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Medical Frontiers is an informational program sponsored and produced by the West Penn Allegheny Health System. The information featured on Medical Frontiers is intended solely to further the public’s general knowledge of current developments in the field of medicine and should not be relied upon as offering advice, diagnoses or opinions about any individual medical issue or treatment. Nothing should replace the relationship that you maintain with your personal physician.
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| 5/14 |
Women’s Heart Disease
Indu Poornima, MD, AGH Cardiologist, Director, AGH Women’s Heart Center
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Concussion Prevention and Treatment
Edward Snell, MD, Director, AGH Division of Primary Care Sports Medicine and
Jack Wilberger, MD, AGH Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Director, AGH Traumatic Brain Injury Program Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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April 2012
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Heart Disease (heart rhythm disorders)
William Belden, MD, AGH Electrophysiologist and Robert Moraca, MD, AGH Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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| 4/23 |
Joint Reconstruction (Hip and Knee)
Gregory Lavigne, MD, AGH Orthopaedic Surgeon Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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Colorectal Disease
Rahila Essani, MD, AGH Colorectal Surgeon and Shyam Thakkar, MD, AGH Gastroenterologist Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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Back/Spine Injury
Daniel Altman, MD, Director, Orthopaedic Spine Trauma at AGH Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Jan Seski, MD - Surgical Oncologist, Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology at AGH Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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| March 2012 | |
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Blood Cancers
John Lister, MD, hematologist/medical oncologist, Chief, Division of Hematology and Cellular Therapy at West Penn Allegheny Health System, Director, West Penn Hospital Cancer Institute, Entezam Sahovic, MD, hematologist/medical oncologist, Director, Cell Transplant Program, West Penn Allegheny Health System, Salman Fazal, MD, hematologist/medical oncologist, Assistant Director, Cell Transplant Program
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| 3/19 |
Lung Cancer
Tom Colonias, MD, WPAHS Radiation Oncologist and Lana Schumacher, MD, WPAHS Thoracic Surgeon
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| 3/12 |
Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation
Jose Oliva, MD, AGH hepatologist and Medical Director of AGH’s Liver Transplantation Program and Kusum Tom, MD, AGH Liver Transplant Surgeon
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| 3/5 |
Neurosurgery: Brain Tumors and Cerebrovascular Disease
Khaled Aziz, MD, Director, AGH Center for Complex Intracranial Surgery and Andrew Ku, MD, AGH Interventional Neuro-radiologist
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February 2012
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Sports Medicine – Injury Prevention, Treatment and Rehab with Dr. DJ Phillips and athletic trainors Andrea Parilak and Tara Stempfer
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| 2/20 |
Heart Valve Disease with Drs. George Magovern and George Sokos
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| 2/13 |
Epilepsy with Drs. Jack Wilberger and James Valeriano
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| 2/6 |
Cardiovascular Surgery with Drs. Michael Culig and Ronald Pelligrini
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| January 2012 | |
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Prostate Disease with Drs. Jeffrey Cohen and Ralph Miller
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| 1/23 |
Digestive Disease, Celiac Sprue with Dr. Kofi Clarke
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| 1/16 |
Heart Disease with Dr. David Lasorda and Dr. Michael Gaglia
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| 1/9 |
Obstetrics with Dr. Allen Klapper and Dr. Ronald Thomas
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Psychiatry with Dr. Alicia Kaplan
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December 2011
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General Medicine/Emergency Medicine with Dr. Marc Itskowitz and Dr. Arvind Venkat
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| 12/12 |
Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension with Drs. Srinivas Murali and Raymond Benza Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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| 12/05 |
Cancer Treatment Advances in Radiation Oncology with Drs. David Parda, Tom Colonias and Russell Fuhrer Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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November 2011
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| 11/28 |
Sports Medicine with Dr. Robert Shilken Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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| 11/21 |
Rheumatologic Disease with Dr. Fotios Koumpouras and Dr. Mary Wasko Please download the latest Flash player from Adobe here.
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| 11/14 | Hospice and Palliative Care with Dr. Randy Hebert and Maryann Fello |
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October 2011
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Kidney Disease and Transplantation with Dr. Peter Abrams and Dr. Kalathil Sureshkumar |
| 10/24 | Heart Failure with Dr. Robert Moraca and Dr. George Sokos |
| 10/17 | Colorectal Surgery and Cancer with Dr. Rahila Essani and Dr. Alexander Kirichenko |
| 10/10 | Breast Cancer with Dr. William Poller and Kathy Purcell (Komen Foundation) |
| 10/03 | Eye diseases with Dr. Deval Paranjpe and Dr. Karen Lauer |
