July 2017

The Real Key Faculty: Those Who Develop A Treatment

The Real Key Faculty: Those Who Develop A Treatment By Leonard Zwelling For the past twenty years or so, the key to faculty success at MD Anderson has been excelling in the rather traditional metrics of academia—papers, grants and awards. Most of the emphasis has been placed on scientific accomplishment and much of that has …

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MD Anderson Is Not Immune To The Ravages Of Health Care Reform

MD Anderson Is Not Immune To The Ravages Of Health Care Reform By Leonard Zwelling What is health care reform anyway? My friend the American Enterprise Institute’s Norm Ornstein says, “Everyone’s idea of health care reform is the same. I pay less.” That’s pretty much it. Health care reform in America could be about shrinking …

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Needed: An Operational Visionary And I Don’t Mean A Surgeon

Needed: An Operational Visionary And I Don’t Mean A Surgeon By Leonard Zwelling There is one sure way to improve the balance sheet of MD Anderson. Spend less. It’s already working as June’s financials demonstrated. This seems like an obvious solution, but it is not, because everyone at Anderson is convinced that his or her …

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The Future Is Texas

The Future Is Texas By Leonard Zwelling http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/10/americas-future-is-texas Austin-based author Lawrence Wright encapsulates my dread with regard to the impending selection of the next president of MD Anderson in an article with this title. In brief, it’s a state-appointed position. In this lengthy piece in The New Yorker of July 10-17, Wright describes the current …

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Controversy At The Wall Heightened; Controversy On Holcombe Lessened

Controversy At The Wall Heightened; Controversy On Holcombe Lessened By Leonard Zwelling Isabel Kershner does an excellent job outlining the latest dispute roiling Israel where politics and religion clash on a regular basis. For those of you who do not know, the Western Wall in Jerusalem is the last vestiges of the Second Temple that …

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