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#163 Hotcakes: Burnout, iron for heart failure, aspirin & VTE prevention Jul 29, 2019

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Summary

The sun is shining, the cakes are hot, and the takes are even hotter. Welcome to our July 2019 Hotcakes episode! Join us as our beloved hosts Chris, Matt, Stuart and Paul share some of the latest practice-changing knowledge, news and research in medical science. Today’s discussion covers studies on the use of IV iron supplementation for heart failure, aspirin as VTE prophylaxis after arthroplasty, and the relationship between physician burnout and ability to address patients’ social determinants of health. Honorable mentions include a throwback to the life-changing magic of Pokémon GO.
Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.
Credits

Written and Produced by: Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH, Christopher Chiu MD
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD, and Christopher Chiu MD
Editor: Christopher Chiu MD, Emi Okamoto MD
Cover-Art: Matthew Watto MD

#162 Gender & Sexual Harassment in Medicine, #MeToo Jul 22, 2019

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Dr. Reshma Jagsi (TIME’S UP Healthcare; UMichigan) schools us on sexual harassment and describes the systemic and cultural changes that need to happen to effect real change. She unpacks the definition of sexual harassment, describes the state of the #MeToo and TIME’s UP movements across the science and medicine fields and highlights how we all can recognize/respond to harassment.
This is the third episode of our Women in Medicine series. Last August, you heard us talk to Dr. Vinny Arora about the paucity of women in leadership positions, finding sponsors for career advancement, and being bold about career decisions. In December, we spoke to Dr. Susan Hingle about work-life integration. Her advice? Stop worrying about what other people think, acknowledge that being a doctor is hard, especially for women due to disproportionate out-of-work responsibilities, and define a beautiful life that is individualized to you.
Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.
Credits

Written and produced by: Leah Witt MD, Shreya Trivedi MD, Nora Taranto MD, Sarah P. Roberts MPH.
Editor: Matthew Watto MD
Hosts: Shreya Trivedi MD, Chris Chiu MD, Leah Witt MD
Guest: Reshma Jagsi MD, DPhil
Special thanks to: Hannah Abrams MS4, Beth Garbitelli MS2, and Molly Heublein MD

#161 A Rash Approach to Rashes with Helena Pasieka MD Jul 15, 2019

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Tackle rashes with wisdom from Kashlak’s resident Skinternist (or Internist-Externist) Dr. Helena Pasieka (MedStar, Georgetown), board certified in both Internal Medicine and Dermatology. She offers “a rash approach to rashes” including: initial triage, ‘inside job’ vs ‘outside job’, differential diagnosis, a review of common culprits, basic management techniques, and how to determine if the reaction is life-threatening. Plus, Dr Pasieka teaches us how to handle family and friends asking, “Can you take a look at this rash?”.
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Credits

Written and Produced: Beth Garbitelli MS2
Infographic and Cover Art: Beth Garbitelli MS2
Hosts: Stuart Bringham MD, Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD
Editor: Matthew Watto MD
Guest: Helena Pasieka MD

#160 Hotcakes: E-cigarettes, UTIs, Heart Failure Jul 10, 2019

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Confession: we have been holding out on you. Specifically, we’ve been sitting on a special episode of Hotcakes and Hot Takes that we recorded this March, with featured guest Armand Gottlieb, MD of the online publication The Scope. But here it is! We hope you’ll enjoy our discussion of topics like the ever-controversial e-cigarettes for smoking cessation question, outcomes related to antibiotic treatment of UTIs among elderly adults, and the role of sacubitril-valsartan for acute decompensated heart failure in inpatient settings (the PIONEER-HF study). Special guest is Dr. Armand Gottlieb @ArmandGottlieb, who was a third year internal medicine resident at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City at the time of recording. He is a co-Editor of the The Scope, a free and brief weekly roundup of the most recent and relevant medical literature.
Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.
Credits

Written and Produced by: Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH, Christopher Chiu MD
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD, and Christopher Chiu MD
Guest Presenter and Content Planning: Armand Gottlieb, MD
Editor: Christopher Chiu MD
Cover-Art: Christopher Chiu MD

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#159 Atrial Fibrillation Review and Update with James Furgerson MD Jul 08, 2019

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Take control of atrial fibrillation with expert insights and pearls from cardiologist, Dr. James Furgerson, in this jam-packed episode! You’ll learn why atrial fibrillation is such a big deal, how to diagnose it, how to treat it and when to call in for reinforcements. Dr. James Furgerson, MD is a cardiologist from San Antonio, Texas with over 20 years in academics. Buckle up - This episode is going to send your heart racing! You might even skip a beat! Full notes at https://thecurbsiders.com.
ACP members can claim CME-MOC credit at https://www.acponline.org/curbsiders (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date).
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Credits

Writer and Producer: Cyrus Askin MD
Infographic: Cyrus Askin MD
Cover Art: Cyrus Askin MD
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD, Cyrus Askin MD
Editors: Matthew Watto MD
Guest: James Furgerson MD

#158 Medicine and Incarceration Jul 01, 2019

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Expand your knowledge about how--and how well--we manage the health of incarcerated patients in the United States, with the expert knowledge of correctional health experts Drs. Aaron Fox @adfoxmd, Jon Giftos @JonGiftosMD, and Emily Wang @ewang422. Correctional medicine is a black box for many providers who do not work in prison and jail settings. But it’s ever more relevant to primary care physicians everywhere, with increasing rates of incarceration the last decade. In this episode, recorded live at SGIM 2019 #SGIM19, Dr. Fox, Dr. Giftos, and Dr. Wang talk us through the variability of the correctional healthcare systems throughout the country, the challenges to health for patients both while incarcerated and in the transition after release, and some essential nuts and bolts for providers about how to provide better care to this vulnerable population.
Full show notes available at https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.
Credits

Written and produced by: Justin Berk MD MPH MBA, Nora Taranto MD
Cover Image: Beth Garbitelli MS2
Infographic: Beth Garbitelli MS2
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD, Justin Berk MD MPH MBA
Edited by: Matthew Watto MD
Guests: Aaron Fox MD, Jon Giftos MD, Emily Wang MD MAS

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#156 Chronic Pain, Opioids, Tapers Jun 24, 2019

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Rethink how you’re diagnosing and managing chronic pain with high-yield tips from pain experts and primary care doctors Soraya Azari MD @azarimugs (UCSF), and Phoebe Cushman MD, MS (UMass Memorial). Because let’s face it, managing chronic pain can be very difficult. Expand your toolbox for management-- including the importance of activity, empowering your patient, risk stratification for patients prior to opioid initiation, how to identify opioid use disorder, and how to taper opioids. Plus, updates on recent practice changing articles in chronic pain.
Full show notes at https://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.
Credits

Written and produced by: Nora Taranto MD
Hosts: Nora Taranto MD, Paul Williams MD, Matthew Watto MD
Edited by: Emi Okamoto MD, Matthew Watto MD
Guests: Soraya Azari MD; Phoebe Cushman MD, MS

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This episodes was recorded LIVE at #SGIM19 in Washington DC! Join the Society for General Internal Medicine today!

#155 LGBT Health in Primary Care Jun 17, 2019

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Build your knowledge base to improve primary care for LGBT patients! This episode is chock full of clinical pearls and updates for LGBT health from SGIM presenters, Dr. Jenny Siegel (Boston University) and Dr. Megan McNamara (Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC). They define common gender identity terms and provide tips on how to take a sexual history. You’ll develop an approach to the unique clinical concerns of LGBT patients and learn how to phrase medical information in a gender neutral framework. This is a must listen episode for all health care providers!
Full show notes at https://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.
Credits Written and Produced by: Carolyn Chan MDGraphics: Hannah AbramsHosts: Carolyn Chan MD, Paul Williams MD, Matthew Watto MDGuest: Megan McNamara MD, Jenny Siegel MD
SponsorThis episodes was recorded LIVE at #SGIM19 in Washington DC! Join the Society for General Internal Medicine today!

#154 DVT and PE Master Class with Michael Streiff MD Jun 10, 2019

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What do Judas Priest, surfing, and clots have in common? They are the passionate interests of expert Dr. Michael Streiff who guides us through the diagnosis and management of DVT and PE aka venous thromboembolism (VTE). By the end of the episode you will know how to catch a clot very Wells! We dive deep into the treatment options, literature, and some unique cases. ACP members can claim CME-MOC credit at https://acponline.org/curbsiders (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date).
Full show notes available at https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.
Credits

Written and produced by (including CME questions): Justin Berk MD, MPH, MBA
Cover art by: Kate Grant MBChB DipGUMed
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP; Stuart Brigham MD
Edited by: Matthew Watto, MD, FACP
Guest: Michael Streiff MD

#153 Heart Disease in Women with Dr Bairey Merz Jun 03, 2019

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Expand your idea of ischemic heart disease to include non-obstructive patterns, which as our guest, Dr Noel Bairey Merz, a clinical investigative cardiologist whose multiple roles include Director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center and the Preventive Cardiac Center at the Smidt Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, shares with us, is incredibly common, especially in women. Learn to recognize these women and treat according to guidelines, preventing unnecessary IHD mortality in our female (and some male) patients. We review a variety of non-obstructive pathologies and the best techniques to evaluate them.
Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.
Credits

Written and produced by: Shreya Trivedi MD, Molly Heublein MD
Hosts: Paul Williams MD, FACP; Shreya Trivedi MD; Molly Heublein MD
Edited by: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Emi Okamoto MD
Graphics by: Hannah Abrams
Guest: Dr. C Noel Bairey Merz MD, FACC, FAHA

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