Len Zwelling

They’re Firing the Wrong President By Leonard Zwelling          Like an interminable academic soap opera, the drama of “Game of Regents” goes on. Now, according to the Houston Chronicle, out-going Chancellor Cigarroa has delivered an ultimatum to popular UT-Austin President William Powers. “Resign or be fired.” It is my presumption that Cigarroa has the backing […]

Medicine, Inc By Leonard Zwelling          The practice of medicine has always been characterized by being a two-person endeavor. One person was the sick one. He or she was usually called a patient (although they have turned into encounters, units and visits). The other person was the one trying to help the sick one. He

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Three Boys (Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel) By Leonard Zwelling          The word hit the wires on June 30. The bodies of the three teenagers missing from the West Bank have been found under rocks in a field near Hebron. They were shot.          First thoughts are for revenge and it is without doubt

EXTRA: Hobby Lobby and the ACA By Leonard Zwelling          It is undoubtedly true that we are about to be subjected to a news cycle or two about the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to allow privately held companies to NOT provide full birth control coverage as mandated in the Affordable Care Act when the companies

Health Care Reform: Reset With a Blank Page By Leonard Zwelling        By now we have all been to sufficient numbers of cocktail parties with doctors complaining about the effects of ObamaCare on their practices. We have also been at cocktail parties (could be the same ones, could be a different set of friends) with

Creative Differences: Quality vs. Volume By Leonard Zwelling        I was fired yesterday—again.        Wow! This guy can’t keep a job!        As I related in the past, I let go of the one job I loved, heading the infrastructure for clinical research at MD Anderson, in June of 2004. Three years later my job

http://blogs.reuters.com/anya-schiffrin/2014/02/12/the-french-way-of-cancer-treatment/ Very good piece that was reprinted in the newsletter of the Physicians for a National Health Program (PLEASE JOIN.  We are the single-payer guys and gals). Len

Varenye By Leonard Zwelling          Varenye is a term I came across in Ari Shavit’s book about the birth of modern Israel, My Promised Land. Varenye is a jar of fruit preserves stored in the cupboard by Eastern European Jews. This food is reserved for times of trouble (pogroms mostly). Varenye feeds your family when

The Only Job I Ever Loved, and Giving It Up By Leonard Zwelling        Ten years ago today, I resigned from the only job I ever loved. On the morning of June 23, 2004, I eliminated the position of Associate Vice President for Research Administration that was occupied by Dr. Carleen Brunelli. I relinquished all