MCMS Programming

Medicine and Society Channel 22 TV Programs 2001 ñ 2006
UNC Charlotte Center for Professional and Applied Ethics
Co-Sponsored by
The Mecklenburg County Medical Society and the Bioethics Resource Group

Interviewer on all programs is Rosemarie Tong, Ph.D., Mecklenburg County Medical Society Distinguished Professor of Health Care Ethics and Director of the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, UNC Charlotte

Please view our most recent programs at Broadcast Communications, UNC Charlotte.

2013

  • From S.A.D. to G.L.A.D.” – Stress, Anziety, and Depression to Gratitude, Love, Awareness, and Drive. Dr. Richard (Dick) Blackwell, PhD. Psychologist, Dr. John Hall, MD FAPA, Psychiatrist, Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and Peter Popovich, Owner, Popovich & Associates.

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2012

  • “Working Together to Control the Obesity Epidemic: Facts, Ficions, and Workable Solutions.” Dr. Thomas Marlowe, MD Biriatric Physician, Founder and Medical Director of Dr. Marlowe’s Weight Loss Institute, Dr. Shivani Mehta, MD, MPH, Faculty Pediatrician at Levine Children’s Hospital, currently working at Teen Health Connection and Myers Park Pediatrics, Health Weight, Healthy Child Ccoalition Advisory Team, and Dr. David Voellinger, MD, Bariatric Surgeon, Southeast Bariatrics, Medical Director at Presbyterian Bariatric Center.

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2011

  • Vaccines: Miracles and Controversies.” Anne E. Walker, MD Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, International Adoption Consultations, WALKER PEDIATRICS and Tim Larsen, Department of Pediatrics, Carolinas Healthcare
  • “Prescription Narcotics: A Two-Edged Sword.” Dr. Mark Romanoff, MD, Southeast Pain Care, and Dr. Mark Mogul, MD, Associate Director of Cancer Services, Novant Health System.
  • “Vaccines: Miracles and Controversies.” Dr. Tim Larsen, MD, Pediatrics Resident Physician, Levine Children’s Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center, and Dr. Anne E. Walker, MD, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, International Adoption Consultations, Walker Pediatrics, Part of Novant Medical Group

2010

  • “Patient Heal Thyself: How the New Medicine Puts the Patient in Charge.” Interview with Robert M. Veatch, PhD, Professor of Medical Ethics, Georgetown University, Katherine Pierce, M.D., Internal Medicine, Fellow, The Program in Integrative Medicine, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, and Dael Waxman, M.D., Medical Director of Behavioral Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center
  • “Mid-Life Crisis at 100? The Promises and Perils of Regenerative Medicine.” Eric Juengst, PhD, Director of the Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law, and Nancy Teaff, M.D., Reproductive Endocrinology Associates of Charlotte.

2009

  • “Partnering to End Obesity: Physicians, Families and Community.” Interview with Jessica Schorr Saxe, M.D., Family Physician at Carolinas Medical Center – Biddle Point and Medical Director of Healthy Weight, Healthy Child (a Kate B Reynolds Grant), and Anne Walker, M.D., FAAP, Novant Medical Group – Walker Pediatrics

  • “Should Conscience Have a Role in Medicine?” Interview with John Lantos, MD, Director, Center for Practical Bioethics, Theresa K. Sunderland, MD, Presbyterian Inpatient Pediatric Specialist, Presbyterian-Novant, and Irene M. Zink, MD, Associate Program Director, Department of Family Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center

2008

  • “Physician Altruism in a Time of Need.” Interview with John T. Klimas, MD, Carolina Astma and Allergy Center and Founder of Physicians Reach Out, Michele Birch, MD, CMC Biddle Point, Sam R. Fulp, MD, Charlotte Gastroenterology and Hepatology

  • “Major Challenges in Pediatric Ethics: Helping Parents Make Hard Decisions About Their Babies.” Interview with Martha Montello, PhD, Associate Professor, History and Philosophy of Medicine, University of Kansas, School of Medicine, and Docia Hickey, MD, President of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society

2007

  • “Moral Integrity in Clinical Research.” Interview with Evan G. DeRenzo, PhD, Senior Bioethicist, Center for Ethics, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, and James T. McDeavitt, MD, Senior Vice President, Education and Research, Carolinas HealthCare System

  • “Bioethics in the Age of Biotechnology: New Hopes, Old Fears.” Interview with Tristram Engelhardt, MD, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, Rice University and Professor Emeritus, Baylor School of Medicine

  • “Ethics and the New Genomics: Are We More than our Genes?” Interview with Thomas H. Murray, PhD, President and CEO, The Hastings Center, Garrison, New York


2006

  • What Does It Mean to be a Good Doctor Today?
    Interview with Edmund Pellegrino, MD, Chair, Presidentís Council on Bioethics and Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Center Medical Center
  • Reconstructing and Reshaping Bodies: The Ethics of Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery
    Interview with David C. Matthews, MD, David C. Matthews, MD, PA; and Peter J. Capizzi, MD, Stillwater Plastic Surgery
  • Aging and Long-Term Care in the U.S.: Are We Ready for the Boomers?
    Interview with Harry R. Moody, PhD., Director of Academic Affairs for the American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC; and Bruce Jennings, MA, Director of the Center for Humans and Nature, New York, NY

2005

  • Reflections on Dying Post Schiavo
    Interview with William H. Colby, JD, Fellow, Center for Practical Bioethics, Kansas City, MO; and John E. Barkley, MD, Vice President of Medical Services for Hospice and Palliative Care, Charlotte Region

  • Medical Research: How Good Is It for Your Health?
    Interview with Nancy M. P. King, JD, and Mark E. Romanoff, MD, Pain Management Specialist with Southeastern Pain Center
  • Wonder Cells: Resolving the U.S. Stem Cell Debate
    Interview with Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director, Center for Bioethics, University of Virginia Health System

2004

  • Putting a Face on the Uninsured: A Physician Reaches Out
    Interview with Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown, Medical Director, Presbyterian Urgent Care
  • Uninsured Employees: A Growing Community Concern
    Panel discussion with Mark S. Boynton, Tucker Boynton Company; Russell C. Guerin, President, Managed Health Resources, Carolinas Healthcare System; Dr. John Klimas, Carolinas Asthma and Allergy Center, Physicians Reach Out, and Katie Tyler, President, Tyler II Construction
  • Physicians and Health Care Reform: What’s a Good Doctor to Do?
    T. Hayes Wollen, Jr., MD, Cotswold Medical Clinic, and Stephen Miles, MD

2003

  • HIV-AIDS: Problem or Crisis?
    Interview with James Horton, MD, Infectious Disease Specialist, Carolinas Medical Center and Steven R. Keener, MD, Medical Director, Mecklenburg County Health Department
  • The Perfect Baby: Parenthood in the New World of Geneticsî (2003)
    Interview with Glenn McGee, PhD, Associate Director for Education & Senior Fellow, Center for Bioethics & Professor of Bioethics, Philosophy and History & Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania

2002

  • Dying a Good Death: Itís Time for an Honest Talk
    Interview with Dr. Sean Morrison, Albert Einstein School of Medicine
  • Helping People Have Babies: New Treatments for Infertility
    Interview with Wallace Nunley, MD, Carolinas Medical Center, and Nancy Teaff, MD, Presbyterian Hospital (two tapes)
  • Culturally Competent Patient Care: Meeting the Challenges of Diversity
    Interview with Dr. Marian Gray Secundy, Howard University, Department of Clinical Medicine

2001

  • Dementia and Alzheimerís Disease
    Panel discussion with Dr. John Lincourt; Jean Cochrane; Reverend Tony Biles; Dr. Shirley Travis; Dr. Darlyne Menscer; Dr. James Pugh and Beth Croom