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Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Social Media for Practices
Peter Carlos and assistant Jaycee Leonardo discuss social media and the effects social media can have on practices. After gaining 1.7 million followers on TikTok, they use what they have learned through their own personal experiences with their social media to help practices grow on social media.
Inside the Practice: Inside Fear Free
On this episode of Inside the Practice, the founder of Fear Free—Dr. Marty Becker—shares what inspired him to launch Fear Free, specific stories he’s had while incorporating it in the clinic, and what he sees for its future.
Inside the Practice: Inside ABC Kids Dental Group's Robot for Children
Robin the Robot from Expper Technologies is an interactive companion designed to help children feel comfortable in hospitals, dental practices, and other healthcare settings. ABC Kids Dental Group in Los Angeles was the first practice in the area to add Robin to the practice, and the impact has been amazing.
Inside the Practice: Inside Advancing Inclusive Research Site Alliance
Quita Highsmith and Dr. Monica Baskin discuss the Advancing Inclusive Research Site Alliance, a new initiative by Genentech to include more diverse populations in clinical trials. Highsmith and Baskin touch on why it’s important to have started this alliance and how they hope to see the program grow to include other cancer centers.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into the RPH-104 Molecule
Yan Lavrovsky, MD, PhD discusses the RPH-104 Molecule, a biological project that is currently being developed to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases, recurrent fever, joint lesions, and rashes. Dr. Lavrovsky discusses why the FDA approval of the molecule is so groundbreaking, future research, and what first sparked his team’s interest in researching and developing the RPH-104 molecule.
Behind the Science: Behind Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
Five experts in gastroenterology and infectious disease discuss what they think the future is for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in treating recurrent C. difficile infection, which is linked with high mortality. The availability of FMT has been limited since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and more standardized preparations are being explored.
MM4MM: Patagonia
In November of 2019, 13 MMRF hikers, all with a connection to Multiple Myeloma, embarked on the trek of a lifetime. This team traversed Patagonia - crossing over glaciers, through deep valleys, and ascending challenging peaks.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Patient Participation in Clinical Trials
How can researchers encourage patient participation in clinical trials and ensure their comfort during the process? Dr. Miguel Villalona-Calero discusses several aspects of clinical trials from a patient standpoint, from common misconceptions to what the most rewarding aspects are.
After Hours: Bitewing Games
Nick Murray, DDS, and Kyle Spackman, DDS, met in college and reunited in dental school, bonding over a shared love of tabletop and card games. Game play and game design were hobbies for both dentists during school, and now they’ve taken that love to a new level with the founding of Bitewing Games. After a successful crowd-funding campaign on KickStarter, Bitewing Games will be publishing a trio of games designed by a renowned German game creator next spring before turning their focus to launching games of their own design.
Inside the Practice: Inside End of Life Care for Pets at Home
On this episode of Inside the practice, we bring the animal hospital right into your home as Suzanne Ellis, DVM, discusses Lap of Love, a national organization that provides end-of-life care to pets at home. Ellis travels all day to different homes providing at home euthanasia and eventually will start providing hospice care that was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Second Opinion: Antibiotics in COVID-19 Patients
Dr. Matthew Weissenbach, and Dr. Steve Mok both from Wolters Kluwer Health discuss a recent Pew Charitable Trusts study looking at antibiotic use in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. They provide an overview of the data associated with the study, discuss the findings, and offer some insights looking at antibiotic usage in this patient population.
After Hours: TikTok & Oncology
Sanjay Juneja, MD explains how he got started with making comedic and educational TikTok videos, how his social media presence has expanded, and how he’s using it to connect with patients.
Inside the Practice: Inside Brio Dental's Holistic Approach to Dental Care
Holistic Dentistry can be a controversial topic among dental professionals, but at Brio Dental in Portland, Oregon, Karaneh Jahan, DMD, looks to provide care for the entire patient with a focus on services and products that reduce the use of metals and avoid known toxins such as mercury. Dr Jahan shares her personal story of pursuing a holistic approach to her own health challenges, and explains she incorporates those same principles into the care she provides to her patients.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Treating Millennials With Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams, a board-certified neurologist and MS specialist based in Atlanta, Georgia, offered her perspective on the unique aspects of care when it comes to treating millennial patients with multiple sclerosis. She spoke to their differences from older generations in understanding their disease and their desire to be involved in the decision-making process when it comes to disease-modifying therapies and care goals.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Regulation
Dr. William Schaffner chatted at the inflection point of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose regulation: the Vaccines and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) had just given unanimous support to Moderna’s and Johnson & Johnson’s booster dose applications, and the FDA was days away from revamping the eligibility and availability of those doses and the already emergency-authorized dose from Pfizer-BioNTech.
After Hours: Cookie Decorator
Kelly Pillinger, infectious diseases clinical pharmacy specialist and PGY2 infectious diseases residency program director at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Strong Memorial Hospital, discusses how her cookie decorating hobby helps her relieve job stress. She decorates cookies for different seasons, holidays, and events, and started decorating due to the pandemic because it was something she was always interested in.
Behind the Science: Behind the Cardiometabolic Health Excitement in 2022
As we put 2021 behind us and look ahead at 2022, it promises to be another year full of advancements and new discoveries in the field of cardiometabolic health. With the COVID-19 pandemic placing cardiometabolic health in a spotlight, Practical Cardiology and Endocrinology Network assistant managing editor Patrick Campbell polled his recent interview guests with the simple question: what are they most looking forward to in 2022.
Second Opinion: Being CBD Conscious With Pets
Robert Silver, DVM, MS and Charlotte Lacroix, DVM, JD, explain the legal and ethical ways that veterinary professionals can discuss CBD with their clients, plus how to find more reliable information about CBD products.
Wellbeing Checkup: Shrinkflation
For decades, companies have found ways to raise prices without changing the dollar amount on the price tag. Edgar Dworsky is onto them. Dworsky, a consumer advocate who founded Consumerworld.org, says this product downsizing is a perfect example of shrinkflation. Dworsky sat down with Physicians Financial News to explain the concept, why it matters, and what consumers and businesses can do about it.
After Hours: Blacksmithing & Woodworking
On working days, Dr. Michael S. Jellinek is a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. John B. Herman, associate chief of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. On Saturdays though, the 2 physicians wake up at 6 am, go for an early breakfast at a local restaurant, and then head over to Dr Jellinek’s fully equipped woodshed, situated behind his home in Barre, Massachusetts for a day of woodworking and blacksmithing.
After Hours: Dice, Dragons, and Dental Labs
Jessica Vanhouten started her own Dungeons & Dragons dice business because she wanted more and more custom dice for role playing games, but the skills she learned there led her to a job finishing dentures in a Wisconsin dental lab.
Wellbeing Checkup: Strategies to Manage Stress of a New Role
Taking on a new role in a different company can come with its share of excitement but also added levels of stress. Steve Evans, MD, chief medical officer of Centene, Nevada, speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care on the pressure he initially felt in managing the increased workload of his recently appointed role, and what strategies he leveraged to reduce stress and excel in his position.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Allergen of the Year
In 2021, the American Contact Dermatitis Society named acetophenone azine, an allergen found in such substances as soccer shin guards and flip flops, the “allergen of the year.” What does this mean to this pediatric population; how can pediatric health care providers treat this allergen; and what exactly does it mean to be the “allergen of year?” Dr. Bernard A Cohen, the dermatology column editor for Contemporary Pediatrics, explains it all.
Behind the Science: Behind Addressing Manufacturing Challenges
CGTLive sat down with experts to learn more about manufacturing challenges in the cell therapy space and strategies being pursued to address these challenges at the 2022 Onco Cell Therapy Summit. Conversations included Dr. Serena De Vita’s experience with Novartis’ T-Charge platform designed to expedite manufacturing; Dr. Philip Lee’s work with Senti Biosciences to streamline manufacturing; Dr. Michael Leek’s perspective on lessons learned with cell therapy manufacturing throughout the years; and Raphaël Ognar on the advantages of partnering for ease of manufacturing.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into the Role of Exoskeletons in Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation
In the wake of the FDA approval of the EksoNR robotic exoskeleton for use in multiple sclerosis rehabilitation, Dr. Francois Bethoux, the chair of Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Physical Medicine, spoke with NeurologyLive about the functions of the exoskeleton and its use in a real-world clinic setting. He also touched on the available data, the major take-home points for clinicians, and the need to further analyze large datasets to identify the optimal patient populations for it.
Wellbeing Checkup: Promoting an Inclusive Health Care Setting
Vivienne Hau, MD, clinical assistant professor with the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care® on the important role physicians have in curating an inclusive health care environment for all patients.
After Hours: Sustainable Pet Products
Veterinarian Stephanie Stubbe describes Anipal, the Australian company she founded that recycles post-consumer plastic bottles into pet products and supports threatened species in the process, benefiting the animals we love and our wondrous planet. Discover the inspiration and mission of the company, the array of products it offers, and the strides Anipal is making and beyond.
Behind the Science: Behind Hand Hygiene Adherence
One part of an infection preventionists’ duties is to make sure that the health care workers are following their facilities’ hand hygiene protocols. Yet, no matter the tools or tricks that have been offered and created by investigators and inventors, health care professionals still do not follow the hand hygiene guidelines 100% of the time. So Behind the Science asked health care workers off the record why they find themselves not following strict hand hygiene protocol to get an insight on the reasons.
After Hours: Up in the Air
J. Brantley Thrasher, MD, joins us to talk about his journey toward becoming a pilot. He describes the aircraft he’s flown and provides advice for fellow physicians who are looking to take to the skies themselves.
Wellbeing Checkup: Secondary Traumatic Stress
On this episode of “Wellbeing Checkup,” Angie Arora, MSW, RSW, veterinary wellness coach, educator & advocate from Toronto, Canada, explains that veterinary professionals experience especially high exposure to secondary traumatic stress as they work with both patients and clients. Arora describes that there is a gap on how to process the effects of such trauma and delves into the importance of self-regulation and how this can address this problem and promote well-being.
After Hours: Gardening
Annie Lambert discusses how gardening provides her with joy and calm during breaks throughout her workday and helps to give her something to look forward to after work.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into RSV
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory virus that typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms. However, this season we’ve seen an unprecedented number of severe RSV cases in young children and older adults. Dr. Tina Tan joins Deep Dive to explain why this year’s RSV is so early and deadly, as well as to discuss the most promising candidates in the race to the first-ever RSV vaccine.
Wellbeing Checkup: Being Proactive vs Reactive
Sisters Michelle Pearlman, MD, and Amy Pearlman, MD, recently left their careers in academic medicine to start a private practice together. In this episode, they share why they made this move and emphasize the importance of self-care.

Clinical

Inside the Practice: Inside Shared Decision-Making
Dr. Giulia I. Lane joins Inside the Practice to discuss the recent Urology Practice paper “Patient Reported Shared Decision Making in Urology from the Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey,” for which she served as first author.
Second Opinion: Urology Guideline Updates
Mark Painter and Dr. Jonathan Rubenstein join Second Opinion to discuss the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ recently issued technical corrections to the new evaluation and management guidelines.
Behind the Science: Behind Health Care Cost and Coverage
With issues surrounding health care cost and coverage being further exacerbated amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey by Kaiser Family Foundation and the Purchaser Business Group on Health indicates that a majority of executive decision-makers at large employers would support greater government intervention to address these concerns.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Social Media for Practices
Peter Carlos and assistant Jaycee Leonardo discuss social media and the effects social media can have on practices. After gaining 1.7 million followers on TikTok, they use what they have learned through their own personal experiences with their social media to help practices grow on social media.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Women's Health
Laura E. Riley, MD. Riley is chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She specializes in obstetric infectious disease and is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) COVID-19 Task Force.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Children and COVID-19
Pharmacy Times interviewed Jay Lieberman, MD, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and senior medical director of PRA Health Sciences to discuss the future of COVID-19 disease and vaccines for adolescents and children, specifically in light of his perspective on the enrollment of his twin daughters in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into COVID-19 Booster Shots
Dr. Carlos del Rio spoke on the FDA’s authorization of a booster COVID-19 vaccine dose for immunosuppressed patients this week, supported by data showing that immunocompromised patients including organ transplant recipients generally fare worse in COVID-19 vaccine response.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Infection Prevention at Nursing Homes
Heather Saunders, MPH, RN, CIC, is an infection preventionist and a member of ICT’s Editorial Advisory Board. She’s the Director of Infection Control for the Office of Population Health at Johns Hopkins University and she joins Deep Dive to talk about the many issues surrounding infection prevention at nursing homes.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Better Practice-Patient Communication
Communication between health care providers and their patients are critical during patient appointments, but the communication outside of those appointments is just as critical both for the health of the patient and the success of the practice. We spoke with Serge Longin, co-founder and CEO of RevenueWell, a digital communications provider for dental practices, who shared insights on how to connect with patients in ways that meet the needs of both patients and practices, as well as the benefits of newer technologies that enable more flexible communications without sacrificing privacy or security.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive into Breast Imaging in Radiology
During breast cancer awareness month and beyond, the role of breast imagers in radiology expand far beyond administering a mammogram or screening ultrasound. For radiologist Dana K. Bonaminio, MD, interfacing with patients and spreading awareness of the importance of breast cancer screening are highlights of her career, which she has dedicated to breast imaging.
Inside the Practice: Inside Foulkeways Christmas Show
Thanks to the COVID-19 vaccines, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have become less of a threat to residents this year. That wasn’t the case in 2020, when nursing homes were the nexus of COVID-19. Nearly 20% of the approximately 750,000 Americans who’ve died in the COVID-19 pandemic have been nursing home residents. How do you bring holiday cheer to this most vulnerable population who not only had to fight off COVID-19, but also the isolation that came with it? Around Thanksgiving last year, Mary Knapp, director of health services at Foulkeways at Gwynedd, decided to start planning a Christmas show. A Christmas show not only for the residents, but performed by the residents.
Behind the Science: Behind Value-Based Insurance Design to Enhance Health Equity
In bringing together national leaders from across the healthcare spectrum, this year’s virtual V-Bid Summit will address the opportunities and challenges regarding strategies to reduce health care disparities and enhance equity. Dr Mark Fendrick, director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, spoke with The American Journal of Managed Care® on the key discussions to be held at the meeting, with panelists Katy Spangler, principal at Spangler Strategies, and Dr Dora Hughes, chief medical officer at the CMS Innovation Center, also previewing their talks as well.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Monoclonal Antibodies
Monoclonal antibodies have become a beacon of hope for patients at high risk of COVID-19 who may not have a full response to the vaccines, or for whom vaccination isn’t an option. In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Alfred L’Altrelli, senior director of pharmacy at UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside, discussed how pharmacists are ensuring patient access to these important treatments.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Selective Salpingography
Interventional radiologist Lindsay Machan, MD, discussed his longtime work with selective salpingography and fallopian tube recanalization to assist women with infertility issues, and key findings from a new study that he recently presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) conference.
Behind the Science: Behind the Latest in Migraine Medicine
While onsite at the American Headache Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting, NeurologyLive caught up with a number of experts in the care and science of headache medicine to hear about some of the hottest topics in the clinical care of migraine. They offered insights into the state of science around status migrainosus, the disparity in funding relative to disease burden, the underlying cellular process in migraine, and the research into psychedelics as therapeutics for headache disorders.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into HFpEF Patients in the US
Stephen Greene, MD, provides a snapshot of trends in characteristics and outcomes among people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the US by taking a Deep Dive into work he presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2022.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Palliative Radiation in Oncology
Reanne Booker, MN, NP, nurse practitioner with the palliative and end of life care services program at the Foothills Medical Centre at Alberta Health Services in Calgary, Alberta, as well as a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, shares how nurses can increase patient understanding on the role of palliative care in oncology.
Behind the Science: Behind Challenges in Cannabis Testing
There are several challenges in cannabis testing, which can make it difficult to ensure accurate and reliable results. Some of these challenges range from regulatory inconsistencies between states and countries, making it difficult to establish consistent testing standards; complex chemistry and subsequent analysis; sample variability; lack of standardized methods; contamination; and limited research. Here, several analytical chemistry experts weigh in on what they believe are the biggest challenges facing the cannabis testing world.
Wellbeing Checkup: Value-Based Oncology Care
Recently appointed as Medical Director of Oncology at Thyme Care, Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA, speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care on what patients with cancer should expect from value-based care (VBC) providers, as well as recommendations for VBC providers when expanding to new communities.

Lifestyle

 Loren Winters joins Wellbeing Checkup.
While the job is rewarding, being a healthcare clinician can also be busy and stressful, especially during a global pandemic. Research has shown that mindfulness, meditation, and yoga help to decrease stress. Loren Winters joins Wellbeing Checkup to demonstrate a 5-minute chair yoga session that providers can do anywhere and anytime.
After Hours: Bandage Art
Jack Cameron, an emergency department technician at Stanford Healthcare, is interviewed by DVM360. Along with being a technician, Jack creates bandage art for patients in both the human and animal medical fields.
A theatre production Dr. Fidler was involved with.
Dr. Donald Fidler, professor in the department of behavioral medicine and psychiatry at West Virginia University, is also a prolific playwright and filmmaker. Dr. Fidler spoke with Psychiatric Times about his love of writing and how it began in childhood; making scenes out of giant popcorn boxes that his dad, a theatre major, brought home from work.
Dr. Richard Berlin speaks about his love of poetry.
Dr. Richard Berlin joins After Hours to discuss his love of poetry, his process, and why he continues to write to edify his work in medicine.
Dr. Luke with his band "The Checkpoints"
Dr. Jason Luke is not only a well known oncologist at UPMC, but also as a trumpet player with his band "The Checkpoints". Dr. Luke joins After Hours to discuss his passion for music.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Social Media for Practices
Peter Carlos and assistant Jaycee Leonardo discuss social media and the effects social media can have on practices. After gaining 1.7 million followers on TikTok, they use what they have learned through their own personal experiences with their social media to help practices grow on social media.
Wellbeing Checkup: At Home Wellness
Thomas Zaleske offers great advice for his fellow lab technicians, but his approach to maintaining physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing is a model that can be adopted by anyone who works alone or from a home office.
Inside the Practice: Inside T-Cell Response
Dr. Lance Baldo will discuss the findings and biggest takeaways from a recent study published in Nature on this topic as well as the importance of T cells and what they teach us about disease, diagnosis, and treatment. He will also offer a description of technology that addresses T-cell response, how it works, and why it’s beneficial to clinicians and patients.
Wellbeing Checkup: Staying Connected
Daniel Hernandez, MD and Shilpa Venkatachalam, PhD, MPH from the CreakyJoints and Global Healthy Living Foundation discuss staying sane during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Behind the Science: Behind Mentor Advice
Mentors positively affect people’s lives in many ways, including passing on knowledge and wisdom. In this video, 6 doctors share the best piece they have received from a mentor.
After Hours: TikTok & Oncology
Sanjay Juneja, MD explains how he got started with making comedic and educational TikTok videos, how his social media presence has expanded, and how he’s using it to connect with patients.
After Hours: Pottery
We sat down with Anisha Dua, MD, MPH to discuss her passion for making pottery. She explains what she loves most about pottery and how she believes pottery to be a meditative process for her and an important form of self-care, especially during the pandemic.
Wellbeing Checkup: Do Something You Love
Alexis Skoufalos, EdD, joins Wellbeing Checkup to talk about the importance of health care providers taking care of themselves, and to take time every day to do something they love.
Wellbeing Checkup: Manage Mental Health
Nate Royster, RN, offers tips on managing wellbeing while dealing with the day-to-day stress of the pandemic as an Emergency Department nurse working on the frontlines. Royster explained that remaining conscious of his own emotions, acknowledging the impact of his own efforts, and letting it be okay to feel overwhelmed have all been critical to manage his own mental health and wellness, as well as establishing good relationships with the people he’s working with because they are the people who understand what he’s going through each day.
After Hours: Triathlons
This interview discusses William “Bill” Loeffler and his outside hobby of competing in triathlons and climbing the Adirondacks.
After Hours: Vet on Ice
This episode of After Hours features Dr Heather Kvitko-White, DVM, DACVIM, as she shares her love for ice skating and her path to playing recreational hockey.
Wellbeing Checkup: Manage Stress in a New Role
As patient- and population-level issues continue to face stakeholders involved in US health care transformation, finding time to maintain a work/life balance can be a difficult task. Mark Fendrick, MD, co-editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Managed Care®, and director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, discusses why this balance is important for stakeholders to efficiently manage short- and long-term goals, and what benefits he gained through his recent sabbatical with his new puppy.
Wellbeing Checkup: Finding What Works For Yourself
C. Roberto Simons-Linares, MD, talks about the need to find things to deal with stress and burnout. He personally likes the outdoors and exercise, but thinks everyone should find something that works for them individually.
Wellbeing Checkup: Being Okay With Not Being Okay
Heidi Finnes, the President-elect of Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association, discusses her experience of burnout among medical colleagues in the field of oncology and ways health care organizations and institutes can implement metrics to support the assessment of burnout in the field.
After Hours: Food and Recipe Blogger
Dan Mikesell, DO, spent 37 years practicing as a pediatrician in Muskegon, Michigan. In 2010, he became Dr. Dan, creator of the food and recipe blog 101cookingfortwo.com, and his hobby has continued since he retired in 2016. His blog began as a way to share recipes with his family while blending his loves of food, cameras and computers. It has had mentions and collaborations with a number of nationally recognized culinary sources. Spoiler alert: Dr. Dan reveals his favorite food and his favorite recipe.
Wellbeing Checkup: Meditation for Maintaining Wellbeing
Abdelaziz Mohamed, MD, discusses how meditation allows him to stay aware of his thoughts and helps him understand himself better. He also notes how the practice may benefit patients with chronic diseases, including autoimmune diseases, regarding fatigue, pain, and general discomfort.
After Hours: Football Fan
Along with practicing intellectual property law at Venable, Ha Kung Wong, JD, an advisory board member of The Center for Biosimilars®, is the host of a podcast called Football Garbage Time where he discusses all the latest news and updates in the NFL and fantasy football, as well as pop culture. On today’s After Hours, Ha Kung discusses what first sparked his love of sports, his future plans for the podcast, and his early predictions for Super Bowl LVII (57).
Wellbeing Checkup: Ways to De-Stress
Audrey Friedman, MSN, RN, CLNC, Oncology nurse at UC Health University of Colorado Hospital, shares how she found her techniques to destress after a shift at the hospital. She also gives her advice to other health care workers to find their own methods to settle and find their center again.
After Hours: Gardening
Annie Lambert discusses how gardening provides her with joy and calm during breaks throughout her workday and helps to give her something to look forward to after work.
Wellbeing Checkup: Being Proactive vs Reactive
Sisters Michelle Pearlman, MD, and Amy Pearlman, MD, recently left their careers in academic medicine to start a private practice together. In this episode, they share why they made this move and emphasize the importance of self-care.
After Hours: Oil Painting and Mindful Art
Tracey McGrath, PharmD, created Bliss Arts Co. after spending over 18 years in retail pharmacy. She became a mindful art coach who provides resources for women to use mindfulness techniques and meditation in their art practice to keep out judgement of themselves and their work. She also created a course designed specifically to help women create more calm and peaceful awareness in their lives using mindful art.
After Hours: ECG Works of Art
Lindsey Ball, MD, works as an emergency medicine physician in a community hospital during the day and afterward she turns copies of ECGs into works of art.
After Hours: Yoga Instructor
Cecelia Koetting, OD, spends her days practicing as an optometrist in Denver, Colorado, but she spends her nights and weekends on the mat, practicing yoga and teaching at community events.
Wellbeing Checkup: Facing That Big Goal
Ophthalmologist Mia Woodward, MD, MSc, addresses the mental challenges and emotions that often accompany a big goal. As a clinician-scientist and certified life coach, Dr. Woodward outlines the process of defining a big goal, understanding why a goal hasn’t been done yet, and accepting the goal.
After Hours: Koi Fish
Dr. Vernard Hodges, the co-star of the popular television show, Critter Fixers, shares his passion for aquatic veterinary medicine and how it relates to his love for caring for koi fish.

Innovation

Dr. Robert Glickman joins Inside the Practice.
Dr. Robert Glickman joins Inside the Practice to discuss why the school feels it’s important to train dental students with the latest dental technologies including 3D cone beam imaging systems, digital intraoral scanners and CAD/CAM solutions including 3D printers. The discussion talks about the role these technologies play in dentistry today, and the ways this educational approach can help inform dental students’ future careers, as well as the future of the dental industry.
Bash Halow joins Deep Dive
Bash Halow joins Deep Dive to discuss the toll that politics, policy and the pandemic are taking on workplace relationships and how to alleviate those strains. This segment explores the various stressors placed on veterinary professional relationships with their teams and clients from external influences like the pandemic, and internal team leadership struggles.
Dr. Michael Robinson joins Deep Dive.
Two new therapies for presbyopia are in the pipeline. Allergan recently submitted an NDA for its investigational eye drop to treat the condition, and Visus Therapeutics recently received FDA acceptance of its investigational new drug application for Brimochol. Dr. Michael Robinson from Allergan and Dr. Rhett Schiffman from Visus join Deep Dive to talk about how the products work and what’s coming next.
Behind the Science: Behind ASCO Findings
The 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO 2021) continues to hold its place as the most impactful medical meeting for advancements in the field of cancer treatment, with pivotal presentations across a wide range of different tumor types shaking up the standard of care each year.
Inside the Practice: Inside Cognoa’s Canvas Dx
Dr. Sharief Taraman explains Cognoa’s Canvas Dx, a first-of-its-kind autism diagnostic tool, being authorized for marketing by the US Food and Drug Administration for the physician-aided diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a primary care setting.
Inside the Practice: Inside Mismatched Unrelated Donor Transplantation
Dr. Jeffery Auletta discusses recently published research regarding mismatched unrelated donors stem cell transplant in patients with acute leukemias and myelodysplastic syndrome. The findings indicates that HLA-matched unrelated donors may offer better outcomes for patient’s vs half-matched related donors.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Psychedelic Compounds to Treat Obesity
Pharmacy Times interviewed Dr. Clive Ward Able, the president of Clintell and a trained pharmacist and physician who has worked in the pharmacy industry for over 30 years. During this discussion, Dr. Ward Able addresses his research investigating the use of psychedelic compounds to treat obesity, as well as optimize human health.
Inside the Practice: Inside EyeLib
Dr. Michael Assouline joins to discuss new technology for screening for and diagnosing ophthalmic conditions. EyeLib is described as an AI-device that “allows for rapid fully automated advanced and comprehensive ophthalmological diagnoses and consequent referrals to the appropriate specialists.” Essentially, the idea is that all the medical devices used at the beginning of a check-up are combined into one streamlined machine.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Bevacizumab Biosimilars for Eye Conditions
As use of reference bevacizumab (Avastin) for the treatment of macular degeneration has increased over the past decade, payers have begun to recommend bevacizumab biosimilars for the same indication. However, some institutions, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, say that there needs to be more evidence for the use of these biosimilars for macular degeneration and that recommending them for use is premature.
Inside the Practice: Inside ABC Kids Dental Group's Robot for Children
Robin the Robot from Expper Technologies is an interactive companion designed to help children feel comfortable in hospitals, dental practices, and other healthcare settings. ABC Kids Dental Group in Los Angeles was the first practice in the area to add Robin to the practice, and the impact has been amazing.
Inside the Practice: Inside Advancing Inclusive Research Site Alliance
Quita Highsmith and Dr. Monica Baskin discuss the Advancing Inclusive Research Site Alliance, a new initiative by Genentech to include more diverse populations in clinical trials. Highsmith and Baskin touch on why it’s important to have started this alliance and how they hope to see the program grow to include other cancer centers.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into the RPH-104 Molecule
Yan Lavrovsky, MD, PhD discusses the RPH-104 Molecule, a biological project that is currently being developed to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases, recurrent fever, joint lesions, and rashes. Dr. Lavrovsky discusses why the FDA approval of the molecule is so groundbreaking, future research, and what first sparked his team’s interest in researching and developing the RPH-104 molecule.
Behind the Science: Behind Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
Five experts in gastroenterology and infectious disease discuss what they think the future is for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in treating recurrent C. difficile infection, which is linked with high mortality. The availability of FMT has been limited since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and more standardized preparations are being explored.
Inside the Practice: Inside New Breast Cancer Tech
For patients with breast cancer whose disease has spread to the axillary lymph nodes, the use of a new reflector device technology in the early neoadjuvant chemotherapy setting can help to more accurately pinpoint cancerous nodes for resection, and potentially improve outcomes. Leslie L. Montgomery, MD, and Tara M. Balija, MD, discuss the benefits of a novel reflector device in patients with breast cancer, its efficacy in identifying clipped axillary lymph nodes, and the potential future use of this device in other cancer types.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Possibilities in Cancer Care
Previewing New Jersey’s first free-standing cancer center, Dr Steven Libutti, director of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care on how the upcoming Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center will open possibilities in cancer care that were otherwise unavailable in the state. Dr Libutti discusses the capabilities in oncology care and clinical trial research that will be provided at the Rutgers-affiliated center, and its implications for a state marked by one of the highest cancer rates nationwide.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Digital Twin Imaging Platform
Utilizing its innovative whole-body scanner, Q Bio develops breakthrough technology to measure changes in the human body like never before. Q Bio unveiled the first clinical "digital twin" platform, Q Bio Gemini, to capture and monitor comprehensive baseline patient health in a scalable virtual model. In this interview, Q Bio CEO Jeff Kaditz discusses the company’s leading technology that is driving this innovation.
Inside the Practice: Inside Brio Dental's Holistic Approach to Dental Care
Holistic Dentistry can be a controversial topic among dental professionals, but at Brio Dental in Portland, Oregon, Karaneh Jahan, DMD, looks to provide care for the entire patient with a focus on services and products that reduce the use of metals and avoid known toxins such as mercury. Dr Jahan shares her personal story of pursuing a holistic approach to her own health challenges, and explains she incorporates those same principles into the care she provides to her patients.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Drug Development Through Pathway Approach
The COVID pandemic is driving interest in the importance of the immune system to human health, and platform technologies to preventing and treating disease. There are roughly 60 million patients in western society dealing with immune mediated diseases. Tackling drug development through a pathway approach opens the potential to treat multiple diseases with one therapy. New ongoing research by Janssen Immunology continues to validate their “pipeline in a pathway” model to treating immune mediated diseases in multiple therapeutic areas including psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis and more.
Inside the Practice: Inside Assisted and Robotic Surgery
Greg Marchand, MD, FACS, FACOG, FICS, Director of the Marchand Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery. He talks about robotic and assisted laparoscopic surgery and shows how his simulators of the two different machines work. He also explains the many benefits to assisted or robotic surgery.
Inside the Practice: Inside A Cancer Symptom Management App
Ovarian cancer can bring an onslaught of more than a dozen symptoms, as well as lingering anxiety and other difficulties for patients and their caregivers. Heidi Donovan, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing is working with app developer Haomin (Leon) Hu to change that. Their app, which is currently in the early stages of development and is slated to launch next year, will help patients and their caregivers track and manage symptoms, leading to a better feeling of control over the disease.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into the Burn Reversal Method
James Beckman, MD, is the creator of a topical application that stops the progression of a first or second degree burn and reverse the symptoms already present as soon as possible after the burn. We discuss the science behind this burn reversal method, the complexities of working with burned skin, and what needs to be considered when working with a burned patient.
After Hours: Biosimilar Whiskey
As high-end whisky can take decades to develop and total to thousands of dollars per bottle, a novel process created by Sarfaraz Niazi, adjunct professor of biopharmaceutical sciences and advisory board member for the Center for Biosimilars®, seeks to circumvent both time and cost by replicating the biosimilar approach to therapeutic drugs to that of whisky. Dr. Niazi speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care® on the distillation process, how the biobetter whiskies compared with their reference products, and future considerations for the alcohol industry.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Epstein-Barr Virus as a Cause of Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Bridget A. Bagert sat down with NeurologyLive to discuss a hot topic of clinical concern in multiple sclerosis: Epstein-Barr virus. After 2 decades of research suggesting a link between EBV and MS, the findings of a recently published paper provided the most robust dataset to date, with analyses suggesting there may be a causal link between EBV infection and MS disease onset. Bagert, an expert in the field of MS who has focused on this link in her clinical research, offered her perspective on the findings the what is known to this point.
Inside the Practice: Inside PrismRA
Sam Asgarian, MD, MBA discusses how PrismRA uses a patient’s disease signature to match them with a therapy best suited for them and how this new technology has the potential to produce faster, better outcomes in this patient population.
Inside the Practice: Inside CBD in Pharmacy Practice
Alex Capano DNP, CRNP and Samantha Timmermann discuss introducing CBD in pharmacy practice, including how to ensure patients are discussing it, what are the questions pharmacists should prepare for, and what pharmacists need to learn before introducing it.
Inside the Practice: Inside CAR T-Cell Therapy
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Myeloma Center became the first institution in the state to offer CAR T-cell therapy for patients with multiple myeloma. Frits van Rhee, MD, PhD, joins to discuss.
Inside the Practice: Inside Teledentistry
Advantage Dental+ has incorporated “teledentistry” in its practices, allowing patients to have more flexibility in a variety of services. Sharity Ludwig, EPDH, MS, is Director of Alternative Care Models at Advantage Dental+ and has expanded on some of the benefits that telehealth/teledentistry can offer both patient and practitioner. Teledentistry can serve patients in a variety of ways, including assisting patients who may otherwise be unable to access quality dental care because of location or working hours.
Behind the Science: Behind Artificial Intelligence in Radiology
Nina Kotter, MD, the Associate Chief Medical Officer of Clinical AI for Radiology Partners, Sonia Gupta, MD, the Chief Medical Officer for Change Healthcare, and Morris Panner, the President of Intelerad Medical Systems, discussed challenges with radiology workflows and how artificial intelligence (AI) could improve workflow efficiencies and possibly facilitate improved patient outcomes down the line.
Wellbeing Checkup: Mobile Technology
Vamsidhar Velcheti, MD, speaks on Lung Cancer Health Equity SU2C Catalyst® Research Team (with support from Bristol Myers Squibb): The team will investigate whether mobile technology services can improve patient outcomes for underserved, underrepresented diverse patients. Specifically, the team will study whether Black, Hispanic and Asian non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients across NYC using the ApricityRx™ digital platform, as well as the on-demand ApricityRx™ Cancer Adverse event Rapid Evaluation (C.A.R.E.) service to see if their long-term outcomes can be improved and whether technology-enabled monitoring can close gaps in clinical care for underrepresented populations.
Wellbeing Checkup: Maintaining a Personal Touch With Telehealth
When it comes to maintaining a personal touch with telehealth appointments, appropriate patient selection is key, explains Krupal Patel, MD, MSc, FRCS(C). Patel and his team also conducted research on both patient and providers’ opinions of telehealth, and found that many providers actually still felt connected to their patients, even if their visits were virtual. Similarly, patients also felt that they had better connection to their clinicians, highlighting that telehealth could be a fantastic option that offers more flexibility for both patients and providers.
Behind the Science:  Behind Advances in CAR-T Therapy
At the 64th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, the CGTLive team caught up with experts in the clinical care of patients who are receiving cell and gene treatments. A variety of data were presented on the latest advances in CAR-T therapies that are being evaluated for different patient populations. Specifically, they offered insight into the trends they’ve observed in the development of these treatments, the needs that are lingering where progress has been made, and much more.
Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Aflibercept
On this episode of Deep Dive, Dr. David S. Boyer joins us to discuss 48-week results from the PHOTON study detailing the safety and efficacy of high-dose aflibercept in the treatment of diabetic macular edema. Boyer is an adjunct professor of ophthalmology at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine and a partner in Retina Vitreous Associates Medical Group in Los Angeles.
Deep Dive: Into Psychedelic Treatments
As cannabis slowly gains a foothold in US medicine, psychedelics seem to already inhabit a place of their own, yet their role remains undefined. Dustin Sulak, D.O., founder of Integr8 Health and medical cannabis education resource Healer.com, shares his professional experience with psychedelics as a treatment option for patients in his practice.
Deep Dive: Into the Rise of AI in Oncologic Care
Given the large number of patients diagnosed with cancer and amount of data produced during cancer treatment, interest in the application of artificial intelligence to improve oncologic care is expanding and holds potential. Here, Tufia C. Haddad, MD, discusses how experts can leverage AI to improve care for their patients with cancer.
Behind the Science: Behind AI in Colorectal Cancer
During the recent Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting in Chicago from May 6-9, AI was a major topic of discussion. During the meeting Drs. Shaukat and Lee shared insight into how AI is being utilized specifically for colorectal cancer screenings to better detect polyps and forecast risk.
Deep Dive: Into AI Tech and Coughing
Devan Jaganath, MD, MPH, breaks down how artificial intelligence technology helps detect cough sounds, severity and frequency, and how this new technology can help treat infants.