Medical Monday

Joining us on this Medical Monday is Dr. Michael Schweppe. He’s a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Northern Dutchess Hospital. He’s here to answer your questions. 

Joining us on this Medical Monday is Dr. Robert Sax. He’s an ophthalmologist, a retinal specialist and director of Retina Services at Ophthalmic Consultants of the Capital Region. He’s here to answer your questions about everything from macular degeneration to diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein disease. 

Joining us on this Medical Monday is Dr. Terence Clarke, chief of Bariatric Care at Ellis Medicine. He specializes in bariatric surgery and managing weight-loss surgery programs, and is here to respond to your questions on these topics.

Joining us this afternoon to respond to your questions and comments is Dr. Makenzi Evangelist, a board-certified medical oncologist and hematologist with New York Oncology Hematology in Albany. 

  Dr. Vincent Carsillo of Capital District Renal Physicians is in the studio today to discuss internal medicine and nephrology.

Joining us this afternoon to respond to your questions and comments is Dr. Peter Zahos. Dr. Zahos is a board-certified neurosurgeon with Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York and on staff at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. 

Joining us today on Vox Pop - Dr. Jennifer Michaels of The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Berkshire Medical Center is here to discuss mental health and substance abuse issues for the latest edition of Medical Monday. WAMC's Alan Chartock hosts.

Joining us this afternoon to respond to your questions and comments is Dr. Tia Olds, a board-certified radiation oncologist with New York Oncology Hematology in Albany and Amsterdam.  

  In the studio today for Medical Monday is Dr. Asher Weiner, an ophthalmologist with Ophthalmic Consultants of the Capital Region in Troy, New York.

  Joining us this afternoon to respond to your questions and comments is Dr. Dan Polishchuk, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in adult hip and knee replacement, as well as orthopedic trauma. He comes to us from Ortho NY in Schenectady and Clifton Park. 

Joining us this afternoon to respond to your questions and comments is Dr. Charles Bakhos, a thoracic surgeon and associate professor of surgery with Albany Medical Center. He specializes in both open and minimally invasive surgeries of the lungs and esophagus, as well as being a pioneer in airway surgery in the region. 

Joining us this afternoon to respond to your questions and comments about urology and urological issues is Dr. Paul Pietrow of the Premier Medical Group in the Hudson Valley. 

In the studio today for Medical Monday is Dr. Ira Zackon of New York Oncology Hematology and Dr. Richard Stone of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Both are board-certified in the field, and specialize in stem cell transplantation. 

In the studio today for Medical Monday is Dr. Daniel Brocks, Director of Ophthalmology at Vassar Brothers Medical Center and practitioner with Hudson Valley Eye Surgeons.

Joining us today on Medical Monday is Dr. Alan Boulos, Chair of the Neurosurgery Department at Albany Medical Center. He specializes in endovascular neurosurgery.

  Joining us today is Dr. Stuart Feinstein. He’s board-certified in infectious diseases and internal medicine and he’s the head of the Division of Infectious Diseases for Health Quest Medical Practice in the Hudson Valley. 

  Joining us today is Dr. John Mastrangelo. He’s the Chief of Radiology at Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville and is a board-certified radiologist practicing at Millenium Medical Imaging. He’s here to answer your questions.

Joining us today is Dr. Stanley Shapshay. He’s a board-certified otolaryngologist—that’s ear nose and throat—with Albany Medical Center.

Joining us today is Dr. Fabio Danisi. He’s a board-certified neurologist with Health Quest Medical Practice’s Neuroscience Division in Kingston. He specializes in movement disorders, Parkinson’s disease, tics and tremors and injection therapy for migraine sufferers.

In the studio today for Medical Monday is Dr. Christopher Dibble, a board certified cardiologist at Cardiology Associates of Schenectady and Ellis Medicine. He specializes in cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease and critical care and is here to answer your questions on those topics.

Dr. Tara Harbeck joins us today. She's a podiatrist with Nathan Littauer Hospital’s Perth Primary Care Center in Amsterdam, New York. 

Joining us today is Dr. Eric Plakun, Medical Director and Director of Admissions at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Dr. Paul Lemanski joins us for another Medical Monday. Dr. Lemanski is medical director of the Department of Community Medicine and Population Health with Capital Care Medical Group in Albany.

Dr. Paul Lemanski joins us for another Medical Monday. Dr. Lemanski is medical director of the Department of Community Medicine and Population Health with Capital Care Medical Group in Albany.

Joining us this afternoon for Medical Monday is Dr. Gregory Tillou. Dr. Tillou is a board-certified general surgeon with Ellis General Surgery practice in Schenectady, New York, and he’s here to answer your questions. 

Joining us this afternoon for Medical Monday is Dr. Thea Bordenave-Sande, a board-certified specialist in osteopathic manipulative medicine and neuromusculoskeletal medicine, and she’s here to answer your questions.

  Joining us this afternoon for Medical Monday is Dr. Justin Juliano. He is a radiation oncologist with New York Oncology Hematology in Clifton Park. He’s here to answer your questions.

Joining us this afternoon for Medical Monday is Dr. Nicholas Kulbida, a board-certified OB-GYN who sees patients and delivers babies at Bellevue Women’s Center in Niskayuna, New York. He’s here to answer your questions.

On this edition of Medical Monday on Vox Pop - podiatry and podiatric surgery with Dr. Douglas Tumen of Hudson Valley Foot Associates. WAMC's Alan Chartock hosts.