Stories with tag: "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.

As one of the top ranked neurology and neurosurgery program in the country, Rush University Medical Center is at the forefront of providing leading edge care and participating in pathfinding neuro-interventional research. At the center of this work is R. Webster Crowley, MD, who discusses Rush’s use of the CorPath robotic system, Woven EndoBridge Embolization System and the RIST catheter.

Thomas Shoemaker, MD, a neurologist in the Rush University System for Health, joins Rounding at Rush to discuss Rush’s infusion program, what he and his colleagues have learned about infusions during the COVID-19 pandemic and where the future of neurologic treatments is heading at Rush.

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.

Peter Revenaugh, MD, the head of the section of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, joins the podcast to talk about how Rush’s comprehensive approach translates to excellent patient care, the research Rush is conducting around reconstructive procedures and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the demand for cosmetic procedures.

Sepehr Sani, MD, discusses MR-guided focused ultrasound — a safe, incisionless treatment designed to reduce hand tremor in patients with essential and parkinsonian tremor.

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.

Michael Chen, MD, a professor of neurology, neurosurgery and radiology at Rush University Medical Center, discusses the ways Rush is efficiently diagnosing stroke, how it is differentiating actual cases of large vessel occlusion stroke with false positives and how Rush handles the benefits and challenges of using thrombectomy.

Dr. Rupa Sanghani, a cardiologist in the Rush University System for Health, discusses the ways Rush incorporates cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) perfusion in its complement of cardiac diagnostics and care, the benefits of using it and when cardiac PET should be implemented.