Newly appointed Associate Vice President for Research Rachel Hess, MD, MS, seeks to build on a legacy of innovation and collaboration. Hess believes in using transparency to build trust with...
The Medical Group partners to provide care in ways patients are coming to expect. These partnerships come under the banner of innovation—but it isn’t innovation for innovation’s sake. Like true...
Most people are willing to be poked and prodded if it means determining which mixture of chemicals kills colon cancer cells more efficiently, or identifying a rare genetic mutation that...
Hollywood has already imagined it: Gattaca, an apocalyptic world driven by genetic engineering, where only embryos with the best of their parents’ characteristics ("valids") become children.
Telemedicine can improve access to care and lower costs, but how do we make sure it’s safe and of value to the patient and not just health systems figuring out...
Rachel (not her real name) has been a patient of mine for more than three years. She has a borderline personality disorder that makes it extremely difficult for her to...
Think academic medicine is stodgy, hidebound or slow to innovate? Think again. Faculty, scientists and administrators of the nation’s teaching hospitals are actually quite progressive and optimistic about the future...
He’s been called a “medical mystery man,” a “super diagnostician,” and “one of the last, best hopes for people suffering from rare, debilitating and undiagnosed medical conditions.” But don’t compare...
Cornell's curriculum needed to be updated to reflect the current needs of medical students. It wasn't easy and the change involved much resistance from faculty. The school is now two...
Timi Agar Barwick is the CEO of the Physician Assistant Education Association and she says PAs are hard wired to be team players, and now it's time to find some...
"The simple truth is that we cannot achieve quality without addressing inequality," said chair of the AAMC Board of Directors and president of Massachusetts General Hospital Peter L. Slavin, M.D...
Our success hinges on our ability to embrace change, says Darrell Kirch, M.D., president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). What will move us into the...
