In Session with J.M. Siegel, PhD (28:44 Minutes)
Narcolepsy

Dr. Siegel is professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, former president of the Sleep Research Society, and the recipient of Merit and Javits awards from the National Institutes of Health and the Distinguished Scientist award from the Sleep Research Society. His laboratory has made discoveries concerning the role of hypocretin in human narcolepsy and Parkinson’s disease. He has studied the phylogeny of sleep as a clue to sleep function, discovering that the primitive mammal platypus has rapid eye movement sleep and that marine mammals can go without extended periods of sleep for long periods without ill effects.

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In Session with D.O. Perkins, MD, MPH (38:41 Minutes)
Schizophrenia

Dr. Perkins is professor of psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. She is medical director of Outreach and Support Intervention Services at UNC Hospitals and the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Dr. Perkins’ research emphasizes treatment of the prodromal period and early intervention of the first episode of schizophrenia. Currently investigating pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic treatments for psychosis, she focuses on managing side effects of atypical antipsychotics and the weight gain mechanism in patients taking psychotropic medications. In addition, Dr. Perkins is investigating the genetic basis of schizophrenia.

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In Session with D.C. Turk, PhD (23:00 Minutes)
Fibromyalgia

Dr. Turk is John and Emma Bonica Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Research and director of the Fibromyalgia Research Program at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He is also editor-in-chief of The Clinical Journal of Pain and co-director of the Initiative on the Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials. While his research has been funded by the National Center for Health Statistics, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, and numerous private foundations, he has consistently received funding from the National Institutes of Health since 1977. Dr. Turk has published over 450 journal articles and chapters in erudite texts and written and edited 13 volumes, including The Pain Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Life.

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In Session with S. Gandy, MD, PhD (20:39 Minutes)
Alzheimer’s Disease

Dr. Gandy is Mount Sinai Professor of Alzheimer’s Disease Research, professor of neurology and psychiatry, associate director of the Mount Sinai Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center in New York City, and past chair of the National Medical and Scientific Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Association. As an international expert in the metabolism of amyloid that clogs the brain in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Dr. Gandy has written over 150 original papers, chapters, and reviews on this topic. In 1989, he and his colleagues discovered medications that could lower the formation of amyloid. He has received continuous National Institutes of Health funding for his research on amyloid metabolism since 1986.

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In Session with N. E. Hutcher, MD (26:14 Minutes)
Bariatric Surgery

Dr. Hutcher serves on the advisory board of the American Obesity Association. As past president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, he is proactive in issues concerning insurance coverage and medical access for severely obese patients. He was chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Mary’s Hospital and clinical associate professor at the Medical College of Virginia and the McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Hutcher’s current practice is devoted almost entirely to the surgical treatment of morbid obesity.

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