MD Roundtable

A hodgepodge of medical topics including discussing new and innovative technology being used in healthcare both locally and in different parts of the world. A podcast that offers healthcare professionals from all over the globe a platform to share stories of struggle, perseverance and success. You won't find these topics or stories in any medical textbooks. We have so much to learn from each other!

Episodes

19 episodes

ECMO discussion with ECMOlogist Dr. Giles Peek

Join me on this special episode as we are featuring the legendary Dr. Giles Peek who is an ECMOlogist and Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at UF Shands Children's Hospital Congenital Heart Center at UF HEALTH in Gainesville, FL. He is ...

March 20, 2025 • Season 4 • Episode 1 • 45:32

Discussion on Aortic Dissection with a "Hybrid" Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Dr. Niranjan Hiremath

Join me on my podcast as I feature Dr. Niranjan Hiremath who is "Hybrid" Cardiac Surgeon and adjunct Professor and Senior Consultant of the Cardiovascular and Aortic Program and Surgical lead- of the Apollo Aortic Program in Delhi, India. ...

March 07, 2025 • Season 3 • Episode 7 • 40:32

The latest in Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support with Dr. Dina Al Rameni

Join me on my podcast as I feature Dr. Dina Al Rameni who is a Cardiac Surgeon and a Mechanical Circulatory Support specialist at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut and Assistant Professor at UConn. She discusses her unique journey growing ...

February 16, 2025 • Season 3 • Episode 6 • 25:27

Aortic Valve Disease and TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement) with Dr. Anita Asgar

Join me on my podcast as I feature Dr. Anita Asgar who was recently named section head of Interventional Cardiology with Northwestern Medicine at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute in Chicago, IL. She is a structural cardiologist wi...

February 11, 2025 • Season 3 • Episode 5 • 27:58

The "not so forgotten" Ventricle. Right Ventricular failure with Dr. Pedro Salinas.

Join me on this podcast as I feature Dr. Pedro Salinas, Director of CICU at Advocate-Aurora St. Lukes Medical center in Milwaukee, WI. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography and Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasoun...

January 20, 2025 • Season 3 • Episode 4 • 31:43

Planetary Health/ Net Zero Hospitals/ How Rwanda is leading the way with Dr. Edda Weimann

Join me on my podcast as I feature Dr. Edda Weimann as she discusses what is Planetary Health and how it impacts all of us. She also discusses how Rwanda has become a country that is also recognized as a leader in climate action on the gl...

December 29, 2024 • Season 3 • Episode 3 • 31:26

Chagas Disease and Oropouche Virus Disease discussion with Dr. Andres Henao/ Tropical Medicine

Join me on my podcast as I feature Dr. Andres Henao who is an Infectious Disease specialist and associate Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical center. He is also director of the Travel Clinic at the University of Color...

December 17, 2024 • Season 3 • Episode 2 • 29:50

Mitral valve regurgitation and the latest advances of Mitral transcatheter techniques such as TEER (Transcatheter edge- to- edge repair) with Dr. Jyothy Puthumana

Join me on my podcast as I feature Dr. Jyothi Puthumana who is the Director of Interventional Echocardiography at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medical Center in Chicago, IL. He is also Professor of Medicine with the ...

December 02, 2024 • Season 3 • Episode 1 • 1:02:38

Communication strategies for healthcare professionals with Kelli Newman

This is a special episode as I feature Kelli Newman, President of the Houston-based communication strategies firm, Newman & Newman, where she leads a team of talented professionals dedicated to advancing the success of purpose-driven client...

June 27, 2023 • Season 2 • Episode 4 • 34:35

Cardiothoracic Surgery in Kenya, East Africa

This is a special episode as I feature Dr. Keith Dindi who is a pioneer, a champion and just a truly inspiring Cardiothoracic surgeon who decided to stay in his home country of Kenya to provide life saving cardiac surgeries! Dr. Dindi speaks ab...

May 16, 2023 • Season 2 • Episode 3 • 34:06

Minimally invasive Thoracic Surgery techniques for lung nodules/cancer with Dr. Alex Cedeno-Rodriguez

In this episode I am joined by Dr. Alex Cedeno-Rodriguez who is a Thoracic surgeon at Advocate-Aurora Lutheran General Hospital. He is using state of the art minimally invasive techniques using robotic surgery and also collaborates with I...

May 01, 2023 • Season 2 • Episode 2 • 34:28

Detecting pre-term births using Ultrasound AI with Pamela Bonnett

In this episode of MDRoundtable, we are joined by Pamela Bonnett who is the Chief Executive Officer of Ultrasound AI. Their AI software predicts likely delivery dates based on ultrasounds performed as early as eight weeks gestation. Its u...

April 30, 2023 • Season 2 • Episode 1 • 32:14

Minimally invasive Cardiac Surgery techniques with Dr. Oleksandr Babliak from Kyiv, Ukraine

In today's episode of MD Roundtable, Dr. Ted Thachenkary is joined by Dr. Oleksandr Babliak from Kyiv, Ukraine. Dr. Babliak is the Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Dobrobut Medical Center in Kyiv, Ukraine. He discusses the variety of m...

November 09, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 6 • 26:45