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Author in the Room™ Interviews

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In partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, this program is designed to bring clinical evidence into practice by connecting practitioners to authors of JAMA articles.

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  1. JAMA: 2013-02-27, Vol. 309, No. 8, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH, author of Bariatric Surgery Complications Before vs After Implementation of a National Policy Restricting Coverage to Centers of Excellence. Summary Points: Bariatric surgery has become much safer over the past decade, likely due to better techniques,...

  2. JAMA: 2013-03-20, Vol. 309, No. 11, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Phillip M. Boiselle, MD, author of Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer. Summary Points: CT screening reduced lung cancer-specific mortality by 20% in a large randomized trial of a high-risk population. CT is associated with a high false-positive rate, with associated…

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  3. JAMA: 2013-02-20, Vol. 309, No. 7, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Daniel J. Buysse, MD, author of Insomnia. Summary Points: Insomnia is a frequent comorbid condition that increases costs and worsens outcomes. Insomnia is a chronic condition for which there are effective and widely available acute treatments (medications) and effective but...

  4. JAMA: 2013-01-16, Vol. 309, No. 3, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Daniel S. Chertow, MD, MPH, author of Bacterial Coinfection in Influenza: A Grand Rounds Review. Summary Points: Influenza vaccine remains the best available tool for prevention of severe influenza illness commonly associated with bacterial coinfection. Early empirical antiviral…

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  5. JAMA: 2012-11-28, Vol. 308, No. 20, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Robert H. Shmerling, MD, author of Management of Gout: A 57-Year-Old Man With a History of Podagra, Hyperuricemia, and Mild Renal Insufficiency. Summary Points: Risk factor modification: alcohol intake, excess weight, diet, medications (although overall impact on gout uncertain)....

  6. JAMA: 2012-11-21, Vol. 308, No. 19, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, author of Nonpharmacologic Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia. Summary Points: Attending to behavioral symptoms is part of comprehensive dementia care and requires ongoing long-term management. Use 6 steps to systematically prevent, assess, manage,...

  7. JAMA: 2012-10-17, Vol. 308, No. 15, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Nancy A. Rigotti, MD, author of Strategies to Help a Smoker Who Is Struggling to Quit. Summary Points: Treat tobacco use like the chronic disease that it is. Don't give up if your first few efforts do not succeed. Medications and brief counseling are each effective, but combining…

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  8. JAMA: 2012-10-03, Vol. 308, No. 13, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Robert W. Haley, MD, author of Controlling Urban Epidemics of West Nile Virus Infection. Summary Points: Epidemics of West Nile neuroinvasive disease have become a serious medical and public health challenge that will be with us for the foreseeable future. Ultra low-volume aerial...

  9. JAMA: 2012-08-22, Vol. 308, No. 8, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Philip Greenland, MD, author of Comparison of Novel Risk Markers for Improvement in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Intermediate-Risk Individuals. Summary Points: In comparison with other competing biomarkers and risk factors, coronary artery calcium (CAC) is currently the most...

  10. Antiretroviral Treatment of Adult HIV Infection 2012 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society-USA Panel

    Interview with Melanie A. Thompson, MD, and Paul A. Volberding, MD, authors of Antiretroviral Treatment of Adult HIV Infection 2012 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society-USA Panel. Summary Points: Antiretroviral treatment is recommended and should be offered to all persons with...

  11. JAMA: 2012-06-13, Vol. 307, No. 22, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Peter B. Bach, MD, MAPP, author of Benefits and Harms of CT Screening for Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review; and George T. O’Connor, MD, MS, author of Lung Cancer Screening, Radiation, Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainty. Summary Points: Three randomized trials examined computed...

  12. JAMA: 2012-05-02, Vol. 307, No. 17, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Mary A. Whooley, MD, author of Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Adults With Comorbid Medical Conditions: A 52-Year-Old Man With Depression. Summary Points: Depression screening has no benefit unless it is combined with team-based management Self-management strategies...

  13. JAMA: 2012-04-11, Vol. 307, No. 14, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Rita F. Redberg, MD, author of Healthy Men Should Not Take Statins; and Michael J. Blaha, MD, MPH, author of Statin Therapy for Healthy Men Identified as "Increased Risk". Dr Redberg's Summary Points: 1. Drugs given to asymptomatic persons should either help them to feel better or...

  14. JAMA: 2012-03-21, Vol. 307, No. 11, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with James T. Pacala, MD, MS, author of Hearing Deficits in the Older Patient: "I Didn't Notice Anything". Summary Points: 1. Age-related hearing loss is extremely common and underrecognized by most health care providers. 2. There are many effective methods of detection of hearing loss...

  15. JAMA: 2012-02-01, Vol. 307, No. 5, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD, author of Weight Loss Strategies for Adolescents: A 14-Year-Old Struggling to Lose Weight. Summary Points: 1. Childhood obesity arises from a complex interplay of biology, behavior, and the environment. Consequently, successful treatment requires targeting...

  16. JAMA: 2011-12-14, Vol. 306, No. 22, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Harold Sox, MD, author of New American Cancer Society Process for Creating Trustworthy Cancer Screening Guidelines. Summary Points: 1. Trustworthy guidelines require transparency about purpose, process, evidence, and rationale. 2. Trustworthy guidelines require a systematic review…

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  17. JAMA: 2012-01-04, Vol. 307, No. 1, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with George A. Bray, MD, author of Effect of Dietary Protein Content on Weight Gain, Energy Expenditure, and Body Composition During Overeating: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Summary Points: 1. Excess calories are stored as fat, independent of protein. 2. Protein increases metabolic…

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  18. JAMA: 2011-10-12, Vol. 306, No. 14, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Daniel Leffler, MD, MS, author of Celiac Disease Diagnosis and Management: A 46-Year-Old Woman With Anemia. Summary points: 1. Celiac disease can present at any age with a wide variety of signs and symptoms and delay in diagnosis is common. 2. Testing for celiac disease with IgA...

  19. JAMA: 2011-10-05, Vol. 306, No. 13, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Steven C. Zweig, MD, MSPH, author of The Physician's Role in Patients' Nursing Home Care. Summary Points: 1. Prevalent, fragile population, cared for until the end of life. 2. Care must be interdisciplinary (Facility, staff, physicians; Residents, family members). 3. Understand and...

  20. JAMA: 2011-08-09, Vol. 306, No. 10, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH, author of Caring for Patients With Limited Health Literacy: A 76-Year-Old Man With Multiple Medical Problems. Summary Points: 1. Massively increase patient education. 2. Systematically reduce unneeded complexity and variability. 3. Universal...

  21. JAMA: 2011-08-03, Vol. 306, No. 5, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Laura Mosqueda, MD, author of Elder Abuse and Self-neglect: "I Don't Care Anything About Going to the Doctor, to Be Honest..."

  22. JAMA: 2011-07-06, Vol. 306, No. 1, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Ross Zafonte, DO, author of Diagnosis and Management of Sports-Related Concussion: A 15-Year-Old Athlete With a Concussion. Summary Points: 1. Concussion does not require a loss of consciousness and is typically a transient and reversible neurologic dysfunction. 2. Those with...

  23. JAMA: 2011-05-11, Vol. 305, No. 18, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Gordon D. Schiff, MD, author of Medical Error: A 60-Year-Old Man With Delayed Care for a Renal Mass. Summary Points: The goals of this Author in the Room teleconference are to: 1. Appreciate the frequency, faces, and challenges of test result follow-up management errors. 2....

  24. JAMA: 2011-02-16, Vol. 305, No. 7, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Eric Widera, MD, author of Finances in the Older Patient With Cognitive Impairment: 'He Didn't Want Me to Take Over'. Summary Points: 1. Individuals with Alzheimer disease will have increasing difficulty with finances over time, and the very first signs of this difficulty will…

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  25. JAMA: 2011-03-02, Vol. 305, No. 9, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Lydia A. Bazzano, MD, PhD, and Angela M. Thompson, authors of Antihypertensive Treatment and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events Among Persons Without Hypertension: A Meta-analysis. Summary Points: 1. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk increases beginning at…

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  26. JAMA: 2011-02-09, Vol. 305, No. 6, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Monica Morrow, MD, author of Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis. Summary Points: 1. Axillary dissection is a major cause of morbidity after breast cancer surgery. 2. In women who have 3 or fewer sentinel...

  27. JAMA: 2011-02-02, Vol. 305, No. 5, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Gabriela Schmajuk, MD, author of Receipt of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in Medicare Managed Care Plans. Summary Points: 1. One third of Medicare managed care patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis are not receiving...

  28. JAMA: 2011-01-12, Vol. 305, No. 2, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Steven J. Jacobsen, MD, PhD, author of Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Older Adults and the Risk of Subsequent Herpes Zoster Disease. Summary Points: 1. The findings suggest that the zoster vaccine is as effective in a community setting with its mixed population and routine clinical...

  29. JAMA: 2010-12-21, Vol. 304, No. 21, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Julia Howell Hayes, MD, author of Active Surveillance Compared With Initial Treatment for Men With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Decision Analysis. Summary Points: 1. Active surveillance is a reasonable approach to consider for carefully selected 65-year-old men with low-risk...

  30. JAMA: 2010-10-20, Vol. 304, No. 15, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Julia Neily, RN, MS, MPH, author of Association Between Implementation of a Medical Team Training Program and Surgical Mortality. Summary Points: 1. Improved communication is associated with decreased surgical mortality. 2. Since there was a dose response relationship, this…

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  31. JAMA: 2010-10-13, Vol. 304, No. 14, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Michael A. Steinman, MD, author of Managing Medications in Clinically Complex Elders. Summary Points: 1. First, a systematic approach to approaching prescribing is essential. 2. Second, an essential first step is to know what the patient is actually taking right now, and to clarify...

  32. JAMA: 2010-08-25, Vol. 304, No. 8, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH, author of Does This Coughing Adolescent or Adult Patient Have Pertussis? Summary Points: 1. When evaluating adolescents and adults with persistent cough illness, the presence of classic symptoms of pertussis (paroxysmal cough, whooping cough, post-tussive...

  33. JAMA: 2010-07-14, Vol. 304, No. 2, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH, author of The Role of Professionalism and Self-regulation in Detecting Impaired or Incompetent Physicians. Summary Points: At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Describe the frequency with which physicians report…

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  34. JAMA: 2010-06-02, Vol. 303, No. 21, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Patricia S. Goode, MSN, MD, author of Incontinence in Older Women. Summary Points: 1. UI is very common in older women and should be in Review of System for ALL older women. 2. Initial behavioral therapy (pelvic floor muscle exercises, urge and stress strategies, caffeine…

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  35. JAMA: 2010-05-26, Vol. 303, No. 20, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH, MA, author of A 42-Year-Old Man Considering Whether to Drink Alcohol for His Health. Summary Points:1. Careful alcohol histories are needed for all patients, particularly to identify binge drinking, which is frequent among moderate and especially…

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  36. JAMA: 2010-04-28, Vol. 303, No. 16, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with David B. Carr, MD, author of The Older Adult Driver With Cognitive Impairment. Summary Points: 1. Know how to assess a cognitively impaired older driver in the office setting. 2. Know how and where to refer at-risk cognitively impaired older drivers. 3. Know how to counsel...

  37. JAMA: 2010-04-07, Vol. 303, No. 13, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Roger Chou, MD, author of Will This Patient Develop Persistent Disabling Low Back Pain? Summary Points: 1. A small proportion of patients with acute LBP go on to develop chronic LBP, these patients account for a very high proportion of costs, services, and suffering. 2. The most...

  38. JAMA: 2010-01-20, Vol. 303, No. 3, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Mary E. Tinetti, MD, author of The Patient Who Falls. Summary Points: 1. Falls are common health events that cause discomfort and disability for older adults and stress for caregivers. Previous falls; strength, gait and balance impairments; and medications are the strongest risk...

  39. JAMA: 2009-12-16, Vol. 302, No. 23, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Frank Davidoff, MD, author of Heterogeneity Is Not Always Noise. Summary Points: 1. A clinical trial is a powerful tool for showing whether an intervention works, but the heterogeneity of trial participants means it may be a mistake to assume that the overall (or group) benefit of…

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  40. JAMA: 2009-12-23, Vol. 302, No. 24, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with David Reuben, MD, author of Medical Care for the Final Years of Life. Summary Points: 1. When caring for older patients, the conventional evidence-based approach is modified by 3 important caveats: prognosis, insufficient evidence, and patient goals and preferences. 2.…

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  41. JAMA: 2009-11-25, Vol. 302, No. 20, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Hussein Hollands, MD, MSc, author of Acute-Onset Floaters and Flashes: Is This Patient at Risk for Retinal Detachment? Summary Points: 1. The most likely cause of acute onset monocular floaters or flashes is posterior vitreous detachment. If left untreated, vitreous detachment...

  42. JAMA: 2009-10-21, Vol. 302, No. 15, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, author of Rethinking Screening for Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer. Summary Points: 1. The effectiveness of screening depends on the underlying biology of cancer. Routine mammographic screening works best for slow to moderate growth tumors, most common in...

  43. JAMA: 2009-09-23/30, Vol. 302, No. 12, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Michael S. Krasner, MD, author of Association of an Educational Program in Mindful Communication With Burnout, Empathy, and Attitudes Among Primary Care Physicians. Summary Points: 1. Burnout is prevalent among physicians, and has untoward effects not only on the physicians...

  44. JAMA: 2009-08-19, Vol. 302, No. 7, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with John Iskander, MD, author of Postlicensure Safety Surveillance for Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine. Summary Points: 1. Since quadrivalent HPV vaccine was licensed in June 2006, more than 23 million doses have been administered nationally. 2. There were a total...

  45. JAMA: 2009-08-12, Vol. 302, No. 6, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Thomas H. Gallagher, MD, author of A 62-Year-Old Woman With Skin Cancer Who Experienced Wrong-Site Surgery. Summary Points: 1. Errors and adverse events are common, and disclosure of these events to patients is recommended but often does not take place. 2. Physician fear of...

  46. JAMA: 2009-07-22/29, Vol. 302, No. 4, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with John P. Forman, MD, MSc, author of Diet and Lifestyle Risk Factors Associated With Incident Hypertension in Women. Summary Points: 1. At an individual level, combining healthy lifestyle factors may substantially reduce the risk of developing hypertension; according to the findings…

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  47. JAMA: 2009-05-20, Vol. 301, No. 19, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Charles M. Morin, PhD, author of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, Singly and Combined with Medication, for Persistent Insomnia. Summary Points: 1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for chronic insomnia and can help reduce medication treatment for this…

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  48. JAMA: 2009-05-06, Vol. 301, No. 17, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Peter H. Hwang, MD, author of A 51-Year-Old Woman With Acute Onset of Facial Pressure, Rhinorrhea, and Tooth Pain. Summary Points: 1. There are now published consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute rhinosinusitis. 2. Acute viral rhinosinusitis and acute...

  49. JAMA: 2009-03-25, Vol. 301, No. 12, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Lisa A. Cooper, MD, author of A 41-Year-Old African American Man With Poorly Controlled Hypertension. Summary Points: 1. Cardiovascular disease accounts for 35% of the excess mortality in African Americans, in large part because of hypertension. 2. Racial disparities in physicians'...

  50. JAMA: 2009-03-18, Vol. 301, No. 11, Author in the Room™ Audio Interview

    Interview with Michael K. Kearney, MD, author of Self-care of Physicians Caring for Patients at the End of Life. Summary Points: 1. Burnout and compassion fatigue are fundamentally different phenomena. Understanding the difference is helpful for effective intervention. 2. Investments in...

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In partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, this program is designed to bring clinical evidence into practice by connecting practitioners to authors of JAMA articles.

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