Ask the Expert

Here are topics covered by Banner Good Samaritan experts and for a more comprehensive list of topics, please go to Banner Health Ask the Expert:

• Blood Disorders
• Cancer Care
• General Health
• Heart Care
• Maternity
• Maternal-Fetal
• Neurology
• Pharmacy
• Safety
• Vascular
• Women's Health

 Blood Disorders

• What is anemia  Featuring: Michael Berman, MD

 Cancer Care

• What is cancer? Featuring: Saima Saeed, MD 
• Cancer and genetics Featuring: Saima Saeed, MD 
• How common is cancer? Featuring: Saima Saeed, MD
• What do I need to know about skin cancer? Featuring: Saima Saeed, MD
• Is masectomy the best option? Featuring Charles Castillo, MD
• Reducing my chances of breast cancer Featuring Alfredo Nino, MD
• Should I be worried about additional mammograms Featuring Alfredo Nino, MD
• Mammograms, breast MRIs, ultrasound - what is the difference Featuring Alfredo Nino, MD
• Limiting radiation exposure for breast cancer patients Featuring Thomas B. Daniels, MD

 General Health

• Advance Directives Featuring: Edward Perrin, MD
• Donating blood ahead of your own surgery Featuring: Charles Castillo, MD
• Cuts, scrapes and medical care Featuring Gavin Parisi, MD
• Children and flu restrictions Featuring: Felipe Gutierrez, MD
• Holiday foods and diabetes Featuring Alison Peckumn, D.O.
• What is the difference between Hepatitis A, B and C?
  Featuring Richard Manch, MD
• HPV vaccinations for boys Featuring Jackie Agenbroad
• Top five Internet health care myths Featuring Sandra Miller, MD
• What is low kidney function? Featuring Amandeep Khurana, MD
• How can I decrease my medication costs? Featuring Steven Brown, MD
• Nurse practitioners Featuring Jacqueline Agenbroad
• Is one soda a day bad for you? Featuring Joselyn Jedick, D.O.
• Third-hand smoke Featuring Ronald Servi D.O.
• Is my wound created by a spider bite? Featuring Yadwinder Dhillon, MD
• What can I do about my sunburn? Featuring Margaret Kessler, MD
• Body contouring after massive weight loss Featuring Remus Repta, MD
• West Nile Virus Featuring Michael Soubolle, PhD
• Valley Fever Symptoms Featuring: Ronald Servi, D.O.

 Heart Care
Atrial Fibrillation

• My cardiologist says I have atrial fibrillation.  What is A Fib and is it common?
  Featuring Wilber Su, MD
• Why does A Fib occur? Featuring Wilber Su, MD
• What are the risks of untreated A Fib? Featuring Wilber Su, MD
• What are my treatment options for A Fib? Featuring Wilber Su, MD
• What is atrial fibrillation ablation? Featuring Wilber Su, MD
• Atrial Fibrillation  Featuring: H. Kenith Fang, MD

Heart Attacks:

• Heart Attacks and Women  Featuring: Nathan Laufer, MD  
• Risk Factors for Heart Attack and Stroke 
  Featuring: Nathan Laufer, MD
• Does taking an aspirin reduce my chances of a heart attack? Featuring Steven Brown, MD

Heart Disease:

• Unstable Angina and Coronary Artery Disease
  Featuring: Nathan Laufer, MD

Heart Healthy:

• How much salt is too much? Featuring Roger Bryne, D.O.

Heart Surgery:

• Robotic Heart Surgery 
  Featuring: H. Kenith Fang, MD
• Alternative to open heart surgery Featuring Timothy Byrne, D.O.

Vascular :

• Peripheral artery disease and leg pain Featuring Douglas Carlon, MD

Maternity

• How do I know when I am ovulating Featuring Michael Urig, MD
• What is a Birth Plan? Featuring Michael Urig, MD
• Prenatal Testing Featuring Michael Urig, MD
• Diabetes and pregnancy Featuring Michael Urig, MD
• H1N1 and Pregnant Women Featuring: Jordan Perlow, MD
• Pregnancy and sleep positions Featuring Laurie Erickson, MD
• The benefits of exercising while pregnant Featuring Michael Urig, MD
• Dealing with pain before my delivery Featuring Michael Urig, MD
• Can I drink water during labor? Featuring Michael Urig, MD
• Advice for new moms Featuring Michael Urig, MD
• Diet and exercise for new moms Featuring John Martin, MD 

  Maternal-Fetal

• Twin-twin transfusion Featuring Garrett Lam, MD
• What do pregnant women need to know about H1N1? Featuring Michael Urig, MD
• Pregnancy and deep vein thrombosis Featuring Candice Wood, MD
• The importance of folic acid Featuring Laurie Erickson, MD
• Baby blues or postpartum depression? Featuring Mona Amini, MD

 Neurology

• Risks of stroke Featuring Jeremy Payne, MD
  

 Pharmacy

• What is the correct procedure for disposing unused or out-of-date medications?
  Featuring Butch David
• Drug interactions with GERD medicine Featuring Suzanne Sorof, MD

Safety

• Carbon monoxide hazards  Featuring Bob Baron, MD
• Do I really need a helmet for skiing? Featuring Chris Salvino, MD

 Vascular

• How can I get rid of the spider veins in my legs? Featuring Charles Raker, MD
• Deep vein thrombosis Featuring Charles Raker, MD

 Women's Health

• Alternatives to hysterectomy Featuring Kevin Hirsch, MD
• New drugs for osteoporosis Featuring Steven Brown, MD
• Perimenopause Featuring John W. Martin III, MD 
• Is it PMS or something else? Featuring La Dan Goble, MD
• Vitamin D and menopause Featuring John W. Martin III, MD
• Hormone replacement therapy and health risks Featuring John W. Martin, III, MD
• Soy supplements for menopause Featuring Jackie Agenbroad