Words of Welcome...

Thank you for visiting this blog and for joining in by sharing your perspectives, comments, criticisms, witticisms and random thoughts! I look forward to hearing from anyone and everyone who seeks - as do I - to identify promote, discuss and practice "good Science and good Medicine"...wherever it is to be found.

About InTime TV (ITTV Network) and the medical talk show programs that I host:

I have been presenting this medical television talk show (as the Host of the programs), since March '07. Originally, the shows were pre-recorded and then broadcast. In May, I did my first "live" program, and now most programs are broadcast, live on Saturdays, and then taped for unlimited rebroadcast as streaming video: High Definition Telelvison (as of February 2009), Broadband - Internet, cell phones, iPod/podcasts, PDAs... It is an intriguing business model, and I have really enjoyed doing the shows. My shows are branded "On the Edge," and I have created several program themes.

Thus far my programming has fallen under only a few themes:

"Conversations in Medical Sciences Research," "Conversations in Emerging Medical Technologies" and "Conversations in Ophthalmology."

On the front-burner are several other medically-themed programs, such as: Public Health/Public Policy, Sports Medicine and Pathology...

Other program themes are in the early stages of planning, and I have produced (and will continue to produce) several "Special Reports" on various topics.

In order to view the shows already archived- and I highly recommend any and all of them (of course!) - you can watch already broadcast episodes by visiting the InTime TV website. The link below will take you directly to On the Edge archived programming:

On the Edge Archives

Please explore as many episodes under the "On the Edge" heading as you like...they're all good. I happen to think a few episodes are "standout/must-see":

There are several programs, on various topics that I think are 'killer,' for their content is both leading edge and highly controversial (in a provocative and paradigm-smashing way). For a different flavor, check out the one entitled "Translational Medicine" or another on "Medical Ethics..." Another type of show I do focuses on medical and related associations. Some months ago, I covered one of the largest medical association in the world - the Radiological Society of North America - who held their convention at McCormick Place (in Chicago, IL). Then, very recently, I did my first Ophthalmology-themed show on some clinical applications (in retina) of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). Great show - my guest was the head of the Retina Service (at UIC), Dr. Jennifer Lim. Not only a wonderfully articulate and informed speaker, she was ranked one of the nation's top Ophthalmologists, in 2007!

Still, any of the episodes would give you a good sense of what I am seeking to accomplish with the programming. Yes, you will see that I do have several guests appear on my shows more than once - especially if they have exceptional breadth and depth of medical/scientific knowledge base.

The programming is all "peer-to-peer," which is to say my guests are predominantly world-class medical and scientific professionals, Biomedical industry professionals, Public Health/Public Policy gurus, et al., and my intended viewership is (likewise) physicians, life scientists, PH/PP professionals, politicos, industry professionals, medical/life sciences students, academes... you get the idea. As of August 07, our programs were viewed in some 35 countries (!) by over 80,000 people. I am told we are on track to have over 200,000 viewers a month in Q1 of 2008! This is only those viewers whose data we are able to capture. I now know - from conversations with multiple former guests, and from viewers, that my shows have taken on a viral marketing aspect - folks are emailing one another direct links to the shows, and/or downloading them for locally sharing with colleagues, and the shows are being podcast. From what I gathered during one series of email postings last fall (in which I was bcc'd), a scientist in Europe was sending out email blasts to his colleagues and contacts, world-wide, with links to a show during which I interviewed Dr. Andrew Maniotis (Director, Laboratory for Cell and Developmental Biology of Cancer, University of IL), "Revisiting Koch's Postulates, Infectious Disease and the Virus Challenge."

I do look forward to any feedback you care to share regarding my television shows. All comments are welcome! Also, please "share the wealth!" I am eager to expand my viewership beyond my target professional audience, because I believe these are important issues/topics for anyone seeking to be more informed about the fields of Medicine, Medical Sciences Research and Biomedical Innovation. A better-informed public can help drive better Public Health Public Policy! If you like the programming I am presenting, please tell everyone you know to check it out, as well!