(This one is for Genie) The Old Days By Leonard Zwelling I am sure the younger faculty have had it up to here with old guys like me bitching about the way things are compared to the way things used to be. Those old folks, they are saying, they just can’t handle change. …
June 2013
What’s the Plan? By Leonard Zwelling From the very beginning of my days as an administrator here (1993) I have been asking that question. Does MD Anderson have a strategic plan? For the most part, this refers to clinical activity as that is the major driver of revenue, but it applies equally to the …
Success By Leonard Zwelling With the latest trend of having unanimously approved, peer-vetted faculty turned down for promotion and tenure by the President, it is safe to say that success at MD Anderson is being rapidly redefined. Previously, good performance as judged by grant funds, publications, clinical care, service and teaching was sufficient for …
“Least Untruthful” By Leonard Zwelling By now, the whole world is aware that the National Security Agency of the United States was collecting information on American citizens within the boundaries of the country. Much of this newfound awareness is due to the leaks to the press from Edward Snowden, an NSA contract worker who …
Can Outcomes Become Income? By Leonard Zwelling I hope that you received the same gift I did on Friday, May 31. It was a book edited by Drs. Rodriguez, Walters and Burke entitled “60 Years of Survival Outcomes at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center”. It is a disease-by-disease compilation of the …
Snowden By Leonard Zwelling Even Joseph Heller would love the irony. An ex-CIA contract worker, a 29 year old computer technician, is the leak behind the continuing revelations about the extent of the secret surveillance program run by the US government and its many contracted partners. His name is Edward Snowden. Before …