Medical Breakthroughs from Penn Medicine

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2017-02-13

  Neck and Back Pain: When Should You Refer Your Patients to a Neurosurgeon?

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Patrick J. Connolly, MD Back and neck pain is extremely common, with 80-90% of people experiencing some pain within their lifetime. About 90% of cases resolve within six weeks, but for those patients whose pain persists...
2017-02-06

  Hot Topics in Breast Cancer Innovations

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Ari Brooks, MD Guest: Brian Englander, MD Host Dr. Matt Birnholz is joined by Dr. Ari Brooks, Director of Endocrine and Oncology Surgery and Director of the Integrated Breast Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, and Dr. Br...
2017-02-06

  Hot Topics in Counseling Patients Who are Trying to Conceive

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Robert H. Debbs, DO Joining Dr. Matt Birnholz to discuss counseling methods for patients who are trying to conceive is Dr. Robert Debbs, Director of the Pennsylvania Hospital Maternal Fetal Medicine Network in New Jerse...
2017-02-02

  A Thoracic Surgeon's Viewpoint on Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of a Lung Cancer Patient

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Taine Pechet, MD Dr. Taine Pechet, chief of surgery at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and associate professor of clinical surgery at Penn Medicine joins host Dr. Matt Birnholz to discuss his thoughts on who should be ...
2017-02-02

  Full Spectrum of Breast Reconstruction Surgeries: From Cosmetic to Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Paris D. Butler, MD, MPH Host Dr. Matt Birnholz welcomes Dr. Paris D. Butler, who will be discussing breast reduction surgery for women who suffer from chronic back pain and breast cancer patients undergoing reconstruct...
2017-01-05

  Curing Blindness: How Researchers are Utilizing Gene Therapy

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Jean Bennett, MD, PhD There are 39 million people worldwide who are in total blindness and another 246 million with very low vision. The most frequent forms of visual impairment are caused by problems that can be correc...
2016-10-10

  Cranial Base Disorders: Etiologies, Surgical Approaches, and Research Innovations

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: John Y.K. Lee, MD Guest: Jason G. Newman, MD, FACS Joining Dr. Matt Birnholz to discuss innovative surgical approaches to cranial base disorders are Doctors John Y. K. Lee and Jason G. Newman. Dr. Lee is Medical Direct...
2016-08-08

  Time is Brain: Diagnosing and Treating Stroke in the Golden Window

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Michael Mullen, MD Every second counts for stroke patients. During a stroke, two-million brain cells die every minute, making the urgent administration of therapies and treatment vital to ensure a positive outcome. Ho...
2016-08-01

  Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Joseph Berger, MD, FACP, FAAN, FANA Multiple sclerosis is a notoriously difficult disease to diagnose early on. With no singular confirmatory tests yet available, physicians often become reluctant to identify MS in th...
2016-07-18

  4 Latest Advances in Epilepsy Treatment at Penn

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Kathryn Davis, MD, MTR Guest: Timothy Lucas, MD, PhD According to the epilepsy foundation, epilepsy is the 4th most common neurological problem in the U.S. – only migraine, stroke and Alzheimer’s disease occur more f...