Len Zwelling

A Fatal Lack of Transparency                     May 9, 2013 By Leonard Zwelling             Along with assorted stories describing how neighbors in a Cleveland suburb did not detect the presence of kidnapped women in an old house for ten years and a guilty verdict for some sort of murderer in Arizona (I haven’t followed that one closely […]

A Reminder                        May 8, 2013 By Leonard Zwelling                 A major effort by a new company to develop targeted therapy is set back by the FDA.                 Questions arise about the connection between the company and the President of MD Anderson.                 Filings showed that the President of MD Anderson made millions on a single

And The Beat Goes On:                 May 7, 2013 http://www.thestreet.mobi/story/11914855/1/fire-aveos-ceo-for-incompetence-and-arrogance-rivaling-imclones-sam-waksal.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO

Sold a Bill of Goods                   May 6, 2013 By Leonard Zwelling             I love my American Express card. Why? Because the company that backs that card provides first-class service when things go wrong. If you book a trip with them, they help if you are short of cash or lose your luggage in a foreign

Misinformation May 4, 2013 By Leonard Zwelling Do you read the daily External Communications email? I do, every day. It focuses attention on mentions of MD Anderson in the print media for the most part. The one May 2 was a true microcosm of the world of competing forces in which we live and which

From Eric Berger of Houston Chronicle.                      May 3, 2013 File under “thank sir, may I have another!” http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2013/05/fda-disagrees-with-m-d-anderson-leaders-glowing-comments-about-his-drug

FDA Decision of Interest to MD Anderson Faculty                      May 2, 2013 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/02/us-aveo-advisorypanel-idUSBRE9410V020130502   http://finance.yahoo.com/mb/AVEO/

MUST READ!!!!!!!                     May 2, 12013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/magazine/our-feel-good-war-on-breast-cancer.html?ref=magazine&_r=0 Why we struggle!

The Grace of Houston                        May 1, 2013 By Leonard Zwelling             My wife, Dr. Kleinerman, and I have attended large charity banquets in at least three separate locations, Washington, DC, New York City and Houston, Texas. The difference in the customs that seem to be guiding these affairs was striking. The difference may serve

Accountable Care Will Depend Upon Accountable Patients            April 28, 2013 By  Leonard Zwelling             The New York Times headline sums up a philosophy of health care that seems counterintuitive., especially given the push here at Anderson to increase patient encounters. “A Health Provider Finds Success In Keeping Hospital Beds Empty”. The article by Annie Lowrey