Stories with tag: "Cancer Podcasts"

Obada Obaisi, MD, is an assistant professor in the RUSH Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is the director of cancer rehabilitation at RUSH University Medical Center. Obaisi shares how RUSH is one of a small number of hospitals offering dedicated physical medicine and rehabilitation care for its cancer patients.

Edward Cherullo, MD, is a urologist and the chief of the Department of Urology at RUSH University Medical Center. Under his leadership, Cherullo has expanded the department’s efforts to provide comprehensive subspecialty care that incorporates the latest minimally invasive technology.

Pete Batra, MD, the Chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, highlights Rush’s unparalleled expertise, its use of leading-edge treatments and how it’s developing novel therapies for rare types of cancers.

Rounding at Rush welcomes John O’Toole, MD, to the show to discuss spinal tumor care at Rush University Medical Center. Rush is known for its use of minimally invasive procedures, interdisciplinary nature that streamlines care and success in creating better quality of life outcomes for its patients.

The Rush Cancer Center has a deep commitment to accelerating innovations that bring cutting edge research to the bedside. Two examples of those innovations that Steven Gitelis, MD, and Rush have an active role in developing are 3-D printed models, which can help to preserve healthy tissue when treating benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors, and hybrid cold plasma, which can help stop the recurrence of cancer after surgery.

Erik Schadde, MD, FACS, FEBS (HPB), a transplant surgeon at RUSH University Medical Center, spearheaded the creation of the DRAGON trials - large, multicenter, international trials that are evaluating the use of combined portal and hepatic vein, or double vein, embolization, to treat advanced liver cancer and metastases.

Jordan Tasse, MD, an interventional radiologist at Rush University Medical Center, profiles the cutting edge procedures performed through interventional radiology care at Rush.

Rosalinda Alvarado, MD, and Deana Shenaq, MD, are part of Rush's high-volume program for breast cancer treatment and reconstruction, which incorporates a multidisciplinary approach that involves plastic surgery, surgical oncology and medical oncology teams.