Podcast Interviews

Please download the AJRCCM podcast interviews. All podcasts are introduced by Jacob Iasha Sznajder, MD, Editor of the Journal. Subscribe here to receive free Blue Journal podcasts via iTunes (both Article Discussions and Audio Summaries).

• Vitamin D for COPD: how much is enough for lung health? Dr. David Kaufman interviews Dr. Ken M. Kunisaki and Dr. C.J. Rosen
• 24/7 Intensivist Presence - Dr. Nitin Seam discusses the results of a pilot study with Drs. Alan Garland and Jordi Mancebo
• 'Clearing the Air': Dr. G.R. Scott Budinger interviews Drs. Kent Pinkerton and C. Arden Pope on the United States' current Ozone standards
• Effect of Transfers to Long-Term Acute Care Facilities on ICU Quality Measures. Dr. Nitin Seam speaks with Dr. Shannon Carson and Dr. Jesse Hall
• David Kaufman, MD, discusses occupational silicosis and globalization with Dr. Andrew Ghio and Professor Tolga Koker and poses the question of whether this is a preventable recurring tragedy
• Innate and adaptive immunity: Drs. Jacob I. Sznajder and Aaron Ciechanover discuss this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Dr. Nitin Seam interviews Drs. Jean Francois Timsit and Damon Scales on “A re-appraisal of ventilator-associated pneumonia attributable mortality"
• Dr. David Kaufman speaks with Drs. Ron Collman and Sanjay Sethi on “Bugs in the lungs: New ways of evaluating the lower respiratory microbiome"
• Aerosolized albuterol for treatment of acute lung injury - Dr. Nitin Seam discusses the latest ARDS network trial with Dr. Michael Matthay, Dr. Gavin Perkins and Dr. Jacob Iasha Sznajder
• Critical Illness in the ICU: Dr. David Kaufman interviews Dr. Amber Barnato and Cheryl Misak
• Appraising the Evidence Underlying Performance Measures for Community-Acquired Pneumonia, an interview with Kevin Wilson, MD and Holger Schünemann, MD, PhD, conducted by Richard Wunderink, MD
• The future of translational research in pulmonary medicine: an interview with James Kiley, PhD conducted by Benjamin Singer, MD
• Pro/Con: Corticosteroids for Severe H1N1 Pneumonia --  Nitin Seam moderates a debate between Dr. Michael Matthay and Dr. Djillali Annane
• Statins for ARDS, safe yes; effective???
  David Kaufman interviews Dr. Daniel McAuley and Dr. Taylor Thompson about research on statins in ARDS recently published in the AJRCCM
• J. Randall Curtis MD, MPH, author of "Effect of a quality-improvement intervention on end-of-life care in the ICU" interviewed by Nitin Seam, MD
• Podcast Interview with Dr. Ognjen Gajic, MD and Dr. Andrew Bersten, MD on how hospital process improvement measures may reduce the incidence of ARDS.
• “Moving the Science of Quality Improvement in Critical Care Medicine Forward” and “The Science of Translating Research into Practice in Intensive Care,” an interview with Luís A. N. Amaral, Ph.D. and Peter J. Provonost, M.D., Ph.D.,  discussing ideas presented in their December 15 editorials. Interview conducted by David Kaufman, M.D.
• Mentorship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, an interview with John Heffner, MD and Lawrence Wood, MD, PhD conducted by Nitin Seam, MD
• Pros and Cons of 24/7 In-house Intensivist Coverage-a podcast debate between Mark Geraci, MD and Jeremy Kahn, MD, moderated by Nitin Seam, MD

Commentary of Journal Article

• Paul T. Schumacker, Ph.D., Deputy Editor, discusses the findings presented in the May 15 journal article, "Venous Thromboembolism and Risk of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia"