Annals On Call Podcast
By: American College of Physicians
Language: en-us
Categories: Health, Fitness, Medicine
Each Annals On Call podcast features Dr. Bob Centor discussing and debating a clinically influential article published in Annals of Internal Medicine with a guest expert.
Episodes
Complications Associated With Transvenous Cardiac Implantable Devices
Dec 15, 2025Dr. Centor discusses complications of cardiac implantable electronic devices with Dr. Peter Zimetbaum.
Duration: 00:25:18Cost-Effectiveness of Weight Loss Drugs for Knee Osteoarthritis
Dec 01, 2025Dr. Centor discusses the use of weight loss drugs to treat patients with knee osteoarthritis with Dr. David Felson.
Duration: 00:25:17Palliative Care: A Family Perspective
Nov 17, 2025Dr. Centor discusses a family perspective on palliative care with Ms. Monica Wright, the author of an On Being a Patient essay.
Duration: 00:19:37What You May Have Missed in 2024: Part 3
Nov 03, 2025Dr. Centor revisits information included in the Annals of Internal Medicine supplement "What You May Have Missed in 2024."
Duration: 00:15:33What You May Have Missed in 2024 - Part 2
Oct 20, 2025Dr. Centor revisits information included in the Annals of Internal Medicine supplement "What You May Have Missed in 2024."
Duration: 00:13:52High-Concentration Cannabinoids: Are They Safe?
Oct 06, 2025Dr. Centor discusses currently available evidence about high-concentration cannabis products and mental health outcomes with Drs. Paula Riggs and Jonathan Samet.
Duration: 00:29:05What You May Have Missed in 2024: Part 1
Sep 15, 2025Dr. Centor revisits information included in the Annals of Internal Medicine supplement "What You May Have Missed in 2024."
Duration: 00:20:13Fibrillation - When Ablation is the Way to Go
Sep 01, 2025Dr. Centor discusses the role of ablation in the management of patients with atrial fibrillation with Dr. Peter Zimetbaum.
Duration: 00:22:36Semaglutide Versus Dulaglutide or Empagliflozin: Death and Cardiovascular Outcomes for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Aug 18, 2025Dr. Centor discusses outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes when treated with semaglutide or dulaglutide versus empagliflozin with Drs. Kevin Kip and Anum Saeed.
Duration: 00:29:55Comparison of Dose Escalation Versus Switching to Tirzepatide When Diabetes Control is Inadequate on Dulaglutide
Aug 04, 2025Dr. Centor discusses outcomes in patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes when the dulaglutide dose is escalated versus switching to tirzepatide.
Duration: 00:21:11Diagnosing Primary Aldosteronism
Jul 14, 2025Dr. Centor discusses the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism with Dr. Jordana Cohen.
Duration: 00:23:56Virtual Urgent Care: Artificial Intelligence Versus Physicians
Jun 30, 2025Dr. Centor discusses artificial intelligence-assisted urgent care with Dr. Zehavi Kugler.
Duration: 00:19:07Pseudogout Syndrome
Jun 16, 2025Dr. Centor discusses pseudogout with Dr. Robert McLean.
Duration: 00:24:27Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists for Weight Loss in the Absence of Diabetes
Jun 02, 2025Dr. Centor discusses the effectiveness and safety of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for weight loss in the absence of diabetes with Ms. Areesha Moiz.
Duration: 00:23:12Advanced Practice Clinicians Cannot Replace Primary Care Physicians
May 19, 2025Dr. Centor discusses concerns about proposals that nurse practitioners and physician assistants are interchangeable with primary care physicians with Dr. Christin Giordano McAuliffe.
Duration: 00:21:30Chronic Kidney Disease: What Generalists Need to Know
May 05, 2025Dr. Centor discusses recent Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes clinical recommendations for the care of patients with chronic kidney disease.
Duration: 00:22:31Health Expenditures of Patients With Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery
Apr 14, 2025Dr. Centor discusses health expenditures for patients with diabetes after bariatric surgery with Drs. Matthew Maciejewski and Caroline Sloan.
Duration: 00:21:28Is Adherence to (SEP-1) Linked to Mortality Reduction for Patients with Sepsis?
Mar 31, 2025Dr. Centor discusses the evidence that implementation of the SEP-1 Bundle is associated with favorable outcomes for patients with sepsis with Drs. James Ford and Gabriel Wardi.
Duration: 00:24:48Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
Mar 17, 2025Dr. Centor discusses metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease with Dr. Michelle Lai.
Duration: 00:25:32Lack of Control and Physician Burnout
Mar 03, 2025Dr. Centor discusses factors associated with physician burnout with Dr. Christine Sinsky.
Duration: 00:21:53Teaching Diagnostic Reasoning
Feb 17, 2025Dr. Centor discusses teaching diagnostic reasoning with Drs. Rabih Geha and Reza Manesh.
Duration: 00:26:57Evidence-Based Treatment of Low Back Pain
Feb 03, 2025Dr. Centor discusses evidence-based treatment of low back pain with Dr. Roger Chou.
Duration: 00:27:56Diagnostic Reasoning Part 2
Jan 20, 2025Dr. Centor discusses diagnostic reasoning with Dr. Jerome Kassirer.
Duration: 00:20:59Diagnostic Reasoning Part 1
Jan 06, 2025Dr. Centor discusses diagnostic reasoning with Dr. Jerome Kassirer.
Duration: 00:22:50Transfusion Thresholds in Myocardial Infarction
Dec 16, 2024Dr. Centor discusses transfusion thresholds in persons with myocardial infarction with Drs. Jeffrey Carson and Maria Brooks.
Duration: 00:22:59Lifestyle Recommendations: Can They Really Improve Public Health?
Dec 02, 2024Dr. Centor discusses why guidelines recommending that clinicians advise patients on lifestyle changes may be a questionable approach to improving public health with Dr. Minna Johansson.
Duration: 00:21:46Renin Angiotensin System Blockade in Persons with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease
Nov 18, 2024Dr. Centor discusses reninbngiotensin system blockade in persons with advanced chronic kidney disease with Drs. Elaine Ku and Mark Sarnak.
Duration: 00:21:36Kratom: A Substance Physicians Should Be Aware Of
Nov 04, 2024Dr. Centor discusses kratom and what physicians should know about how patients may be using this substance with Drs. Eileen Barrett and Amanda Collar.
Duration: 00:18:48Reviving Humility in Physicians
Oct 14, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the importance of physician humility with Dr. Caroline Matchett.
Duration: 00:22:20The Challenge of Diagnosing Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Sep 30, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the diagnostic challenges presented by community-acquired pneumonia with Dr. Barbara Jones.
Duration: 00:26:43Diagnosing Giant Cell Arteritis
Sep 16, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis with Dr. Sebastian Sattui.
Duration: 00:31:48Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
Sep 02, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the American College of Physicians' policy on the responsible use of artificial intelligence in health care with Ms. Nadia Daneshvar and Dr. Deepti Pandita.
Duration: 00:19:44Everything We Label Sepsis is Not the Same
Aug 19, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the heterogeneity of the clinical conditions labeled sepsis with Dr. Michael Klompas.
Duration: 00:22:08Time Restricted Eating: How Does it Work?
Aug 05, 2024Dr. Centor discusses time-restricted eating as a weight loss strategy with Dr. Nisa Maruthur.
Duration: 00:21:00ACP Recommendation: Pharmacologic Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
Jul 15, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the pharmacologic treatment of type 2 diabetes in light of newer drugs with Dr. Carolyn Crandall.
Duration: 00:27:05Uptake of Newer Antibiotics for Resistant Infections
Jul 01, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the uptake of newer antibiotics for difficult-to-treat resistant infections with Dr. Sameer Kadri.
Duration: 00:27:55Gout Diagnosis and Management: What's New?
Jun 17, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the management of gout with Dr. Angelo Gaffo.
Duration: 00:28:19Management of Inpatient Hypertension
Jun 03, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the management of hypertension in the hospital with Ms. Linnea Wilson and Dr. Timothy Anderson.
Duration: 00:21:25The Value of Cystatin C Measurement
May 20, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the use of use of cystatin C in estimating glomerular filtration rate with Dr. Joel Topf.
Duration: 00:22:58A Resurgence of Dengue
May 06, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the current increase in cases of dengue with Drs. Davidson Hamer and Ralph Huits.
Duration: 00:26:46Checkpoint Inhibitors: What Generalists Need to Know
Apr 15, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the adverse events associated with checkpoint inhibitors with Drs. Reaford Blackburn Jr. and Brian C. Westbrook.
Duration: 00:22:39Improving Research Reports: Avoiding p-Values
Apr 01, 2024Dr. Centor discusses how to go beyond statistical significance testing when interpreting study findings with Dr. David Savitz.
Duration: 00:24:24Real World Complications of Lung Cancer Screening
Mar 18, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the real-world complications of lung cancer screening with Drs. Katharine A. Rendle and Anil Vachani.
Duration: 00:24:18Gabapentinoids and COPD: Not a Good Mix?
Mar 04, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the association between gabapentinoids and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with Mr. Rahman and Dr. Renoux.
Duration: 00:26:59Encouraging Influenza Vaccination
Feb 19, 2024Dr. Centor discusses encouraging patients to receive influenza vaccination with Drs. Mark Tenforde and Fatimah Dawood.
Duration: 00:18:50Academic Hospitals: Clinical Demands and the Educational Mission Collide
Feb 05, 2024Dr. Centor discusses balancing clinical demands with the educational mission in academic hospital medicine programs with Drs. Marisha Burden and Vishruti Patel.
Duration: 00:25:46COVID-19 Rebound after Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir Treatment
Jan 15, 2024Dr. Centor discusses rebound of COVID-19 after treatment with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir with Dr. Myron Cohen.
Duration: 00:21:35Low-Cost Generic Cardiovascular Drugs
Jan 01, 2024Dr. Centor discusses the availability of recommended cardiovascular drugs in low-cost generic drug programs with Dr. Cynthia Jackevicius.
Duration: 00:24:04Suspected Bronchiectasis in Smokers
Dec 18, 2023Dr. Centor discusses suspected bronchiectasis and mortality in people who smoke with and without normal lung function with Dr. Alejandro Diaz.
Duration: 00:23:09Type 1 Diabetes: Age at Diagnosis
Dec 04, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus in adults with Dr. Michael Fang.
Duration: 00:23:12Protecting Adults Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
Nov 20, 2023Dr. Centor discusses respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults and recently approved respiratory syncytial virus vaccines with Dr. Camille Kotton.
Duration: 00:21:31Malaria in the USA
Nov 06, 2023Dr. Centor discusses malaria with Drs. Davidson Hamer and Ralph Huits.
Duration: 00:22:33Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression
Oct 16, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the risk for progression of chronic kidney disease after an episode of acute kidney injury with Drs. Chi-yuan Hsu and Anthony Muiru.
Duration: 00:28:02Low Dose Colchicine and Incident Knee Hip Replacements
Oct 02, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the incidence of knee and hip replacements in patients receiving low-dose colchicine with Dr. Tuhina Neogi.
Duration: 00:22:28Low-Dose Aspirin and Iron Deficiency Anemia
Sep 18, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the risk for anemia in older patients receiving aspirin for primary prevention with Dr. Zoe McQuilten.
Duration: 00:17:28Keeping Physicians in the Workforce
Sep 04, 2023Dr. Centor discusses issues of physician turnover and the need to keep physicians in the workforce with Dr. Eileen Barrett.
Duration: 00:27:45Medical Marijuana
Aug 14, 2023Dr. Centor discusses medical marijuana with Dr. Davis Bradford.
Duration: 00:20:17When Might Genomic Screening be Cost Effective?
Jul 31, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the cost-effectiveness of genomic screening with Drs. Gregory Guzauskas and Josh Peterson.
Duration: 00:24:36Firearm Safety
Jul 17, 2023Dr. Centor discusses strategies that physicians can implement for preventing firearm injury in their patients with Dr. Sue Bornstein.
Duration: 00:21:22Striving for Diagnostic Excellence
Jul 03, 2023Dr. Centor discusses strategies for improving diagnostic skills with Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal.
Duration: 00:24:55Starting Therapy With SGLT2 Inhibitors During Heart Failure Hospitalization
Jun 19, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the indications for prescribing sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for patients with heart failure with observed ejection fraction with Dr. Sarah Adie.
Duration: 00:27:45Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis
Jun 05, 2023Dr. Centor discusses subclinical atherosclerosis and the risk for myocardial infarction with Dr. Klaus Fuglsang Kofoed.
Duration: 00:25:08Reinterpreted Genetic Tests
May 15, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the obligation of physicians to follow up with patients no longer in their care when genetic test interpretation changes with Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
Duration: 00:19:32Opioids and the Treatment of Chronic Pain
May 01, 2023Dr. Centor discusses current recommendations regarding the use of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain with Dr. Leah Leisch.
Duration: 00:22:00The Environment is a Health Issue
Apr 17, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the effect of the environment on human health with Drs. Mathew and Senay.
Duration: 00:26:12The Complete Blood Count: Cleaning Up the Clutter
Apr 03, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the complete blood count and how it could be improved with Drs. W. Richard Burack and Marshall A. Lichtman.
Duration: 00:21:22Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis: Is More Better?
Mar 20, 2023In this episode of Annals On Call, Dr. Centor discusses the role of exercise in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis with Dr. Patty Perez.
Duration: 00:24:30Against Medical Advice: We Need Better Terminology
Mar 06, 2023Dr. Centor discusses why the discharge description "against medical advice" should not be used with Dr. Robert Kleinman.
Duration: 00:20:41First Line Drug Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes
Feb 20, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the cost-effectiveness of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes with Drs. Neda Laiteerapong and Aaron Winn.
Duration: 00:27:48Outpatient Treatment of COVID-19
Jan 30, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the American College of Physicians' clinical recommendations for the outpatient treatment of COVID-19 with Dr. Rebecca Andrews.
Duration: 00:25:30Endemic Mycoses
Jan 16, 2023Dr. Centor discusses endemic mycoses with Dr. George Thompson.
Duration: 00:17:47Atrial Fibrillation: Control Rate or Rhythm
Jan 02, 2023Dr. Centor discusses the care of patients with atrial fibrillation, including the controversy over rate versus rhythm control, with Dr. Harish Doppalapudi.
Duration: 00:20:17Benefit of Sigmoidoscopy for Colon Cancer Screening
Dec 19, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the role of sigmoidoscopy in screening for colorectal cancer screening with Dr. Colin West.
Duration: 00:30:00Procalcitonin Revisited
Dec 05, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the role of procalcitonin measurement with Dr. Joshua Stripling.
Duration: 00:18:02Underuse of Thiamine in Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder in the Intensive Care Unit
Nov 14, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the underuse of thiamine in critically ill patients with alcohol use disorder with Dr. Michael Donnino.
Duration: 00:26:00Understanding Benign Neutropenia
Oct 31, 2022Dr. Centor discusses benign neutropenia with Drs. Cecelia Chung and Jonathan Mosley.
Duration: 00:20:59Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Variability
Oct 17, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the quantification of inaccuracy in estimation of glomerular filtration rate with Dr. Tariq Shafi.
Duration: 00:22:49Professionalism
Sep 19, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the definition of professionalism in medicine with medical students Rachel Mintz and Leah Pierson.
Duration: 00:23:38Monkeypox Proctitis: Diagnosis and Treatment
Sep 12, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the diagnosis and treatment of monkeypox proctitis with Drs. Jose Lucar and Tara Palmore.
Duration: 00:19:57Do Cannabinoids Help Chronic Pain?
Sep 05, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the use of cannabis products to treat chronic pain with Dr. Devan Kansagara.
Duration: 00:19:56Surgery for Mild PTH
Aug 15, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the care of patients with mild primary hyperparathyroidism with Dr. Herbert Chen.
Duration: 00:22:05Opioid Use Disorder
Aug 01, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the care of patients with opioid use disorder with Dr. Jessica Taylor.
Duration: 00:24:32Annals On Call 100th Episode
Jul 18, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the podcast's 100th episode with Drs. Sanjiv Bajaj, Darilyn Moyer, Scott Rosenberg, and Candace Sprott.
Duration: 00:19:56Time for a Bisphosphonate Holiday?
Jun 20, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the risk for fractures during bisphosphonate drug holidays with Dr. Kaleen Hayes.
Duration: 00:18:24Intravenous Iron: Rarely a Cause of Anaphylaxis
Jun 06, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the risk for anaphylaxis with intravenous iron with Drs. Jeffrey Carson and Soko Setoguchi.
Duration: 00:20:03Monkeypox: Should We Worry About Another Pandemic?
May 30, 2022Dr. Centor discusses monkeypox with Dr. Amesh Adalja.
Duration: 00:18:43Evidence-Based Care of Substance Use Disorders
May 16, 2022Dr. Centor discusses current thinking about the appropriate treatment of patients with substance use disorder with Dr. Stefan Kertesz.
Duration: 00:26:47Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults
May 02, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the care of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus with Dr. Fatima Syed.
Duration: 00:19:51Making Sense of E and M Coding Changes
Apr 18, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the effect of changes in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' requirements for evaluation and management coding with Drs. Nate Apathy and Ryan Mire.
Duration: 00:28:28Evidence-Based Care of Patients with Diverticulitis
Apr 04, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the diagnosis and management of diverticulitis with Dr. Lisa Strate.
Duration: 00:24:19Are Adrenal Incidentalomas Clinically Important?
Mar 14, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the risk for cardiometabolic disease in persons with various types of adrenal incidentalomas with Drs. Irina Bancos and Alessandro Prete.
Duration: 00:25:25Procalcitonin in the Diagnosis of Bacterial Infection
Feb 28, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the use of procalcitonin in the diagnosis of pneumonia with Dr. David Gilbert.
Duration: 00:25:21Does Weight Loss Surgery Help NAFLD
Feb 14, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the effect of bariatric surgery on fatty liver disease with Dr. Meagan Gray.
Duration: 00:27:57The Risk of Subsegmental Pulmonary Emboli
Jan 31, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the risk for recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients after subsegmental pulmonary embolism.
Duration: 00:23:50Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate
Jan 17, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the estimation of glomerular filtration rate with Dr. Neil Powe.
Duration: 00:27:33Bleeding Risk During Extended Anticoagulation for Unprovoked VTE
Jan 03, 2022Dr. Centor discusses the risk for major bleeding during extended anticoagulation for first unprovoked venous thromboembolism with Dr. Jori May.
Duration: 00:22:32SGLT2 vs GLP1 for Cardiovascular Prevention
Dec 20, 2021Dr. Centor discusses the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors versus glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and the risk for cardiovascular outcomes in routine care patients with diabetes with Dr. Elisabetta Patorno.
Duration: 00:23:05Guidelines with Humility
Dec 06, 2021Dr. Centor discusses concerns about clinical guideline recommendations in the absence of high-quality evidence with Drs. Brad Spellberg and Terry Shaneyfelt.
Duration: 00:19:00Holiday Heart
Nov 15, 2021Dr. Centor discusses the association between alcohol consumption and atrial fibrillation with Dr. Gregory Marcus.
Duration: 00:22:47The Importance of International Medical Graduates
Nov 01, 2021Dr. Centor discusses the important role of international medical graduates in the United States with Drs. George Abraham and Anupam Jena.
Duration: 00:24:15