Welcome to touchPODCAST where you can listen and learn from our expert faculty, hand-picked from the Touch Medical Media family of independent medical websites. Educating physicians on a fully global scale since 2005! We make positive changes to clinical practice, with the ultimate objective of improving patient and community health. Working alongside leading medical experts, societies and industry, our mission is to provide practical, expert opinions to support best practices for busy Healthcare Professionals globally, by translating published data into easily digestible and timely updates Home of: - touchONCOLOGY - touchENDOCRINOLOGY - touchOPHTHALMOLOGY - touchNEUROLOGY - touchCARDIOLOGY - touchINFECTIOUSDISEASES - touchIMMUNOLOGY - touchRESPIRATORY - touchHAEMATOLOGY - touchDERMATOLOGY This information is intended for use by licensed Healthcare Professionals (HCPs). It should not be considered medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment recommendations.
Episodes
4 days ago
4 days ago
16 min
touchMDT for touchIMMUNOLOGY, touchHEMATOLOGY, touchDERMATOLOGY, and touchONCOLOGY
Listen to key experts from a multidisciplinary team discuss the diagnosis, classification, and management of patients with systemic mastocytosis. They provide their key insights on effectively recognizing systemic mastocytosis, integrating key classification criteria from the ICC and WHO, and how multidisciplinary care is needed to effectively manage patients with systemic mastocytosis.
The multidisciplinary team
- Allergist/Immunologist: Dr. Cem Akin, University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Allergist/Immunologist: Dr. Theo Gülen, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Hematologist: Dr. Tsewang Tashi, University of Utah, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs outside of the UK.
This activity is funded by an unrestricted independent medical education grant from BluePrint Medicines Corporation.
This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
touchIME is an EBAC® accredited provider.
For further information visit our website: www.touchHEMATOLOGY.com, www.touchIMMUNOLOGY.com, www.touchDERMA.com, or www.touchONCOLOGY.com
4 days ago
4 days ago
16 min
touchMDT for touchIMMUNOLOGY, touchHEMATOLOGY, touchDERMATOLOGY, and touchONCOLOGY
Listen to key experts from a multidisciplinary team discuss the diagnosis, classification, and management of patients with systemic mastocytosis. They provide their key insights on effectively recognizing systemic mastocytosis, integrating key classification criteria from the ICC and WHO, and how multidisciplinary care is needed to effectively manage patients with systemic mastocytosis.
The multidisciplinary team
- Allergist/Immunologist: Dr. Cem Akin, University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Allergist/Immunologist: Dr. Theo Gülen, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Hematologist: Dr. Tsewang Tashi, University of Utah, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs outside of the UK.
This activity is funded by an unrestricted independent medical education grant from BluePrint Medicines Corporation.
This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
touchIME is an EBAC® accredited provider.
For further information visit our website: www.touchHEMATOLOGY.com, www.touchIMMUNOLOGY.com, www.touchDERMA.com, or www.touchONCOLOGY.com
4 days ago
4 days ago
14 min
touchMDT for touchIMMUNOLOGY, touchHEMATOLOGY, touchDERMATOLOGY, and touchONCOLOGY
Listen to key experts from a multidisciplinary team discuss the diagnosis, classification, and management of patients with systemic mastocytosis. They provide their key insights on effectively recognizing systemic mastocytosis, integrating key classification criteria from the ICC and WHO, and how multidisciplinary care is needed to effectively manage patients with systemic mastocytosis.
The multidisciplinary team
- Allergist/Immunologist: Dr. Cem Akin, University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Dermatologist: Dr. Lauren Madigan, University of Utah, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs outside of the UK.
This activity is funded by an unrestricted independent medical education grant from BluePrint Medicines Corporation.
This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
touchIME is an EBAC® accredited provider.
For further information visit our website: www.touchHEMATOLOGY.com, www.touchIMMUNOLOGY.com, www.touchDERMA.com, or www.touchONCOLOGY.com
Aug 17, 2026
Aug 17, 2026
20 min
touchEXPERT FOCUS for touchONCOLOGY
Listen to an interview with Dr. Deborah Wong as she shares her expert insights on the current evidence and latest guidelines for immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICIs) use in recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (R/M NPC). She also discusses how patient- and disease-specific factors can inform individualized treatment decisions.
The expert:
Dr. Deborah Wong, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA, USA
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from Coherus Oncology, Inc.
This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs in the USA only.
For further information, please visit our website: www.touchONCOLOGY.com
Aug 13, 2026
Aug 13, 2026
40 min
touchEXPERT FOCUS for touchOPHTHALMOLOGY
Listen to a series of short interviews with three leading experts discussing chronic and/or recurrent postoperative intraocular inflammation. The faculty explore how to identify patients with persistent disease, differentiate infectious, mechanical, and non-infectious etiologies, and use multimodal imaging to evaluate underlying causes and posterior segment involvement. They also discuss how diagnostic findings guide treatment decisions, when to reassess or escalate management, and practical approaches to achieving durable disease control through individualized, etiology-driven treatment strategies.
The experts:
- Dr. Aniruddha Agarwal—Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Prof. Marion Munk—Augenarzt-Praxisgemeinschaft Gutblick AG, Pfäffikon, Switzerland; University Hospital Bern, Switzerland; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Prof. Francesco Bandello—University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
This touchPODCAST is for healthcare professionals outside of the UK and USA.
This activity is supported by an independent medical education grant from Alimera Sciences Europe Ltd.
This activity is jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education and touchIME. touchIME is an EBAC® accredited provider.
For further information visit our website: touchophthalmologyime.org
Aug 13, 2026
Aug 13, 2026
49 min
touchCONGRESS for touchONCOLOGY and touchRESPIRATORY
Listen to thoracic oncologist Dr. Julia Rotow (USA) review the latest HER2-targeted therapy data for NSCLC from the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting. Alongside Prof. David Planchard (France) and Dr. Misako Nagasaka (USA), they discuss these findings in the context of evidence presented at recent international congresses and their clinical implications for managing HER2-altered NSCLC.
The experts
- Dr. Julia Rotow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Prof. David Planchard, Institut Gustave Roussy, Paris, France
- Dr. Misako Nagasaka, University of California, Irvine (UCI) Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA, USA
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs outside of the UK.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from AstraZeneca.
This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
touchIME is an EBAC® accredited provider.
For further information, visit our website: www.touchoncology.com or www.touchrespiratory.com
Aug 5, 2026
Aug 5, 2026
44 min
touchPANEL DISCUSSION for touchONCOLOGY
Listen to a panel of leading experts discuss how biomarker-driven insights and emerging therapies are shaping treatment decisions in PDAC. They cover early testing strategies, novel targeted and immunologic therapies, and evidence-based treatment sequencing across the disease continuum.
The experts:
- Dr. Allyson Ocean - Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Prof. Thierry Conroy - Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine, University of Lorraine Nancy, France
- Dr. Eileen O'Reilly - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY, United States
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs outside of the UK.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from Revolution Medicines.
The activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
touchIME is an EBAC® accredited provider.
For further information visit our website: www.touchONCOLOGY.com
Jul 29, 2026
Jul 29, 2026
45 min
touchPANEL DISCUSSION for touchNEUROLOGY
Listen to three leading experts discussing the recent advances in timely, biomarker-guided diagnosis and how current and emerging intravenous and subcutaneous disease-modifying therapies may impact clinical practice in the future and enable treatment personalization based on the underlying pathology of Alzheimer’s disease
The experts
- Dr Soo Borson, Keck USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Dr Clifford Singer, Northern Light Acadia Hospital, Bangor, ME, USA
- Dr Frederick Ketchum, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs outside of the UK only.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from Eisai Inc.
Jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education and touchIME in collaboration with the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).
For further information, visit:
www.touchNEUROLOGY.com
Jul 27, 2026
Jul 27, 2026
38 min
touchIN CONVERSATION for touchOPHTHALMOLOGY
As treatment options for geographic atrophy continue to evolve, clinicians face new opportunities and challenges in diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient engagement. Join retina specialists Dr. Samuel Minaker and Dr. Priya Vakharia for a peer-to-peer discussion on geographic atrophy care, covering the patient journey from diagnosis to effective patient management and communication.
The experts
- Dr. Samuel Minaker, Tyler Retina Consultants, Tyler, TX, USA
- Dr. Priya Vakharia, Retina Vitreous Associates of Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs in the USA only.
This activity is supported by an independent medical education grant from Apellis, a Subsidiary of Biogen.
Jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education and touchIME.
For further information visit our website: www.touchOPHTHALMOLOGY.com
Jul 22, 2026
Jul 22, 2026
29 min
touchEXPERT FOCUS for touchHEMATOLOGY, touchCARDIO and touchNEPHROLOGY
Listen to a series of interviews with Dr. Toru Kubo as he shares his expert insights into real-world diagnostic pitfalls in cardiac amyloid light-chain amyloidosis (AL), stepwise application of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) diagnostic algorithm to achieve an accurate diagnosis of cardiac AL, and timely engagement of hematology and multidisciplinary discussion around transthyretin (TTR) stabilizer initiation.
The expert:
- Dr. Toru Kubo, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Japan
This touchPODCAST is recorded in Japanese and is intended for HCPs in Japan.
This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Alexion Pharma GmbH.
Jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education and TouchIME.
For further information, please visit our websites: touchHEMATOLOGY, touchCARDIO and touchNEPHROLOGY
