Dr. Pramod Puligandla, Traumatic Pediatric Surgeon and Intensivist at Montreal Children’s Hospital, joins the Stay Current Team to review the Cliff Notes on traumatic brain injury (TBI). Intro and outro tracks are adapted from "I dunno" by grapes, featuring J Lang, Morusque. Artist URL: ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626.
Nov 22, 2019•15 min
This podcast is an interactive discussion about the management of coagulopathy, analgesia, sedation, and delirium in critically ill pediatric patients between Dr. Adam Vogel and Dr. Alexander Gibbons. 00:00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:22:01 Case Scenario: 12-year-old male in helmeted MVC vs. bicycle accident 00:02:36:10 See Where You Are 00:05:22:17 Initial Therapy 00:06:26:04 General Management 00:07:00:04 Viscoelastic Monitoring 00:08:05:01 Phases of Viscoelastic Monitoring 00:10:47:02 Targeted T...
Oct 31, 2019•45 min
This episode is a review of pediatric ECMO with Dr. Samir Gadepalli, Dr. Alejandra Casar Berazaluce, and Dr. Todd Ponsky. Intro and outro tracks are adapted from "I dunno" by grapes, featuring J Lang, Morusque. Artist URL: ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
Oct 18, 2019•54 min
Ponsky fellows Rae Hanke, Alex Casar and Alex Gibbons join forces to bring you highlights from IPEG 2019. Interviews with Drs Jordan Taylor, Daniel von Allmen, Bethany Slater, Philipp Szavay, Aayed Alqahtani, Steven Rothenberg and Whit Holcomb cover a breadth of topics, including using virtual reality to reduce sedation, repairing esophageal atresia with magnets, innovations in bariatric surgery and more! Enjoying Stay Current podcasts? Then you should check out the StayCurrent app for an even b...
Sep 23, 2019•13 min
Drs Daniel von Allmen, Todd Ponsky and Rae Hanke come together to provide you the essentials on the diagnosis and management of Neuroblastoma. Time Stops: 00:00 | Introduction 00:23 | Epidemiology 00:37 | Presentation 01:01 | Work Up 02:36 | Pre-biopsy staging 03:53 | Management 05:09 | Post-biopsy risk stratification 09:00 | Clinical Pearls Intro and outro tracks are adapted from "I dunno" by grapes, featuring J Lang, Morusque. Artist URL: ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
Sep 12, 2019•11 min
This episode is a panel discussion by members of the Benjy Brooks (Women of APSA) Committee during the APSA 50th Anniversary Meeting in celebration of Women in Medicine Month. It is part of our collaboration with the Behind the Knife podcast. Join Dr. Kathryn Anderson, Dr. Diana Farmer, and Dr. Marion Henry as they share their stories of flat heads from breaking glass ceilings and paving the way for women in Pediatric Surgery. Edited by Alejandra M. Casar Berazaluce, MD. Music tracks are adapted...
Sep 05, 2019•36 min
This episode reviews the Top Educational Content sessions from the APSA 50th Anniversary meeting. It is part of our collaboration with the Behind the Knife podcast. -Dr. Aaron Jensen discusses Cervical Spine Clearance in Pediatric Trauma. -Dr. Shawn Rangel covers Antibiotic Stewardship in Pediatric Surgery. -Dr. Samir Gadepalli addresses Sepsis as a Surgical Problem. (Tweetorial at https://twitter.com/alejandracasar/status/1130466960943267840) Remember to review the 2018 Pediatric Surgery Practi...
Aug 26, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Drs Erika Newman, Dan von Allmen and Tony Sandler join Dr. Todd Ponsky in a discussion covering the latest in neuroblastoma. Time Stops 00:00:31 Introductions 00:01:39 Case 1: Prenatal 26 week consult 00:01:55 Differential Diagnosis 00:02:29 Family counseling 00:04:05 Postnatal evaluation 00:04:33 Axial imaging 00:06:53 MIBG scan 00:07:05 Metastasis in neonatal phase 00:07:19 Observe? 00:08:23 Surveillance 00:12:35 To operate or not to operate? 00:13:49 Surgical Approach 00:14:44 Case 1: Now wit...
Aug 23, 2019•56 min
Topics in 10: Drs Andrew Davidoff, Todd Ponsky and Rae Hanke come together to provide you the essentials on the diagnosis and management of Wilms Tumor. Contributing editor: Rachel (Rae) Hanke, MD 00:00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:15:24 What is Wilms tumor? 00:01:16:27 How does it present? 00:01:41:05 What do you do to work up suspected renal mass? 00:02:55:00 Staging (1 through 5) 00:04:03:13 Management 00:04:08:09 Unilateral disease 00:06:49:00 Bilateral disease 00:07:26:07 Solitary kidney or uni...
Aug 08, 2019•13 min
This podcast is an interactive discussion about the management of spontaneous pneumothorax between Dr. Todd Ponsky and Dr. Dan Ostlie. Dr. Ostlie is Surgeon-in-Chief, Chair of Surgery, and Executive Vice-President at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, and has helped carry out multiple studies looking at the optimal way to manage spontaneous pneumothorax in pediatric patients. 00:00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:24:19 Case Scenario: 16-year-old male with right-sided chest pain 00:02:21:12 Historical Managem...
Jul 11, 2019•34 min
Next in our #APSA50 series, comes a thoughtful discussion regarding academic surgery and future transformations. Dr. Ron Hirschl starts us off with a discussion on the changes they implemented at this years’ conference, including focused TED-style talks and presentations beyond the field of surgery. Dr. Allan Goldstein shares his thoughts on the shifting general surgery paradigm. We wrap it up with a continued debate on the role of social media in academic medicine. Drs Allan Goldstein and Todd ...
Jul 05, 2019•12 min
The 50th APSA meeting featured a debate moderated by Dr. Jacob Langer from The Hospital for Sick Children. The topic debated was: "Be it resolved that I would NOT encourage my daughter or son to become a pediatric surgeon." Representing the side supporting this statement were Dr. Cathy Burnweit from Nicklaus Children's Hospital and Dr. Daniel Ostlie from Phoenix Children's Hospital. Representing the side against this statement were Dr. Andrea Hayes-Jordan from North Carolina Children's Hospital ...
Jul 05, 2019•1 hr
This episode is the third in our #APSA50 series, where we teamed up with the Behind the Knife Podcast to cover the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. In this episode, we interviewed Dr. Michael Muelly, who gave the first of the meeting's PED (Pediatric Surgery, Education, and Disruption) talks on the topic of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Dr. Muelly is a product manager at Google Cloud’s Healthcare & Lifesciences team and is a radiology faculty ...
Jun 14, 2019•15 min
This is the next episode in our #APSA50 series, where we teamed up with the Behind the Knife Podcast to cover the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. The coverage of the conference wouldn’t be complete without a little history lesson and guidance for the future. Drs Jim O’Neill, Jr. and Jo Shapiro join Rae Hanke, Alex Casar and Alex Gibbons to take a journey through the past and peak into the future. Throughout the discussion, we first review the journey of t...
Jun 11, 2019•16 min
This episode is the first in our #APSA50 series, where we teamed up with the Behind the Knife Podcast to cover the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. It is a conversation between Alex Casar, Alex Gibbons, Rae Hanke, and our invited guest. It presents an interactive discussion and thoughtful reflection on the topic of Social Determinants of Health, which was a cornerstone of this year’s meeting. Social determinants of health refer to factors like economic sta...
Jun 05, 2019•48 min
This podcast is an interactive discussion about gallstone disease between Dr. Todd Ponsky and his father, Dr. Jeffrey Ponsky. Dr. Jeffrey Ponsky is a professor of surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and is an expert in advanced therapeutic endoscopic treatment of biliary disease. 00:00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:55:10 Work-Up for Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain 00:03:41:03 Case 1: 14-year-old overweight female 00:06:33:01 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Tips and Tricks: Port P...
May 09, 2019•47 min
This episode is an interactive discussion about Unconscious Bias between Dr. Todd Ponsky, Dr. Julie Freischlag, Dr. Mary Brandt, Dr. Quinn Capers IV, Dr. Alejandra (Alex) Casar Berazaluce, Dr. Rachel (Rae) Hanke, and Dr. Alexander Gibbons. Dr. Julie Freischlag is CEO of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine. Dr. Mary Brandt is a Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine and a Pediatric Surgeon and Director of the Ad...
Mar 28, 2019•59 min
This podcast is a discussion of the international approach to diagnosis and management of biliary atresia, amongst Dr. Todd Ponsky, Dr. Yamataka Atsuyuki, Dr. Greg Tiao, Dr. Mark Davenport, and Dr. Jorge Bezerra. Dr. Greg Tiao is the Director of General and Thoracic Surgery, Frederick C. Ryckman Chair in Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation, and Associate Director of the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Dr. Yamataka Atsuyuki is Professor an...
Mar 27, 2019•42 min
This podcast is a discussion of the international approach to diagnosis and management of biliary atresia, amongst Dr. Todd Ponsky, Dr. Yamataka Atsuyuki, Dr. Greg Tiao, Dr. Mark Davenport, and Dr. Jorge Bezerra. Dr. Greg Tiao is the Director of General and Thoracic Surgery, Frederick C. Ryckman Chair in Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation, and Associate Director of the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Dr. Yamataka Atsuyuki is Professor an...
Mar 27, 2019•31 min
This podcast is a multidisciplinary discussion on a controversial topic, management of pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, amongst Dr. Todd Ponsky, Dr. Rachel Rosen, and Dr. George "Whit" Holcomb. Dr. Rachel Rosen is Director of the Aerodigestive Center and Pediatric Gastroenterologist at Boston Children's Hospital, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. George "Whit" Holcomb is the Senior Vice President at Children's Mercy Hospital, Director of the Center fo...
Aug 14, 2018•1 hr 21 min
This podcast is an interactive discussion about pediatric trauma between Dr. Todd Ponsky, Dr. Mark McCollum, and Dr. David Notrica. Dr. David Notrica is the trauma medical director at Phoenix Children's Hospital and is associate professor of surgery at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix. 00:01:30 Dr. David Notrica 00:02:28 Can you tell us a little bit more about what ATOMIC is and what you guys did ab...
May 25, 2018•38 min
An interactive discussion between Dr. Ponsky and Dr. Rescorla about the management of ovarian tumors in pediatric patients. Dr. Frederick Rescorla is surgeon-in-chief at Riley Children's Hospital, Anna Olivia Healey Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine, and COG germ cell committee member. Timestops: 00:00:00 Introduction 02:17:12 Case 1: Ovarian cystic mass with solid components 04:09:16 Overview of ovarian tumors 05:18:22 Workup of Case 1 08:02:10 Operative te...
Feb 16, 2018•34 min
An interactive discussion between Dr. Ponsky, Dr. Harmon and Dr. Inge about the role of bariatric surgery in pediatric patients. Dr. Inge is Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Akers Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery, and Director of Adolescent Bariatric Surgery at Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Dr. Harmon is professor of Surgery at University of Buffalo and Surgeon-in-Chief at Oishei Childrne’s Hospital. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:37 Need for Bariatric Surgery in the current era 00:03:0...
Jan 15, 2018•50 min
An interactive discussion between Todd Ponsky, MD and Max Langham, MD on the management of hepatoblastomas. Dr. Max Langham is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics and the Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Table of Contents 00:00 - Introduction 01:15 - Work-up of a newly diagnosed liver mass 04:20 - Differential diagnosis of liver mass 08:03 - Tumor biopsy 10:11 - Pretext staging system 14:43 - Upfront resection 16:18 - How to use t...
Nov 17, 2017•54 min
This podcast is a discussion between Dr. Todd Ponsky and Dr. Patricio C. Gargollo who is the senior associate consultant pediatric urology at the Mayo Clinic Rochester and associate professor of urology at the Mayo medical school. It is a bout pediatric urology mostly regarding external genitalia and this is going to be an overview for pediatric surgeons to get an idea about all the things that we probably should know about external genitalia as a relates to pediatric urology. Facilitator: Dr. T...
Nov 02, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Speaker: Dr. Robert L. Sheridan Facilitator: Dr. Todd Ponsky Editors: Dr. Todd Ponsky, Dr. Sophia Abdulhai, Dr. Abdulraof Lamoshi and Dr. Raghavendra Rao
Oct 03, 2017•51 min
Dr. Maisam A. Abu-El-Haija acute pancreatitis presentation, she is the medical director of pancreas care center, division of pediatric gastroenterology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, with participation from some experts and audience
Jul 23, 2017•46 min
An interactive discussion about Wilms tumor between Todd Ponsky, MD, Avraham Schlager, and Peter Ehrlich, MD. Dr. Peter Ehrlich is a professor of pediatrics surgery at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital who is also a vice chair of surgery and renal tumor section of the children oncology group. Table of Contents 00:00 - Introduction 01:09 - Typical clinical case? 03:27 - Wilms tumor CT scan 04:48 - What after CT scan 06:10 - Therapeutic options 09:15 - Management of widespre...
Jun 02, 2017•1 hr 4 min
An interactive discussion between Todd Ponsky, MD and Don Nakayama, MD about the history of pediatric surgery, specifically the evolution of the management of pyloric stenosis, Hirschprung disease and esophageal atresia. Dr. Nakayama is an adjunct professor of the department of surgery at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University and pediatric surgeon at Sacred Heart Medical Group. Table of Contents 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:54 Origin of Pediatric Surgery 00:...
Apr 14, 2017•53 min
An interactive discussion about intestinal failure between Todd Ponsky, MD and Brad Warner, MD. Dr. Warner is the Jessie L. Ternberg, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and surgeon-in-chief for St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Table of Contents 00:00 - Introduction 01:39 - What is intestinal failure? 02:50 - Required bowel length 05:39 - Nature history of short gut 07:07 - Mortality in intestinal failure 07:39 - S...
Mar 31, 2017•53 min