Leonard Zwelling

Dr. Zwelling is a board-certified internist and medical oncologist. He was trained at Duke University, Duke Medical School and Duke Hospital after which he completed his oncology training at the National Cancer Institute. He started his research career at NCI and in 1984 moved to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center where he rose to the rank of Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology. He returned to business school at the University of Houston, graduating in 1993. He then gravitated to research administration.

Saying What and Saying How Are Not the Same: The Big Con

Saying What and Saying How Are Not the Same: The Big Con By Leonard Zwelling          I am personally thrilled that the President of the United States realizes that ISIS and its inspired followers in this country are a threat to the safety of the American people. It’s about time.          I am also personally […]

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One More Time: Clinical Research Is Not Clinical Care

One More Time: Clinical Research Is Not Clinical Care By Leonard Zwelling          The latest issue of The New Yorker has a story that chilled me to the bone while bringing up 20 year old memories. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/07/bacteria-on-the-brain          The story is called Bacteria On The Brain by Emily Eakin. It relates the story of Drs.

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Guns

Guns By Leonard Zwelling          We have all heard it a thousand times.          Tragedy after tragedy greets us on the evening news as another lunatic with a gun kills a bunch of people and our elected representatives do nothing. And I mean nothing.          Personally, I am tired of the GOP attributing this all

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Making ISIS History

Making ISIS History By Leonard Zwelling          Like cancer, ISIS is a malignancy.          The radical jihadists are tearing up the Middle East wrestling with Al Qaeda for supremacy among the lunatics, competing to supplant Western civilization with Sharia Law in a caliphate.          Perhaps President Obama needs to consult with some oncologists on how

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The Right To Try Is Not the Answer. Greater Access to Less Rigid Trials Is

The Right To Try Is Not the Answer. Greater Access to Less Rigid Trials Is By Leonard Zwelling http://www.wsj.com/articles/winning-the-right-to-save-your-own-life-1448574113          The Wall Street Journal on Friday, November 27 published an op-ed by Darcy Olsen of the Goldwater Institute advocating greater access of patients to on-demand, potentially life-saving, but yet to be approved therapies outside the

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Mr. Admiral Chancellor: With All Due Respect, National Defense Is No Longer Your Field

Mr. Admiral Chancellor: With All Due Respect, National Defense Is No Longer Your Field By Leonard Zwelling http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/nation-world/nation/article/McRaven-advocates-U-S-led-coalition-troops-on-6647550.php          I do not disagree with Chancellor McRaven’s opinions about ISIS and the role of the United States in leading the ineluctable war against these religious zealots (see above). I do, however, believe that his comments in

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