Observations and Commentary on Medicine and Current Events
Aaron Mitchell, MD, MPH, medical oncologist and health outcomes researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, comes on to discuss the shortcomings and pitfalls of the regulatory processes at the FDA, optimal trial endpoints that provide the strongest evidence for approval, whether the accelerated approval process is enforced as it is written, what power any … Read more
Chadi is rejoined by Priya Sampathkumar, MD, infectious disease specialist and hospital epidemiologist, Mayo Clinic, to provide a state of affairs for the current COVID-19 situation in America, including why the country has failed to get more of its people vaccinated, why myocarditis has been a frequent side effect in some people, why the delta … Read more
Vivek Subbiah, MD, associate professor in the department of investigational cancer therapeutics, MD Anderson, is the world-renowned guest on the show this week to tackle the world of precision medicine in cancer. He begins by explaining how precision medicine is more than simply a “fancier” mechanism of treatment than chemotherapy, why tumor sequencing is important … Read more
For another lively debate, Chadi brings on two lymphoma experts to talk about what to do with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) patients after an achieved remission: Barbara Pro, MD, Northwestern University, and Mehdi Hamadani, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin. The two doctors share how they counsel and treat patients in uncertain situations, including the “right” … Read more
Chadi welcomes back Rafael Fonseca, MD, interim director of Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, and Aaron Goodman, MD, hematologist, University of California San Diego, to debate whether smoldering multiple myeloma should be treated. They begin by agreeing on a definition of the disease, listing patient characteristics that may warrant consideration for early intervention, and stating the … Read more
Is it a coincidence that many clinicians are talented musicians? These doctors don’t believe so! In this exclusive roundtable pow-wow, Chadi hosts a range of crafty and passionate oncologists that share a similar dedication to music. Conversations on musical inspirations and favorite artists are interwoven with music samples and personal anecdotes in this truly lighthearted, … Read more
In this captivating episode, Chadi shares the microphone with Nancy Olivieri, MD, professor of medicine, pediatrics, and public health science at the University of Toronto, to recount her famous clash with a pharmaceutical company (among other entities) that tried to silence her for reporting on adverse effects related to an experimental drug. Dr. Olivieri became … Read more
Alan Skarbnik, MD, director of the lymphoma and CLL program, Novant Health (Charlotte, NC), and Aaron Goodman, MD, hematologist, University of California San Diego, join the show for a long-awaited debate: treating double-hit lymphoma with R-CHOP vs dose-adjusted (DA)-EPOCH-R. The conversation gets testy when the trio describes double-hit lymphoma in terms of histology and phenotype, … Read more