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

Monday Jun 12, 2023
Individualizing long-term treatment and care in active MS
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
touchIN CONVERSATION for touchNEUROLOGY
Listen to Dr Ruth Dobson (Queen Mary University of London, UK) in conversation with Dr Ide Smets (MS Center ErasMS, Rotterdam, The Netherlands). They discuss questions submitted by the healthcare professional (HCP) audience and provide their expert insights on the practicalities of therapeutic sequencing options in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Clinical themes:
- Factors guiding the use of high-efficacy disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) in the management of active MS (02:01)
- Current approaches and safety considerations relating to DMT switching and sequencing in MS (14:17)
- Approaches needed to support women of child-bearing age living with MS through family planning and beyond (23:38)
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs only.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from the Healthcare Business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
For further information visit our website: www.touchneurology.com/individualizing-long-term-treatment-and-care-in-MS/
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
touchMDT for touchONCOLOGY
Listen to key experts from a multidisciplinary team evaluate the strategies for identifying and monitoring immune-related adverse events.
The multidisciplinary team:
- Medical oncologist: Prof. Ken Kato, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Oncology nurse: Ms Tara Hurley, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
- Clinical oncology pharmacist: Dr Alison Palumbo, Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon, USA
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs only.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from MSD. This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
For further information visit our website: https://touchoncologyime.org/immune-checkpoint-inhibitors-in-solid-tumours/
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
touchMDT for touchONCOLOGY
Listen to key experts from a multidisciplinary team review the role of biomarkers in informing immune checkpoint inhibitor use across tumour types.
The multidisciplinary team
- Medical oncologist: Prof. Ken Kato, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Pathologist: Prof. Albrecht Stenzinger, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs only.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from MSD. This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
For further information visit our website: https://touchoncologyime.org/immune-checkpoint-inhibitors-in-solid-tumours/
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
touchMDT for touchONCOLOGY
Listen to key experts from a multidisciplinary team evaluate the strategies for identifying and monitoring immune-related adverse events.
The multidisciplinary team:
- Medical oncologist: Prof. Ken Kato, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Oncology nurse: Ms Tara Hurley, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
- Clinical oncology pharmacist: Dr Alison Palumbo, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs only.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from MSD. This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
For further information visit our website: https://touchoncologyime.org/immune-checkpoint-inhibitors-in-solid-tumours/
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
touchMDT for touchONCOLOGY
Listen to key experts from a multidisciplinary team discuss the current and upcoming indications for immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with solid tumours and review general considerations for their use.
The multidisciplinary team:
- Medical oncologist: Prof. Ken Kato, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Oncology nurse: Ms Tara Hurley, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs only.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from MSD. This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
For further information visit our website: https://touchoncologyime.org/immune-checkpoint-inhibitors-in-solid-tumours/
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
touchPANEL DISCUSSION for touchONCOLOGY
Listen to an oncologist, urologist and nurse discuss adverse event identification and management with immunotherapies and targeted therapies for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
The experts:
- Dr Axel Merseburger, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Germany
- Dr André Fay, PUCRS School of Medicine, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Ms Maria Lapuente, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs outside the US only.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from Astellas Inc. and Seagen Inc., and is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
For further information please visit: https://touchoncologyime.org/adverse-event-identification-and-management-in-locally-advanced-metastatic-urothelial-carcinoma

Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
touchIN CONVERSATION for touchINFECTIOUS DISEASES
Listen to Dr Farhan Fazal (Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE) in conversation with Dr Nada Melhem (American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon). They respond to questions submitted by the HCP audience and provide their expert insights on COVID-19 vaccination challenges and strategies for improving vaccine uptake in the Middle East.
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs only.
This activity is funded by an unrestricted independent medical educational grant from Moderna, Inc. This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
For further information visit our website: https://touchinfectiousdiseasesime.org/in-conversation-practical-considerations-covid19-vaccination-middle-east/

Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
touchEXPERT OPINIONS for touchENDOCRINOLOGY
In this first of a two-part series, a medical physicist and a radiation oncologist provide a scientific and clinical primer on radiopharmaceuticals in adult oncology.
The experts:
- Dr Stephen Graves, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Dr Ana Kiess, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs only.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from Advanced Accelerator Applications International S.A and is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
For further information visit: https://touchendocrinologyime.org/radiopharmaceuticals-adult-oncology-primer/

Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
touchEXPERT OPINIONS for touchONCOLOGY
In this first of a two-part series, a medical physicist and a radiation oncologist provide a scientific and clinical primer on radiopharmaceuticals in adult oncology.
The experts:
- Dr Stephen Graves, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Dr Ana Kiess, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs only.
This activity is funded by an independent medical education grant from Advanced Accelerator Applications International S.A. This activity is jointly provided by USF Health and touchIME.
For further information visit: https://touchoncologyime.org/radiopharmaceuticals-adult-oncology-primer/

Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
touchIN CONVERSATION for touchINFECTIOUS DISEASES
Listen to Dr John Amuasi (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana) in conversation with Dr Christina Obiero (Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya). They respond to questions submitted by the HCP audience and provide their expert insights on COVID-19 vaccination challenges and strategies for improving vaccine uptake in Africa.
This touchPODCAST is for HCPs only.
This activity is funded by an unrestricted independent medical educational grant from Moderna, Inc. This activity was led by USF Health and touchIME.
For further information visit our website: https://touchinfectiousdiseasesime.org/in-conversation-practical-considerations-covid19-vaccination-africa
