough his lab recently published in which an engineered particle referred to as a “backpack” can robustly adhere to macrophage surfaces and regulate cellular phenotypes in vivo. Understanding how these approaches work is not only interesting, it is a refreshing and innovative approach to drug delivery we will be seeing more of soon. Also, Pancreatic Cancer Action (PCA) founder and pancreatic cancer survi...
In the second episode of a series of in-depth conversations, Dike Drummond, MD (family physician, CEO of TheHappyMD.com), discusses the fundamental conflict underlying most physicians’ burnout and how to move forward. Dr. Drummond has coached and trained more than 40,000 doctors for over 175 organization and association clients since 2010. His Burnout Prevention MATRIX White Paper shares 235 different ways to stop physician burnout. This is a topic worthy of extensive discussion. Take the tim...
Nicolas Girard, MD (Curie-Montsouris Thorax Institute, Institut Curie, France), discusses lung cancer research he presented at ASCO 2023, including an advance in the understanding of this difficult-to-treat disease. Also Gregory Lip, MD (University of Liverpool, UK), reviews the most important updates to the CHEST clinical guidelines on antithrombotic therapy in arterial thrombosis and thromboembolism in COVID-19. Enjoy listening! Additional Reading Tatjana Potpara et al, Antithrombotic thera...
Vignesh Arasu, MD, PhD (Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research), explains his research at the intersection of medical imaging, breast cancer, and artificial intelligence. With the recently released documentary “Below the Belt” brining endometriosis into the limelight of late, we also take a deep dive into its etiology with David Redwine, MD, a retired obstetrician-gynecologist who spent his career investigating the origin of endometriosis. Enjoy Listening! Additional...
Amie Zarling, PhD (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Iowa State University), reviews some interesting research on developing and evaluating effective programs for hard-to-reach, under-resourced, and/or under-served populations, which primarily focus on improving family health. Also, regular contributor Dr. MedLaw discusses how, when, and why physicians should disclose their own errors. Did you know that hiding an error will underpin the independent intentional tort of fraudulent c...
Welcome to Episode 101, which seems a great place to go back to basics! Regular PW podcast contributor and PW Editorial Board member Alex McDonald, MD, speaks with Francis Chu, MD, a family physician who currently serves as the program director for Kaiser Permanente San Jose (KPSJ) Family Medicine Residency, director of Graduate Medical Education at KPSJ, assistant dean of the KP Silicon Valley Regional Campus, and volunteer instructor of Family Medicine at Boston University. Drs. McDonald an...
This week’s episode of the PW Podcast is celebratory, in honor of our 100th episode. This has been a fantastic adventure, and we have been honored to interview more than 150 health practitioners to date, exposed to so much fantastic clinical science and expertise! We need to thank all our guests, as well as our regular contributors, Dr. Medlaw and Dr. Alex McDonald. This is an opportunity to also thank our sound guys at The Audio and the great staff at Physician’s Weekly. But we would especia...
Doctor burnout is a significant and pervasive issue that can have detrimental effects on well-being, job satisfaction, and ultimately, patient care. Dike Drummond, MD, family doctor and CEO of TheHappyMD.com, discusses this important topic. Dr. Drummond is the author of the Burnout Prevention MATRIX, which shares 235 ways to stop burnout, and has coached and trained over 40,000 doctors. Enjoy Listening! Check out Dr. Drummond's 1st post in the new TheHappyMD@PW series! And check back mont...
Patrice Forget, MD, PhD (University of Aberdeen) discusses developments in safe pain management and the best evidence-based use of opioids in the current landscape. Dr. Forget is a recognized international expert on pain management and recently published an overview on this topic in Lancet. Also, Dr. MedLaw shares her clinical and legal perspective on dealing with another doctor’s errors. Dr. MedLaw explores the issue of whether doctors who notice these errors become legally liable if they do...
The 14th-century bubonic plague killed up to half the population in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. It has been hypothesized that such a deadly disease may have provided a selected event for genetic variants that protect against infection. People with protective versions of certain genes would be more likely to survive and pass on those variants to future generations. Yet pinpointing such variants has been a challenge. An NIH-funded team of researchers, led by Drs. Hendrik Poinar (...
Gary Milechman, MD, FACC (UCSF Cardiovascular Care and Prevention Center), explains how curiosity guides his differential diagnostics approach, which he shares in teaching the nearly lost art of diagnostics. Also, Adrian Desai Boström, PhD (Karolinksa Institute, Sweden), discuses the implications of his study findings, indicating that male adolescents living in areas where bipolar disorder is diagnosed more frequently are also associated with significantly fewer suicide deaths than in patient...
Karsonya Wise Whitehead, PhD (Executive Director, Karson Institute for Race, Peace, and Social Justice, Communication and African & African American Studies, Loyola University Maryland and President, National Women's Studies Association), discusses the ongoing impacts of the George Floyd murder case, sharing the facts that 79% of Black parents say police violence affects their mental health and that 38% of Black people say the feel anxious when the see an officer. Also, Tracy Velázquez, M...
Steven Younger, MD (Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center), talks with us about tough conversations with patients after poor outcomes, as well as the “Great Resignation” and the consequent stress on physicians due to shortages. Also, Nader Sanai, MD (Chief Scientific Officer/Director Neurosurgical Oncologist, Ivy Brain Tumor Center), discusses the challenges facing brain cancer research and treatment and efforts to find a cure. Those with a brain cancer diagnosis quickly run out o...
Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS (Professor of Geriatric Medicine, UCSF) frames her recently published data on social isolation and loneliness as medical issues in the context of the Surgeon General’s report stating that “loneliness in older adults is a health priority.” We then turn to a situation many doctors would not have necessarily have thought was related to them. The charges were recently dropped against Alec Baldwin in the case of the cinematographer who was killed on his movie set when a...
Dena Battle (President, KCCure), a former congressional aide who spent nearly two decades working on tax and healthcare policy—with expertise in health care reimbursement, tax treatment of benefit plans, the orphan-drug tax credit, and corporate research and development policy—discusses medical misinformation on the Internet and the mitigation of doctor-patient discord. Also, Bernard Zalc, MD, reviews a new model that may help correlate demyelination with the evolution of cognitive and motor ...
John Showalter, MD (CPO, Linus Health) discusses the types of cognitive care that patients want from their physicians and what physicians need to know about cognitive health as is carves out a bigger place in primary care. According to a recent survey of patient expectations, more than 80% of elderly patients are concerned about developing dementia, but their doctors are not screening for early indicators or discussing treatment and prevention. Dr. Showalter discusses this survey data and why...
Regular contributor Dr. MedLaw explains the legal doctrine “assumption of the risk,” helping answer the question “If a patient is explained the risks of medical care and agrees to the treatment, aren’t they agreeing to those risks?” Also, Cynthia Kelly, RD, CD (CEO of the Gluten Intolerance Group), discusses new understandings in gluten sensitivity and intolerance, including Celiac disease. She reviews the pathophysiology and addresses how to help patients overcome obstacles to reducing glute...
Steven Woolf, MD, MPH (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine), discusses the ominous implications of the largest increase in US all-cause pediatric mortality rates in at least 50 years (up 20% in 2019-2021). A nation that begins losing its most cherished population—its children—faces a crisis like no other. Also, Sergio Giralt, MD, reviews results from the MarMMa-3 trial, which investigated the safety and efficacy of idecabtagene vicleucel for relapsed or refractory multiple mye...
Priya Sarin Gupta, MD, MPH (Mass General), discusses how mobile health services for medically underserved populations work, as well as the potential impacts of the recently FDA-approved OTC Narcan for opioid overdose treatment. Also, World Ovarian Cancer Coalition CEO Clara MacKay talks about the newest advances in ovarian cancer, how the organization supports patients with ovarian cancer worldwide, barriers being addressed, and the upcoming World Ovarian Cancer Day, which brings awareness ev...
Sarfaraz Niazi, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago), discusses the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act—President Biden’s historic new prescription drug law under which drug companies will pay rebates to Medicare when their prescription drug prices increase faster than the rate of inflation for certain drugs—on the use of generics and biosimilars. Also, Sami Khella, MD (University of Pennsylvania), talks about the phase 3 NEURO-TTRansform Study, which produced promising results for eplo...
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