This Week on Sound Medicine...Dec 18

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week’s program are Kathy Miller, MD, David Crabb, MD, and Steve Bogdewic, PhD.

Guests will include Robert Stoelting MD, who will explore the changes in the field of anesthesia, which have taken insurance premiums from one of the highest to one of the lowest for medical specialties. Dr. Stoelting is the president of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. He is the retired chair of the IUSM Department of Anesthesiology.

Fred and Vicki Modell will discuss self-funded research and their organization, the Jeffrey Modell Foundation, which was created to raise money for research and clinical trials for treatment of primary immunodeficiency diseases. Last year, the Modells were honored by the International Union of Immunological Societies for their contribution to research.

Stephen Schneider, PhD, professor of biological science and co-director of the Center for Environmental Science and Policy at Stanford University, will outline his fight against a deadly form of cancer and the steps he took to take control of his treatment. Dr. Schneider is the author of “The Patient from Hell: How I worked with My Doctors to Get the Best of Modern Medicine and How You Can, Too.”

Sound Medicine ’s wordsmith Jeremy Shere shares his definition of “Achilles tendon.”

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/

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