Leonard Zwelling

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I decided this could not wait. I usually delay posting until the last post has 200 pageviews. I am making an exception with this one given the timely nature of today’s presentation and my great disappointment in its substance.  LZ DoCM Grand Rounds, August 13: Science as Show Biz By Leonard Zwelling                        

A Kind Punch in the Nose By Leonard Zwelling             It’s not graduation season any longer. Nonetheless, on July 31 the NY Times published a commencement speech by author George Saunders given at Syracuse University last spring. Here’s the link: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/george-saunderss-advice-to-graduates/?_r=0             It is worth reading for the advice in it is rather eternal and

I Would Have Done It For Free By Leonard Zwelling             If you ever heard the presentation from Faculty Academic Affairs about the Faculty Assistance Program, you might have seen the statistics about which type of faculty pursued the free sessions of psychotherapy granted by the program.  When I saw the presentation, there was exactly

Repeat After Me (Men Only): I’m Lost, I’m Wrong, I’m Sorry By Leonard Zwelling             My oldest son Richard was married on July 20. It was a grand event and we all had a great time.             Richard never asked my advice on how to stay married for on August 27, Dr. Kleinerman and I

Five Fingers Make a Fist: Leading From the Heart By Leonard Zwelling             All organizations work best when they work like a well-disciplined, well-trained athletic team. For the last 30 years in men’s college basketball the organization and team most admired and most resented by the rest of the NCAA is the Duke Blue Devils.

No Country For Young Men By Leonard Zwelling             I believe there was a blog with a similar title written during the age of the Faculty Voice. I think it was anonymous so I guess I am tipping my hat to a shadow. Nonetheless, I need to bring this issue up again because I received

A Gracious Letter from John Mendelsohn By Leonard Zwelling             In my box today was a letter (yes, a real letter) from John Mendelsohn. In it he sought to set the record straight about some of the things that I have written in this blog that were wrong or misleading. He noted that upon his

Abortion Rights, Voting Rights, Privacy Rights and Health Care Rights: What About YOUR Rights? By Leonard Zwelling             In Texas, as you all know, we have just been through a filibuster in the Senate that led to a second extra session and final passage of a bill that will restrict Texas women’s rights to receive

“The Letter”: Six Months Later-Thought Leaders or Thought Followers? By Leonard Zwelling             In the February 1, 2013 issue of the Cancer Letter, Paul Goldberg and his staff published in its entirety, a letter signed by many leaders of the MD Anderson faculty in response to a less than flattering article that had appeared two