Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Brian McDonough interviews Dr. Kimberly Richter, a professor at University of Kansas Medical Center--Author of "Big Marijuana--Lessons from Big Tobacco" in the New England Journal of Medicine. The United States is divided over legalization of marijuana. Some of the points discussed include individual rights, tax revenue, medical effects, and social benefits and costs of marijuana legalization.
Jul 08, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Brian McDonough speaks with Larry Bauer, CEO of the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC), a leading organization dedicated to the growth of family medicine and primary care nationwide. Mr. Bauer has spent over two decades helping connect those interested in improving the health of their community by strengthening family medicine/primary care services and medical education.
Jul 08, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Primary care medicine is at the forefront for listening and responding to patients who suffer from chronic pain. Yet due to the myriad of potential causes and difficulty to treat, a regular office visit can become much more complex once a patient states he or she has pain. How do clinicians determine when the pain is physiologic vs psychologic in origin, and how can the potential for abuse of pain medicine be minimized? Host Dr. Brian McDonough speaks with Dr....
Jun 27, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP This week, Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Janelle von Bargen, Instructor at the University of Delaware and member of the Behavioral Medicine faculty for the Saint Francis Family Medicine Residency Program in Wilmington, DE. Their discussion centers on the perspectives of the Behaviorist in numerous facets of primary care practice, from psychiatric patient screening and treatment considerations to electronic health record utilization.
Jun 09, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Natural family planning (NFP), also called fertility awareness, is a method of birth control that does not use any drugs or devices. Despite gaining traction of late, there are varying attitudes and sentiments from the medical community toward this practice. Dr. Robert Motley, President of Medical Staff at Lehigh Valley Health Network, joins host Dr. Brian McDonough to describe this alternative approach and its respective advantages and disadvantages for patie...
May 28, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Nancy Fan, practicing OB/GYN at Saint Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE and current Chair of the School Health Committee for the Medical Society of Delaware, to discuss challenges and controversies surrounding breast feeding recommendations in maternity care practice.
May 07, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Torpey White, Director of the Governance, Risk and Compliance Group. Their discussion will focus on compliance, as well as how to utilize electronic technology in order to benefit your patients. Mr. White will also touch on the HIPAA privacy rule, accepting credit card payments from patients, and how to securely handle patient data. He will also share his opinion on how physicians can protect their practices, as well as their p...
Apr 16, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Tune in to hear how Chip Cleary serves as an advisor to physicians and others about Healthcare and Business.
Apr 10, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP On this special program, Dr. Brian McDonough speaks with Chrissy McCoog and her father, Lou Antosh, about their collective experience in navigating a topsy-turvy healthcare system through the diagnosis, management, and followup of Chrissy's chronic kidney disease, Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Ms. McCoog details her nearly 20-year path as patient, and the struggles and triumphs she has witnessed. Mr. Antosh also describes his parental point of vie...
Apr 08, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Shoshanna Sofaer, Professor and Robert P. Luciano Chair of Health Care Policy at Baruch College in New York. Dr. Sofaer has a wide range of research interests: health care quality measurement and improvement; interventions to provide health care consumers with information to support them in choosing and using health care wisely; broad-based coalitions and partnerships to pursue community health improvement objectives; and innov...
Apr 08, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Discussing innovative ENT treatments on the horizon for patients who experience loss of taste and smell is Dr. Edmund Pribitkin, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University.
Mar 12, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP How has the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model for primary care evolved since its inception? Speaking on this subject is Dr. William Warning, Program Director of the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Warning is also the Faculty Chair of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Residency Program PCMH Collaborative, the largest Family Medicine Residency collaborative in the country. He is a speaker both regio...
Mar 12, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to talk about the roles of obstetrics and gynecology in primary care and medical education is Dr. James Cosgrove, Chairman of OB/GYN at Saint Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE. They will discuss the importance of OB/GYNs keeping their primary care colleagues informed of patient screenings, surgeries, and conditions in order to enhance the level of care. Dr. Cosgrove will also touch on admission to medical schools, the importance of...
Mar 12, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Eric Topol, Scripps Health Chief Academic Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Medscape, to discuss the vision and research behind his book The Creative Destruction of Medicine . Dr. Topol reflects on the evolving personalization of medical care facilitated by technological advancements, and how health systems can leverage the personalized medicine movement toward greater transparency in care for patients....
Feb 27, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Dr. Beverly Cowart from the Monell Chemical Sciences Center to talk about the neurobiological underpinnings of anosmia (loss of smell), the ways in which this condition presents clinically, and perspectives on how targeted treatments will be developed down the road.
Feb 27, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by David Brooks, CEO of Medlio. Medlio is a secure, virtual health insurance card that provides cost transparency for patients and providers. Mr. Brooks shares his insights on how emerging mobile technologies can drive primary care practice toward greater efficiency alongside better outcomes for patients.
Feb 17, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP "Doctors 'Google' their patients. In fact, the vast majority of physicians I know have done so... But it surprises me that more physicians don't pause and think about what it means for the patient-doctor relationship." This an excerpt by physician and author Dr. Haider Warraich from his New York Times article titled "When Doctors ‘Google' Their Patients." Join host Dr. Brian McDonough for an interesting discussion on the ethical ramifications of this trending ...
Jan 22, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP In America, we spend over 2.6 trillion dollars on health care each year, yet we rank 37th in the world for health care outcomes. Speaking on this and other stark revelations of American healthcare is Dr. Ted Epperly, author of the Fractured: America's Broken Health Care System and What We Must Do to Heal it . In this discussion, Dr. Epperly draws on his decades of experience as a family physician to identify the system s gaps and disparities and propose a comp...
Jan 08, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP "There's no such thing as alternative medicine. There's only medicine that works and medicine that doesn't." This is a perspective shared by Dr. Paul Offit. In his book, Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine , Dr. Offit offers a scathing exposé of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how popular therapies leverage efficacy via the placebo response despite being ineffective, expensive, and in some cases even deadly....
Jan 08, 20140
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Pulse , an online magazine founded in 2008, uses stories and poems to tell the story of health care through the personal experiences of those who live it: patients, health professionals, students and caregivers. Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to speak about this creative outlet for reflecting on the giving and receiving of medical care is Dr. Paul Gross, Pulse 's Editor-in-Chief and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Social Medicine at Albert Ein...
Dec 09, 20130
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Why do only 7-8% of medical school graduates nationwide choose Family Medicine, and what can be done on both micro and macro levels to counter this disparaging trend for primary care practice? Dr. Richard Young, Director of Research and Associate Program Director at the JPS Family Medicine Residency Program in Fort Worth, TX, discusses this issue in detail. Hosted by Dr. Brian McDonough.
Oct 29, 20130
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Host Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Susan Weiner, a dietician based in Long Island, NY and author of The Complete Diabetes Organizer: Your Guide to a Less Stressful and More Manageable Diabetes Life. Their discussion offers tips for clinicians to better help their patients with this chronic condition.
Oct 29, 20130
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Discussing ways in which general practitioners can "tackle" common sports injuries in practice is Dr. James Andrews, an orthopedic surgeon who practices in Birmingham, Alabama at the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center. He also serves as the team doctor for Alabama, Auburn, and the NFL's Washington Redskins. Dr. Andrews is arguably the most renowned orthopedic surgeon in his profession for knee, elbow, and shoulder injuries; his roster of professi...
Sep 10, 20130
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Host Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Dr. Steven Davis, Chief of Plastic Surgery at Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Cherry Hill and Washington Township Divisions, and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at UMDNJ and PCOM. Their discussion centers on the emerging roles of cosmetic surgery in primary care, including the risks versus benefits in providing basic cosmetic procedures for patients in general practice.
Sep 09, 20130
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Roughly 300,000 Americans are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year. However, despite this surprisingly high incidence, Lyme disease doesn't always present in the same way and co-infections with other tick-borne illnesses frequently occur, complicating the diagnosis. Dr. Kathleen Spreen, author of the recently published Compendium of Tick-Borne Disease-A Thousand Pearls , shares insights on common clinical misconceptions about Lyme Disease as well as her exper...
Sep 09, 20130
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Host Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. David Lubarsky, Chief Medical and System Integration Officer and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management at University of Miami Health System. Their topic of discussion is the dilemma of pain complaints and how to evaluate legitimate chronic pain, medication-seeking behaviors, or combinations of the two. Dr. Lubarsky also speaks on when to consider alternatives to prescription ...
Jul 30, 20130
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP In the field of primary care, changing practice standards demand unique approaches from today's and tomorrow's generations of physicians. Dr. Khuram R Ghumman, MD, MPH, Medical Director of the Hartford HealthCare Medical Group in Enfield, CT, discusses his perspectives and expectations of the shifting healthcare landscape from a primary care point of view.
Jul 24, 20130
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Joining Dr. Brian McDonough is Dr. Tom Linden, the Glaxo Wellcome Distinguished Professor of Medical Journalism at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Linden directs the Medical & Science Journalism Program, one of the nation's first master's programs in medical journalism. He is also the author of "The New York Times Reader: Health & Medicine," a compendium of more than 50 stories featuring condensed interviews with Times reporters and a how-to manu...
Jul 23, 20130
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Marcia Pelchat, physiological psychologist and Associate Member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, discusses her research on the neuroscience and behavioral psychology of eating disorders, from picky eating to food addiction. She also describes current recovery methods for patients with recent-onset anosmia, or loss of the sense of smell.
Jul 16, 20130
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP The Patient-Centered Medical Home is a frequently discussed model for improving general practice, but converting from an ideal to a practical reality has been difficult for many clinicians on the front lines of care. Speaking on the triumphs and setbacks of this transitional period in practice is Dr. Hugh Bonner, Associate Director of the Saint Francis Family Medical Residency Program and past-president of the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians....
Jun 27, 20130
