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Category Archives: Z Medical centers
“Discharged Alive”
February 21, 2022- by Steven E. Greer, MD Last December, both of my parents were admitted for almost two-weeks at the Ohio State University
Why Indian Point nuclear power plant needs to be shut down
April 29, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have long been a critic of the overuse of CT-scans due to the radiation risks and costs. I’m not sure why,
Robotic surgery and controversies
January 24, 2014- Dr. Dutson gives an update on the referral patterns and safety concerns over the Da Vinci system.
Posted in General surgery, UCLA
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I just shook hands with a face transplant patient and did not know it
January 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I was in the process of being given a personal tour of the new facilities of the NYU Institute of
Posted in - Opinion, NYU, Plastic surgery
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The best hospitals in the country are losing money. Why?
August 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD In the course of working on a medical book for the patient population, I just discovered this 2017 Forbes article that explains
Posted in - Policy, Cleveland Clinic, CMS, Columbia, Congress, Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Ohio State, UCLA, Univ Miami, Z Medical centers
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Vaccinations that all adults should have
Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD William Schaffner, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University
The NIH Human Microbiome Project
March 31, 2010- Produced and interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Infectious disease specialist Dr. Vincent Young from the University of Michigan discusses the
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The ISCHEMIA trial PI, Judith Hochman, makes egregiously unfounded statements on national TV
November 17, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD The big news from the 2019 American Heart Association meeting is the large trial known by the acronym ISCHEMIA.
Posted in - Opinion, - Pharma, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Congress, FDA, Internal Medicine, NYU, VA
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Effects of Spaceflight on Astronaut Brain Structure as Indicated on MRI
November 22, 2017 – Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Donna Roberts, MD of the Medical University of South Carolina about her NEJM paper
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Dean and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Paul Rothman December 11, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Ranking colleges and medical centers is a futile, highly subjective, and ludicrous endeavor. Nevertheless,
Posted in - Policy, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Pediatrics
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Don Berwick, MD: Waste in the American Healthcare System
Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage
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Benjamin Sommers, MD PhD: Expansion of Medicaid and impact on mortality rates
September 7, 2012
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Pembrolizumab as Second-Line Therapy for Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
February 27, 2017- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Joaquim Bellmunt, MD, PhD, the Director of the Bladder Cancer Center at Dana-Farber,
Preventing HIV infection
July 28, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Rajesh Tim Gandhi, MD of the Massachusetts General Hospital discusses the NEJM review paper he co-wrote
Eluxadoline (Viberzi) to treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome
January 20, 2016- Produced, Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Anthony Lembo, MD of The Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital to discuss his
Posted in - NEJM, - Pharma, Gastroenterology and liver, Harvard
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Paul Richardson, MD: Current Therapies for Multiple Myeloma
December 15, 2015- Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD Dr. Paul Richardson, Clinical Director of the Multiple Myeloma Center at Harvard’s Dana-Farber
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Harvard, Oncology
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How did a small academic lab succeed where big medical device companies failed?
July 5, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD The New England Journal of Medicine recently published the early clinical data on the “bionic pancreas”
Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
October 18, 2018- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
BRAF and MEK combos for melanoma
Update October 1, 2015- The FDA approved the use of two drugs, Opdivo and Yervoy, to treat metastatic melanoma, as we first discussed with Dr. Ribas last year.
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Oncology, UCLA
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