Radio Rounds

David Rosenthal is a primary care physician currently working to create a medical home model for primary care that serves homeless veterans in the VA Connecticut system. We interviewed him during his third year of residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. He discusses how his "previous life" as a documentary filmmaker plays a role in the care of his patients today. We feature some clips from his film, Witnessing Death: a grandson's reflections on Alzheimer's, focusing on the use of film to capture the humanism in medicine.

For our 100th episode, Radio Rounds continues its series on patient safety with a focus on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School for Healthcare Professionals. The Open School is just that-- open and free for students and faculty everywhere. It offers a series of online modules teaching patient safety, quality improvement, leadership, and much more. With over 150,000 members and its courses being incorporated as a requirement for graduation at a number of medical schools across the country, the Open School is growing at an incredible rate. We speak with Dr. James Moses and Mike Briddon about the project and what the benefit is of teaching these topics to medical students.

In this episode, Radio Rounds host and director John Corker speaks with Junzi Shi, a second-year medical student at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, who is anxiously looking forward to embarking on her Trip With Timmy. Shi shares her stories about the unique life experiences that haves inspired her to study Global Health and her previous experience providing fresh water, waste and energy solutions for developing ommunities around the world.

In this episode, Radio Rounds contributor Ryan Shapiro speaks with Matt MacGregor, Executive Director of Timmy Global Health. Timmy Global Health's "Take a Trip With Timmy" contest - now in it's second year - is a unique Global Health opportunity for Medical Students to travel abroad and serve some of our world's neediest patients. MacGregor shares with listeners the unique aspects of both his organization and its new contest that set them apart from other opportunities for Medical Students to work abroad.

In this episode, Radio Rounds host and Director John Corker speaks with Drew White, a first-year medical student at the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, who recently returned from his Trip With Timmy in Ecuador. White shares stories of his death-defying first few days of life and his uniquely humanistic experiences with Ecuadorian patients, both of which have shaped his views on health care, poverty and his future profession.

In this episode of Radio Rounds, the second of a two-part series, host Avash Kalra concludes his conversation with Dr. Virginia Hood, the Immediate Past President of the American College of Physicians. Dr Hood discusses the effect of the legal system on the cost of medicine, as well as issues related to immigrant medical care and social media.

In this episode of Radio Rounds, the first of a two-part series, host Avash Kalra offers a special Thanksgiving perspective and speaks with Dr. Virginia Hood, the Immediate Past President of the American College of Physicians, about the ACP's patient-centered advocacy efforts, and about the challenges of controlling the cost of medicine.

Maureen Bisognano, CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, describes the importance of quality Improvement with some of the patient stories that motivate her work every day.

In this episode of Radio Rounds, host Avash Kalra speaks with Susan Blasik-Miller, a litigation lawyer who spends a significant amount of her career representing hospitals, physicians, and health care providers as a malpractice defense attorney. Ms. Blasik-Miller discusses the current medical-legal landscape in the U.S. and offers advice regarding malpractice for both physicians and patients.

Host Lakshman Swamy speaks with Dr. Julius Yang, a hospitalist and Medical Director of Inpatient Quality at BIDMC. Dr. Yang was instrumental in winning a 4.9 million dollar Innovation Grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to launch a Post-Acute Care Transitions (PACT) program designed to improve patient outcomes and prevent avoidable cost in the high-risk 30-day period following acute care hospitalization. Dr. Yang discusses the complexity in caring for a patient, especially during the transition between the hospital and the primary care practice on discharge. Most importantly, he talks about how systems-level improvements are all about making care better for individual patients.

Join us as host Lakshman Swamy speaks with Dr. Pete Clardy, Director of Medical Intensive Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. He is passionate about medical education and is also the Program Director for the Harvard Combined Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. We discuss the career of an intensivist, a physician that works in the Intensive Care Unit, and medical education in such environments. Dr. Clardy also provides a few pointers on succeeding on your ICU rotation! Check out this episode to learn more about this unique and rewarding field in medicine.

Host John Corker sits down with Dr. Marty Makary to discuss his new book, Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care. Dr. Makary is a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and national leader in the movement for transparency and quality improvement in health care. He discusses his experiences in a broken, sometimes dangerous hospital system, and how patients could make smarter, safer choices regarding their healthcare if they knew as much about their doctors and hospitals as they do restaurants and airlines.

In this episode (#707) of Radio Rounds, host Avash Kalra speaks with Dr. Howard Bauchner, the Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, one of the world's premier academic publications. Dr. Bauchner discusses his innovative vision for the Journal and his efforts to re-define the publication to appeal not only to medical professionals but to the general public as well.

Host Lakshman Swamy is joined by esteemed medical educator, Dr. Marshall Wolf. Dr. Wolf shares stories of his unique role in the evolution of medical education, talks about the importance of mentorship in medicine, and explains what he feels defines an excellent physician.

Host Lakshman Swamy and guest host Dan Henderson are joined by the former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Dr. Don Berwick. Dr. Berwick shares his expert opinions on health care quality and improvement, the future of medicine in America, and his story of the origins of the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI).

Dr. John Schumann, the founder and author of the popular blog GlassHospital.com, which aims to “demystify” medicine and provide transparency on the workings of medical practice and the complexities of hospital care. Dr. Schumann is a general internist and medical educator — previously at the University of Chicago and now at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, where he functions as the Associate Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Assist America CEO Brian Mulligan discusses the unique emergency medical services that his company helps procure for medical students and leisure-seekers alike when they are traveling far from home.

Physician and social activist Patch Adams, founder of the world-renowned Gesundheit! Institute. In this episode, Patch energetically discusses his outlook on medicine, life, and the human community, and he shares his feelings about the 1998 film “Patch Adams” starring Robin Williams.

In this episode, host John Corker sits down with current first-year medical student and Radio Rounds staff member, Sam Roberto, as well as second-year medical student and students admissions committee member, Nick Hountras, to discuss the secrets to success in medical school admissions interviews.

Physicians have long been compared with detectives, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, was himself a physician. This episode features Dr. Jonathan Edlow from Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, author of The Deadly Dinner Party — a collection of medical detective stories.