200 episodes

The EMJ Podcast is an educational podcast for healthcare professionals that covers the forefront of clinical practice, offering insights into the cutting edge of medicine. Through conversations with key opinion leaders, our host, physician and entrepreneur Jonathan Sackier, explores the latest trends and innovations, covering a number of clinical specialties, including oncology, dermatology, urology, cardiology, and many more.

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The EMJ Podcast is an educational podcast for healthcare professionals that covers the forefront of clinical practice, offering insights into the cutting edge of medicine. Through conversations with key opinion leaders, our host, physician and entrepreneur Jonathan Sackier, explores the latest trends and innovations, covering a number of clinical specialties, including oncology, dermatology, urology, cardiology, and many more.

    Episode 142: Rheumatology Through Time

    Episode 142: Rheumatology Through Time

    In this episode, Jonathan is joined by Adam Brown, Rheumatologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA. They discuss Brown’s unconventional teaching practices and how he has been awarded the teacher of the year several times at the Cleveland Clinic. They also delve into the history of rheumatology, focusing on specific rheumatological conditions such as gout, and his recent talk at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) meeting. 

    Use the following links to navigate the key topics discussed in this episode: 

    (00:00)-Introduction 

    (02:51)-Adam’s path into rheumatology 

    (06:44)-Travel and learnings from being abroad 

    (08:47)-Surfing in Australia  

    (11:37)-The King’s disease 

    (18:55)-Online rheumatology resources 

    (20:45)-Rheumatology made ridiculously simple 

    (27:04)-The societal impacts of plagues and pandemics throughout history  

    (35:24)-Whipple disease
    (39:35)-Three wishes for the future of healthcare 

    • 45 min
    Episode 141: A Joint Conversation: Treating Rheumatic Disease

    Episode 141: A Joint Conversation: Treating Rheumatic Disease

    Giovanni Adami, Rheumatologist at the University of Verona, Italy, joins Jonathan to discuss a range of topics, from metabolic bone disease to rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis, and provide an overview of causes and symptoms, as well as treatments. They further dive into the impact of rheumatoid arthritis on patients and their quality of life, as well as the association between air pollution and rheumatoid arthritis flares. 

     

    Use the following timestamps to navigate the topics discussed in this episode: 

    (00:00)-Introduction


    (02:30)-Adami's origin story


    (03:14)-Experiences from Alabama, USA, and research carried out there 

    (06:36)-Osteoporosis and bisphosphonates 

    (07:05)-Fragility fractures in diseases requiring glucocorticoids 

    (10:14)-Metabolic bone disease and its causes 

    (13:24)-How to reduce the number of patients with metabolic bone disease 

    (14:24)-Incidence of hip fracture worldwide 

    (16:29)-Positive effects of TNF-α inhibitors 

    (19:21)-Benefits of Vitamin D for older patients 

    (20:04)-Links between rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis 

    (23:13)-Arthritis types and causes 

    (25:57)-Gout 

    (28:55)-Impact of arthritis diagnosis on patients 

    (30:54)-Association between air pollution and disease activity 

    (36:47)-Three wishes for the future of healthcare 

    • 40 min
    Bonus Episode: Considerations and options on end-stage of OA disease

    Bonus Episode: Considerations and options on end-stage of OA disease

    In this third podcast, Ali Mobasheri and Daniel White focus on late-stage OA, when the burden is high for both the individual and society. Our two speakers advise patients, caregivers, and physicians about how OA disease should be managed in the end stages, when to engage patients for surgical options, and whether this is appropriate or not according to other comorbidities.
    This content has been supported by Viatris

    • 26 min
    Episode 140: Changing Perceptions in Diabetes

    Episode 140: Changing Perceptions in Diabetes

    On this episode, Jonathan is joined by Noel Morgan, Professor of Endocrine Pharmacology, University of Exeter, UK. The pair discuss Morgan’s extensive research in diabetes, including his research on islet biology and signalling mechanisms regulating pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory processes in β-cells in Type 1 diabetes. They further discuss areas of research that excite and frustrate him, how we can change beliefs and behaviours associated with diabetes, and the future of diabetes research.
     
    Use the following timestamps to navigate the topics discussed in this episode:  

    (00:00)-Introduction
    (02:00)-Morgan's origin story

    (03:30)-Experiences from Nashville, USA

    (06:00)-Islet biology

    (08:00)-Insulin secretion control

    (12:25)-Aetiology and differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

    (15:10)-The largest collection of rare pancreas samples in the world

    (17:50)-Different ‘types’ of Type 1 diabetes

    (20:15)-Pro-insulin

    (22:35)-To B or not to B?

    (24:35)-Rituximab

    (26:00)-Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture

    (28:00)-The global obesity epidemic and changing behaviour

    (31:45)-The war on obesity

    (33:40)-A longer, unhealthy life?

    (34:45)-Exciting topics and immunotherapy

    (36:50)-Three wishes

    • 39 min
    Bonus Episode: Echocardiography for Diagnosing Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Bonus Episode: Echocardiography for Diagnosing Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    This informative podcast spotlights the current treatment landscape of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), detailing typical diagnosis and outlining the use of echocardiography for obstructive HCM.
    This podcast was sponsored by Myokardia and Bristol Myers Squibb.

    • 21 min
    Episode 139: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Most Common Rare Disease

    Episode 139: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Most Common Rare Disease

    In this episode, Jonathan is joined by Chris Wincup, Versus Arthritis Clinical Research Fellow in Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University College London, UK. They discuss the current treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), as well as symptoms. They also consider mental health in patients with SLE, and the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on patients with SLE and autoimmune diseases.

    • 43 min

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