Although we may not see tuberculosis cases too often, that doesn’t mean this disease isn’t out there. In fact, up to 13 million people are carrying the latent infection, which can asymptomatically exist in a patient for years and can be fatal if it isn’t caught early enough. That’s why knowing which of our patients are at risk and using effective screening measures are now more critical than ever. In the hopes of eradicating this disease once and for all, Tackling TB brings together experts in the areas of public health and infectious disease to discuss current guideline recommendations, testing methodologies, and the importance of primary care physicians in conducting risk-based screening protocols. In collaboration with:
Guest: Jeffrey R. Starke, MD Host: Paul P. Doghramji, MD, FAAFP Dr. Paul Doghramji joins Dr. Jeffrey Starke, an Infection Control Officer at Texas Chi...
Host: Paul Doghramji, MD Guest: Sarojini Qasba, MD With the World Health Organization’s goal to eliminate tuberculosis by 2030 quickly approaching, wh...
Guest: Jeffrey D. Cirillo, PhD It’s critical that we understand whether or not a patient with an immune-mediated inflammatory disease has latent tuber...
Guest: Marie-Claire Rowlinson, PhD, D(ABMM) The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed clinical laboratories to find new strategies to keep at-risk patients pro...
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Masae Kawamura, MD What’s it like to care for patients with tuberculosis (TB)? Here to share stories and reflections ...
Guest: Masae Kawamura, MD Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO What are some of the current roadblocks and innovations that are seen in our efforts to eradicate ...
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Lee Reichman, MD, MPH Even though tuberculosis (TB) is both curable and preventable, it continues to be a major publi...
Guest: Masae Kawamura, MD Tuberculosis (TB) takes a life every 18 seconds…but you can play a part in putting a stop to the spread of this infectious d...
Host: John J. Russell, MD Guest: Lee Reichman, MD, MPH To help us understand how primary care physicians can lead the way in proactively identifying a...