Patrick Basile, MD: Upstate medical graduate performs high profile double arm transplant
Dr. Richard O’Neill’s Check-Up From The Neck-Up: Who, What, Where, When, How, or… what I learned on my vacation to China
Richard Cantor, MD: PEDS to Parents – How to keep kids safe in summer
Harold Smulyan, MD: What killed Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum?
Deirdre Neilen, PhD: The Healing Muse – ‘Snow’ and ‘Things My Daughter Lost in Hospitals’
Upstate geriatrician Sharon Brangman discusses issues surrounding the use of feeding tubes for the end stage of dementia, and ongoing research that shows it may do more harm than good.
To begin our new segment ‘What’s Your Emergency’, Dr. Derek Cooney , director of emergency medical services and disaster medicine at Upstate, and Dr. Eric Deshaies, director of the Upstate Neurovascular Institute, will discuss the signs and symptoms of stroke, what to do and where to go if you suspect your are having a stroke.
Dr. Richard O’Neill shares the poignant story of saying goodbye to his beloved “special” sister, and the difficult decision about whether to use a feeding tube or let her die at her own natural pace.
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Dr. Carroll Grant, director of the Margaret L. Williams Developmental Evaluation Center, reminisces about the center’s 30 years of evaluating children with complex developmental difficulties, including autism spectrum disorders. The Center provides assessment, consultation, and referral services for children, birth through seven years of age, who are “at risk” for or have a developmental disability.
Dr. Usha Satish talks about a recent study that Upstate is involved in, looking at how carbon dioxide levels impact thinking and decision making. Dr. Satish directs the Strategic Management Simulation laboratories at Upstate Medical University, where her work is centered on the application of simulation technology to assess “how” people make decisions and in enhancing the quality of critical thinking.
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Emergency physician James Ciaccio reveals the concept of an emergency department that caters exclusively to senior citizens. Upstate’s community campus plans to open one in late spring of 2013 with new lighting, better sound-proofing and other enhancements that will improve the experience for older adults, called GEM (Geriatric Emergency Medical) Care.
Dr. Richard O’Neill responds to a question about the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He says only when we let ourselves feel the grief and anger fully, can we begin to take the necessary steps to change, so that we can actually protect our children.
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Dr. John Epling, chair of Upstate’s Family Medicine department, is joined by Randi Bregman, executive director of Vera House, to discuss domestic partner violence, and the new screening recommendations for primary care providers.
Read more about: Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Dr. Dilip Kittur, chief of hepatobiliary & pancreatic surgery at Upstate, talks about the rising incidence of pancreatic cancer.
More information:
Smoking, drinking tied to earlier pancreatic cancer: study
Bacteria may signal pancreatic cancer risk
Dr. Jay Brenner, assistant director of the emergency department at Upstate’s Community campus, talks about what happens when patients walk out of the emergency room against medical advice (ADA).
Dr. Richard O’Neill offers advice to parents on how to talk to your child about making responsible decisions regarding alcohol.
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National heart disease and cholesterol expert Dr. John LaRosa discusses the newest and most powerful class of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, and the role they play in the decline of heart disease and stroke.
