Expert Interviews

A Comprehensive Approach to Obesity Treatment: Combining Lifestyle, Medication, and Surgery
April 16, 2025

ACP 2025: GLP-1 medications are advancing obesity care, but lifestyle changes and bariatric surgery remain key components. Laura Davisson, MD, discusses how to personalize treatment strategies.

Matthew Press, MD: How Penn Medicine’s CoCM Model Helps PCPs Treat Mental Health—and Avoid Burnout
April 15, 2025

ACP 2025: Dr Press discusses how the Penn Integrated Care model equips primary care physicians to manage mental health conditions more effectively while reducing burnout.

CRC Screening Outreach Significantly Reduces Black-White Disparities, Including CRC Mortality Gap
April 15, 2025

ACP 2025: Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS, reviewed data from a Kaiser Permanente program that narrowed racial and ethnic disparities in CRC screening compliance and related deaths.

Rethinking Lung Cancer Screening: Expanding Access for Women, Nonsmokers
April 14, 2025

ACP 2025: Lung cancer is rising among nonsmokers, especially women. Kim Sandler, MD, discusses future screening challenges, research insights, and the need to expand screening eligibility.

Collaborative Care for Mental Health: A Scalable, Team-Based Model for Primary Care
April 11, 2025

ACP 2025: Discover how the collaborative care model supports mental health in primary care through team-based care, symptom tracking, and psychiatric consultation—boosting outcomes and reducing burden on clinicians.

Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS: Effective CRC Prevention Programs Require Multispecialty Commitment
April 11, 2025

ACP 2025. A focused CRC prevention program begins with primary care where support and advocacy for regular screening begins, Issaka stressed.

Failure to Follow-Up After Colorectal Cancer Screening Translates into Preventable Deaths: Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS
April 10, 2025

ACP 2025: Issaka, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, told internists that three-quarters of CRC deaths can be attributed to 3 types of screening failure.

Closing the Gap in Lung Cancer Screening: Overcoming Barriers, Improving Early Detection
April 09, 2025

ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, outlines key strategies to boost lung cancer screening uptake in primary care.

Navigating GLP-1 Medication Access: Coverage Challenges, Emerging Cash-Pay Options
April 08, 2025

ACP 2025: Laura Davisson, MD, outlines how PCPs can navigate GLP-1 medication coverage issues and why to consider recent cash-pay options.

Bringing Mental Health into Primary Care: A Conversation with Matthew Press, MD
April 08, 2025

ACP 2025: Dr Press explains how primary care clinicians can implement the collaborative care model to integrate mental health services, improve outcomes, and navigate reimbursement.