Hopkins TV show

[Joel]

Folks:
There is a new reality TV show out, called Hopkins. It is a behind-the-scenes look at Johns Hopkins hospital, where Jallo works. I wrote and asked him if he was ever profiled in it, and he said he thought he would be in the 3rd episode, which would be next Thursday night (on ABC, I think). It will be interesting to see him in action...
Joel

[stevieray]

Joel,

I just looked at the website and Dr. Jallo is in the last episode #5 next Thursday 7/24. Thanks for the heads up.

Steve

[Linda51]

Thanks for letting us know about Dr. Jallo. I was telling Ida about this show and mention it would be nice to see Dr. Jallo on the show.

~Linda

[RobertG]

Replay of the Hopkins TV show can be seen on the abc.com website. So, if you can't watch the show when it airs on tv - you can watch it online.

www.abc.com Search " Hopkins "

[belle838]

Tumor location: C 3-5
>
> Treatment types and dates: Working nurse until Novemeber 1, 2007
>
> Total knee replacement November 12,2007
>
> Never got better after knee replacement and by December 24,2007 could not
> write using right hand. Knee surgeon said don't worry everyone heals at
> their own pace. January 3rd 2008 started experincing shortness of
> breathe. Dr. sent to neurologist on February 26, 2008. Found tumor on C
> 3-5 wrapped around spinal cord. Lapendectaimy on 3-3-08. About 4 weeks
> later ITB therapy. Declinging rapidly.
>
> Tumor Status and Date of Most Recent MRI : no significant change
>
> Neurological deficits: quadrapledic, no bowel function or kidey no use of
> arms or hands
>
> Current condition: incomplete quadrapledic
>
> How you've been affected: My mother is the one who has the tumor. It is
> beign. She would have died without the surgery to safely remove as much
> of the tumor as possible. This has devastated my family. Diagnosed with
> needing a knee replacement and had a tumor instead. The doctor
> misdiagnosed my mother and she would have died in 3 weeks had she finalaly
> received the proper diagnose after 6 months of living hell and the doctor
> not doing anything. I am extremely angry and need to know other peoples
> experieces. My mom seems like she is just laying there dying.
>
>

[Vanessa]

Hi Joel,
I'm glad you posted this because I was wondering if Dr. Jallo would be on this show as well. I have been watching this show from the 1st episode, and I love it. The stories are sometimes heartbreaking and inspirational and I have to watch with a box of tissues next to me! Unfortunately (from what I understand) it's only 6 episodes because it was just a documentary.

I also started watching the show because of Dr. Jallo, and the possibility that we'll someday take our son to see him if he needs a 2nd surgery.

take care,
Vanessa

[stevieray]

There is also a Dr Profiles page on the Hopkins website which has short clips of the show with Dr Jallo. Check it out:

hopkins.abcnews.com/dr_profiles

[bobmiami]

Joel, Thanks for the heads up. YES, Dr. Jallo is basically in the 1st 15 min of the show.. or less. - great footage, which shows the man we know to be competent and compassionate in the extreme.

[Joel]

Yeah it was a fairly neat episode last night. He's put on a little weight since I last saw him. He's not what I would call though, a man of many words!
Joel

[IdaB]

Good to see Dr. Jallo in action, especially after just seeing him at the conference. (He looked a bit more fit there, too, Joel - I don't think surgical masks and gowns make anybody look thinner :-) ) I'm glad he had a good outcome for the show! Probably the producers were hoping he'd be a bit more dramatic/overwrought, but his calm demeanor is one of the things that make so many people on the board trust him, I think.
Did anyone ever see Dr. Stewart Grossman (a neurooncologist) or Dr. Lawrence Kleinberg (a radiation oncologist) on the show? I just got back from 6 weeks out of the country and had no idea this show was even on... I used to go to Hopkins for my follow-ups on the east coast so am curious if any of my other doctors ever appeared on the show.