
150 episodes

Better Edge : A Northwestern Medicine podcast for physicians Northwestern Medicine
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Better Edge is a podcast for physicians. It showcases current research and breakthroughs in care by Northwestern Medicine. Northwestern Medicine is an academic medical center located in Chicago, IL.
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Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Improving Surgical Team Communication to Reduce Costs
Amy E. Krambeck, MD, of Northwestern Medicine Urology, describes the percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) equipment whiteboard her team developed. It which improved equipment communication accuracy, case item accuracy and PCNL cost efficiency. Their evaluation was recently published in Urology.
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The Northwestern Medicine Approaches for Gastroparesis
In this episode of the Better Edge podcast, Joy Jia Liu, MD, gastroenterologist and instructor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Northwestern Medicine, talks about the causes and prevalence of gastroparesis as well as the approaches Northwestern Medicine takes to treat gastroparesis. She goes into detail about the best practices for managing it and covers the difference between gastroparesis and functional dyspepsia.
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Spinal Cord Injury and Psychology Integration at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
This episode of the Better Edge podcast features Anita Kou, MD, physiatrist, and Leslie S. Rogers, PhD, psychologist, both at Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital. They discuss how psychology is incorporated into spinal cord injury rehabilitation at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and how it benefits patients. Dr. Kou and Rogers talk about Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital’s multidisciplinary approach to evaluating and treating patients with spinal cord injuries and how they involve the patient’s family in the recovery process.
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Hip Preservation Surgeries at Northwestern Medicine
This episode of the Better Edge podcast features Michael David Stover, MD, professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern Medicine, and Sanjeev Bhatia, MD, orthopaedic surgeon at Northwestern Medicine and director of the Hip and Knee Joint Preservation Center. They talk about the field of hip preservation and the different types of hip preservation surgeries available, including all-arthroscopic versus combined open-and-arthroscopic surgery. Dr. Stover and Dr. Bhatia also discuss ideal candidates for these types of hip preservation surgeries and how the approach taken at Northwestern Medicine leads to a higher number of positive patient outcomes.
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Northwestern Medicine Neuropsychology
This episode of the Better Edge podcast features James L. Reilly, MD, associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Reilly discusses neuropsychological testing at Northwestern Medicine and how teams use it to establish a baseline of brain function to measure rehabilitation progress in patients with brain injuries. He goes into detail about the multidisciplinary approach to “brain mapping” in the OR that provides real-time feedback during brain surgery.
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Predicting Which Bladder Cancer Patients Will Respond to Immunotherapy
Northwestern Medicine scientists, led by Joshua J. Meeks, MD, PhD, have developed a biomarker signature test to predict which patients with bladder cancer will respond to immunotherapy. The discovery, from a new study published in Nature Communications, could improve the survival of bladder cancer patients. Dr. Meeks joins this episode of the Better Edge podcast to discuss the results.