Not Quite Curbside: Medical Specialty Consults

MedCentral’s Not Quite Curbside: Medical Specialty Consults podcast features informal physician conversations about complex and collaborative care with leading specialists in endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, pulmonology, and more.

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Episodes

Tuesday Mar 03, 2026

In episode 14, cardiologist Benjamin Hirsh, MD and Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, MPH, FAAFP, dive into common yet complicated hypertension management challenges.

Friday Jan 16, 2026

In this episode of Not Quite Curbside, pulmonologist Philip Diaz, MD, and Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, MPH, FAAFP, discuss when to use pulmonary rehabilitation for your patients. 

Monday Jan 12, 2026

In this episode of Not Quite Curbside, pulmonologist Philip Diaz, MD, and Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, MPH, FAAFP, discuss COPD progression and treatments.

Wednesday Nov 19, 2025

In episode 11 of Not Quite Curbside, pulmonologist Philip Diaz, MD, and Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, MPH, FAAFP, discuss adult-onset asthma – how to identify it and treat it.

Tuesday Oct 28, 2025

Family physician Alexa Mieses Malchuk and endocrinologist Elena Christofides discuss GLP-1 drug access and the dangers of compounded medications. Part 2 of 2.

Tuesday Oct 28, 2025

Family physician Alexa Mieses Malchuk and endocrinologist Elena Christofides discuss GLP-1 prescribing and how to evaluate benefits and risks with your patients. Part 1 of 2.

Tuesday Oct 28, 2025

Family physician Alexa Mieses Malchuk and endocrinologist Elena Christofides discuss exactly why diabetes, and its complications, are so tough to treat.

Monday Sep 29, 2025

A discussion of the telltale signs and urgent decision-making needed to manage this often-overlooked disease, with Mariana Castells, MD, PhD, director, Mastocytosis Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Joshua Bucher, MD, fellow, American Academy of Emergency Medicine; and host, Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, MPH, FAAFP.

Wednesday Aug 13, 2025

In episode 7 of Not Quite Curbside: Endocrinology Consults, host Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, MPH, FAAFP is joined by endocrinologist Elena Christofides, MD, FACE, to break down the impact of cortisol on diabetes care.

Wednesday Jul 23, 2025

In episode 6 of Not Quite Curbside: Neurology Consults, host Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, MPH, FAAFP and neurologist Asaff Harel, MD, MSc, walk through the differential diagnosis for a non-epileptic spell versus an epileptiform seizure, and outline the key factors in a multidisciplinary treatment plan.

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