Strategies to Overcome SDOH in NVAF

In this episode, Jennifer Green, MD, and Carol Hatch Wysham, MD, break down the latest headlines on incretin-based therapies and how to address these topics with patients. Their discussion includes:

• Beneficial effects beyond glycemic control 
• Adverse events and how to manage them
• Non- or partial responders and the importance of setting expectations with patients 
• Weight rebound when discontinuing therapy
• Medication access issues related to cost and drug availability 

Presenters:

Jennifer Green, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Carol Hatch Wysham, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Clinical Endocrinologist
MultiCare/Rockwood Clinic
Spokane, Washington

Link to online program: 
https://bit.ly/48b6XnW

In this episode, Douglas Dieterich, MD, leads a panel discussion with Camilla S. Graham, MD, MPH, and Robert Wong, MD, MS, to consider advantages and barriers to universal screening for chronic HBV infection and universal HDV screening in adults with HBV in the United States. Topics include:

• Updated CDC recommendations for one-time universal screening for HBV
• Addressing patient-, provider-, and system-level barriers to universal HBV screening
• Best practices for implementation of HDV screening

Presenters:

Douglas Dieterich, MD
Director, Institute for Liver Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Division of Liver Diseases

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, New York

Camilla S. Graham, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Viral Hepatitis Clinic
Division of Infectious Diseases
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Robert Wong, MD, MS 
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3TuqFHI

Link to the slides: 
https://bit.ly/4atS42z

In this podcast episode, Aline Charabaty, MD, AGAF, FACG, and Christina Tennyson, MD, DipABLM, discuss how women in gastroenterology (GI) can fight burnout and establish a work–life balance that meets their needs. Tune in to learn how to say no, about the importance of saying yes to meaningful things that will advance your career and bring you joy, and get essential tips for well-rounded and ongoing self-care.     

Presenters:
Dr Aline Charabaty is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the Clinical Director of the IBD Centre at Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, and the Co-Founder of Scrubs & Heels. 

Aline Charabaty, MD, AGAF, FACG: consultant/advisor/speaker: AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen, Lilly, Pfizer, Takeda.

Dr Christina Tennyson is a gastroenterologist with expertise and certification in nutrition, lifestyle medicine, and integrative medicine. She started her career in academia at Columbia University in New York before joining the Augusta Health Digestive Wellness program in the Virginia Shenandoah Valley, where she is engaged in a multidisciplinary program that includes culinary medicine classes and farm workshops for patients. 

Christina Tennyson, MD, DipABLM, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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Episode outline: 

• Variables that contribute to burnout
• Strategies to protect your time
• Vetting collaborative projects
• Requesting flexible schedules, part-time work, maternity leave
• Charting your own career path
• Prioritizing personal time
• Preserving friendships, hobbies
• Leave work at work

Other program activities: 

• Full Program: Equipped and Empowered: Thriving as Women in GI https://bit.ly/3Zmqy1I]
• Podcast 1: Finding Your Friendtors: Mentors, Sponsors, and Allies https://bit.ly/3LuKzO6
• Podcast 2: Embracing Your Value: Tools and Strategies for Optimizing Professional Growth and Development https://bit.ly/3RsFl9i
• ClinicalThought: Expert Commentary on Thriving as Women in GI https://bit.ly/48oi5iS

Link to CME: Claim Credit: https://bit.ly/48oi5iS

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In this podcast episode, Aline Charabaty, MD, AGAF, FACG, and Marla Dubinsky, MD, discuss how women in gastroenterology (GI) can find their “friendtors” and build a strong network of mentors, sponsors, and allies. Although there may be many barriers for women in the GI medicine specialty, these experienced leaders have useful tips to help emerging healthcare professionals avoid internalizing these challenges and strategically focus on accomplishing their goals.  

Presenters:  

Dr Aline Charabaty is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the Clinical Director of the IBD Centre at Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, and the Co-Founder of Scrubs & Heels.  

Aline Charabaty, MD, AGAF, FACG: consultant/advisor/speaker: AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen, Lilly, Pfizer, Takeda.

Dr Marla Dubinsky is a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, Chief of Division of Pediatric GI and Nutrition at Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, and the Co-Director of the Susan and Leonard Feinstein IBD Clinical Centre. Dr Dubinsky is also the Director of the Marie and Barry Lipman IBD Preconception and Pregnancy Clinic. She is also an innovator and the Co-Founder of Trellus Health, providing personalized resilience coaching for people living with IBD. She received the Sherman Prize in 2022, which recognized her outstanding achievement in the field of IBD. In addition, she served as the Co-Chair for our inaugural Scrubs & Heels Leadership Summit in 2022.  

Marla Dubinsky, MD: consultant/advisor/speaker: AbbVie, Abivax, AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen, Lilly, Merck, Pfizer, Prometheus Biosciences, Takeda.

Episode outline: 

• Overview of barriers faced by women in GI
• Impact of failing to adequately address these barriers
• Defining the roles of mentors, sponsors, and allies
• Important qualities of mentors, sponsors, and allies
• Role models vs peer mentors

Other program activities: 

• Full Program: Equipped and Empowered: Thriving as Women in GI
• Podcast 2: Embracing Your Value: Tools and Strategies for Optimizing Professional Growth and Development
• Podcast 3: Being Your Full Self: Pursuing Work–Life Balance
• ClinicalThought: Expert Commentary on Thriving as Women in GI

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In this podcast episode, Anita Afzali, MD, MPH, MHCM, FACG, AGAF, and Aja McCutchen, MD, discuss how women in gastroenterology (GI) can embrace and enhance their value. These inspiring GI medicine experts propose a practical formula that involves ongoing, careful self-reflection and asking yourself how your strengths, core values, and interests can be aligned with professional endeavors. In addition, self-advocacy and self-allyship can serve as harmonious tools to drive action and positive change.   

Presenters:

Dr Anita Afzali is a Professor of Clinical Medicine, Interim Division Director of the Division of Digestive Diseases, Executive Vice Chair of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, and the Associate Chief Medical Officer of the UC Health system in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is also a Co-Founder of Scrubs & Heels.

Anita Afzali, MD, MPH, MHCM, FACG, AGAF: consultant: AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Lilly, Pfizer, Takeda; provider of non-CME/CE services: AbbVie, Janssen, Pfizer, Takeda.

Dr Aja McCutchen is a Partner and Physician Executive at Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates, a division of United Digestive in Atlanta, Georgia, and served as Co-Chair at the Scrubs & Heels 2023 Leadership Summit. 

Aja McCutchen, MD: consultant/advisor/speaker: Eli Lilly, Modify Health, Redhill Biopharm, Sanofi Regeneron, Takeda.

Episode outline: 

• Understanding and establishing your own market value; bringing that to your own organization
• Consequences of being ill-equipped to pursue professional growth and development
• Advocating for the value you bring to the profession
• Negotiation as a form of self-allyship
• Negotiation categories to help support career success and protect work–life balance

Other program activities: 

• Full Program: Equipped and Empowered: Thriving as Women in GI
• Podcast 1: Finding Your Friendtors: Mentors, Sponsors, and Allies
• Podcast 3: Being Your Full Self: Pursuing Work–Life Balance
• ClinicalThought: Expert Commentary on Thriving as Women in GI

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This podcast episode is part of a multimedia program discussing the impact of health disparities in anemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD) on patient outcomes. Tune in to hear Santosh Saraf, MD, and Milda Saunders, MD, MPH, highlight mitigation strategies to improve screening and management. The overview will include: 

• The definition of CKD and the relative prevalence in specific minority groups
• How health disparities affect CKD-related clinical and patient outcomes
• Appropriate screening techniques to diagnose patients with anemia of CKD
• Strategies to address health disparities to improve patient outcomes in the management of anemia of CKD

Presenters: 

Santosh Saraf, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Department of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois  

Milda Saunders, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

To view other program offerings, including a CE-certified on-demand webcast, a ClinicalThought commentary, and to download slides, visit:
https://bit.ly/3iL07S0

In this episode, listen as Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH, and Brad H. Rovin, MD, answer key questions about identifying patients at high risk for lupus nephritis, whether an elevated serum creatinine always signals lupus nephritis, the safety of newer therapies for lupus in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, and the possibility of using SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with lupus nephritis.

Presenters: 

Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Lupus Program
Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Brad H. Rovin, MD
Professor and Director, Division of Nephrology
The Lee A. Hebert Professor of Nephrology
Medical Director, The Ohio State Center for Clinical Research Management
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio

Review the downloadable slidesets at: 
https://bit.ly/3mlHOla

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3aC2NNL

In this episode, David S. Kountz, MD, discusses with Keith C. Ferdinand MD, FACC, FAHA, a patient case in which health disparities affected NVAF care and provides patient, provider, and health-system level strategies to address these disparities to improve NVAF-related cardiovascular outcomes.

Presenters

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine 
Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

David S. Kountz, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Nutley, New Jersey

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3MbIfZI

In this episode, Keith C. Ferdinand MD, FACC, FAHA, discusses with David S. Kountz, MD, a patient case in which health disparities affected NVAF care and provides strategies to address low health literacy and patient access to direct-acting oral anticoagulant to improve NVAF-related cardiovascular outcomes.

Presenters

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA 
Professor of Medicine 
Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

David S. Kountz, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Nutley, New Jersey

Link to full program: 
https://bit.ly/3MbIfZI

In this episode, Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH, and Brad H. Rovin, MD, discuss health disparities in systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis. Topics include: 

• Disproportionate prevalence among marginalized groups in the United States
• Lupus-related social determinants of health
• Challenges with medication adherence
• Strategies to reduce these disparities

Presenters:

Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Lupus Program
Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Brad H. Rovin, MD
Professor and Director, Division of Nephrology
The Lee A. Hebert Professor of Nephrology
Medical Director, The Ohio State Center for Clinical Research Management
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio

This episode is part of a larger program titled, “Lupus and Lupus Nephritis: Improving Outcomes and Reducing Disparities.” To access the full program, follow this link: 
https://bit.ly/3PWAzNU