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"Patient Power" Features Harborview Physicians

Each weekend “Andrew Schorr’s Patient Power” connects you LIVE with leading medical experts who speak on an important health topic. It's a program that puts you back in control of your health, providing you with expert guidance on how to access the best medicine available today. Listen at 570 AM KVI or http://www.patientpower.info 



Upcoming Programs


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Past programs featuring Harborview physicians


Dr. Benjamin Starnes, Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery, Harborview Medical Center and Associate Professor at the University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center talks about life-saving screening and treatment for aortic aneurysms.
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Dr. Leonard Hudson,
Professor of Medicine, Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Disease Research and Director of Research Training, Harborview Medical Center and Professor of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center, discusses the latest treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary.
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Vishesh Kapur, M.D., M.P.H.,
director of UW Medicine Sleep Disorders Center at Harborview Medical Center, will talk about the diagnosis and treatment of sleep problems.
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Dr. Robert Harrington,
Director of the Madison Clinic at Harborview Medical Center and Angela Bartels, a nurse at the Madison Clinic, discuss the management of HIV and how, over time, this has become a treatable chronic disease.
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Drs. Jens R. Chapman, Barry Goldstein
, and patient Jamie Osborne discuss advances in treatment of spinal cord injuries.
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Dr. Eileen Bulger,
trauma surgeon at Harborview Medical Center and UW Associate Professor,  and Dr. Peter Kudenchuk, UW Professor of Medicine, discuss leading-edge clinical trials for cardiac arrest and trauma.
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Dr. Sigvard Hansen,
Director, Harborview's Foot & Ankle Institute, talks about a broad range of treatments for foot and ankle problems.
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Dr. Douglas Hanel,
Orthopaedic Surgeon at Harborview Medical Center, talks about surgical treatments for hand and wrist problems such as carpal tunnel, dislocations, trauma and birth defects.
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Dr. Elizabeth Phelan,
Assistant Professor of Medicine/Gerentology & Geriatric Medicine at Harborview Medical Center, discusses the importance of staying active as an older adult. Hear about the best ways to prevent falls and injuries, manage medications and get appropriate exercise. Also hear tips on managing the health of aging parents. 
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Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, Chief of Neurosurgery at Harborview Medial Center, discusses concussions and related sports injuries. Hear about successful treatments and procedures and learn about how these injuries can be prevented for you and your loved ones.
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Dr. Peter Roy-Byrne, Director of Harborview's Center for Healthcare Improvement for Addictions, Mental Illness and Medically Vulnerable Populations (CHAMMP) discusses anxiety and depression.
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Dr. Brian Johnston, chief of pediatrics at Harborview Medical Center, discusses child safety in the summer. Learn how to prevent accidents, when to use caution and hear from a family that came close to a major accident and what they learned from it.
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Dr. R. Torrance Andrews, interventional radiologist at UWMC and Harborview, discusses procedures for zapping varicose veins and fibroids without surgery.
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Dr. Richard Ries, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Washington Medical School, Director of Outpatient Psychiatry, Harborview Medical Center, talks about substance abuse and the family connection.
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Dr. Brent Wisse, Co-director at Harborview's Weight Disorders Clinic, discusses how to lose weight and keep it off. Learn tips for long term success with weight loss. 
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Dr. Randall Chesnut, UW associate professor of Neurosurgery, talks about the latest in treatment for back and leg pain: Can surgery help? 
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Dr. Mark Holmes, UW associate professor of neurology, will discuss a new technology for mapping brain seizures and treatments for epilepsy.
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Dr. Robert Goodkin, Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology at Harborview Medical Center discusses the latest treatments and procedures for movement disorders.
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Dr. Vishesh Kapur, Director of the UW Medicine Sleep Disorders Center at Harborview, discusses the latest treatments and research for sleep disorders.  
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Dr. Kyra Becker and Dr. David Tirschwell, co-directors of the UW Medicine Stroke Center at Harborview, talk about Stroke Prevention. 
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Dr. Stan Herring, Medical Director of UW Medicine Spine Center at Harborview and Seahawks team physician, discusses sports injuries: how to know when it's safe to go back on the field or put your child back on the field.  
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