Len Zwelling

The Moon Shot Of RyanCare By Leonard Zwelling Now, can we get back to real business? You know, like whether or not the Trumpians colluded with the Russians or whether Michael Flynn was trying to abduct an American citizen and send him to Turkey. Surely this can be tweeted about now. The law of the […]

Trying To Sort Through The ObamaCare Jungle By Leonard Zwelling I have written a fair amount about ObamaCare aka the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 aka the ACA. In fact, I wrote a whole book about it called Red Kool-Aid Blue Kool-Aid that is available on amazon.com for about seven bucks. (Updated

Ron’s Beaker Runneth Over: Cheers! By Leonard Zwelling I have a theory. I am pretty sure it’s absolutely perfect in predicting one’s longevity at an academic institution. The problem is that I can’t prove it because it’s a tautology. Saying it’s true can only be the case when it is proven to be so. Here

Where Are The Surgeons? Where Are The Oncologists? By Leonard Zwelling MD Anderson is in a state of transition. Obviously. First, a Chief Operating Officer was appointed while the then-president remained in place atop the Pickens Tower of Babel. That COO displaced the Provost, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Financial Officer in the hierarchy of

Wire Tapping Trump Tower And Curing Cancer: Equally Likely By Leonard Zwelling What is crucial to understand is that Mr. Trump better hope that he’s wrong about the wire tapping of Trump Tower by President Obama. First, the President, Obama or otherwise, cannot order such a wiretap. It’s illegal. Second, if there were a wiretap

Woman Power For MD Anderson By Leonard Zwelling The least the Regents can do up in Austin as they prepare to search for the next president of MD Anderson is make darned sure they don’t repeat the past mistakes. What do I mean? First, it would be helpful if those people in Austin responsible for

Is Ron Resigned To Not Resigning? By Leonard Zwelling From the reports in the press and the town hall outtakes I saw, it looks to me like Dr. DePinho isn’t going anywhere and there is no plan to move forward for MD Anderson. You can’t have the leader resign and not have a plan going

Active Measures Undermined Hillary and The Division Heads By Leonard Zwelling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_measures “Active measures” is a Russian maneuver. The Russians dive deeply into undermining the mechanisms of another society in an effort to turn events their way. This is what they have been accused of doing to the United States during the last election cycle

EXTRA: Not A Wet Eye In The House: But Much More Work To Do By Leonard Zwelling This is not a happy day for MD Anderson despite what some might think. The premature resignation of a president is not a time for celebration. It means that things have really gone terribly wrong and this borders

DuBois: A Shoo-In; Clinton: A Shoo-In—Not So Fast By Leonard Zwelling When Dr. Kripke retired in 2007, it was generally acknowledged that her replacement, now no longer just the Chief Academic Officer, but officially a Mendelsohn-named Provost, would follow in Dr. Mendelsohn’s footsteps to the presidential suite. Sooner than anyone imagined, the Mendelsohn Presidency was