Medical Breakthroughs from Penn Medicine

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Robert Vonderheide, MD For years, the foundations of cancer treatment, surgery, chem... Read more

Host: Lee Freedman, MD How does surgery and stenting for carotid lesions help prevent stroke? What are the latest appro... Read more

Host: Frank Russomano There are far too many diseases that do not have proven means of prevention or effective treatmen... Read more

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Craig Israelite, MD Dr. Craig Israelite, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at... Read more

Guest: Louis Soslowsky, PhD Host: Lee Freedman, MD Dr. Louis Soslowsky, from the University of Pennsylvani... Read more

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Joseph Berger, MD, FACP, FAAN, FANA Multiple sclerosis is a notoriously difficult ... Read more

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Kathryn Davis, MD, MTR Guest: Timothy Lucas, MD, PhD According to the epilepsy... Read more

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Heated/Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) is one of the most innovative treatment... Read more

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Jean Bennett, MD, PhD Guest: Albert Maguire, MD Power couple Drs. Jean Bennett... Read more

Guest: William Welch, MD Host: Lee Freedman, MD Advancing surgical treatments and devices are producing better outc... Read more

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Craig Israelite, MD Dr. Israelite intially reviews some basic concepts in the approac... Read more

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Emile Mohler III, MD How should we approach vulnerable plaques in the coronaries and ... Read more

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Emile Mohler III, MD A ruptured vascular plaque with subsequent thrombus often trigge... Read more

Host: Shira Johnson, MD For the first time, Penn Medicine surgeons were able to complete a bilateral hand transplant on... Read more

Host: Barnett Mennen, MD Guest: Comron Saifi, MD Spinal deformity places strain on the vertebrae and supporting mus... Read more

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Howard C. Herrmann, MD Twelve years after performing the first transcatheter aortic ... Read more

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Suhail K. Kanchwala, MD Improving his patients’ post-surgical experience was Dr. S... Read more

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Ronald DeMatteo, MD, FACS A Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) is a rare sarcoma ... Read more