Dr. Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society

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Waco Hoover - CEO of the Institute for Health Technology Transformation (25:00)
From: CHC Radio

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Waco Hoover, co-founder and CEO of the Institute for Health Technology Transformation which seeks to bring public and private ...

Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality at HHS (24:59)
From: CHC Radio

Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality at the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Clancy ...

Dr. Roni Zeiger - CEO of Smart Patients (50:00)
From: CHC Radio

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Roni Zeiger, CEO of Smart Patients, a clinical trials search engine and online community for cancer patients, their caregivers and ...

Dr. Kenneth Mandl, Director of the Intelligent Health Lab, Boston Children's Hospital (25:00)
From: CHC Radio

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Kenneth Mandle, Director of the Intelligent Health Lab at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Mandl is a pioneer in consumer ...

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Deputy Director (24:59)
From: CHC Radio

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Deputy Director for Policy and Regulation at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at ...

Steven Brill, Author of "Bitter Pill: Why Health Care Costs Are Killing Us" (25:00)
From: CHC Radio

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with entrepreneur and investigative journalist Steven Brill, author of the recent TIME Magazine expose on health care pricing, "Bitter ...

Dr. Andrew Morris-Singer, Founder and President of Primary Care Progress (25:00)
From: CHC Radio

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Andrew Morris-Singer, Founder and President of Primary Care Progress, a grassroots advocacy organization launched at Harvard to ...

Dr. Christopher Murray, Co-Founder and Director of the Institute for Health Metrics Evaluation (24:59)
From: CHC Radio

Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Chris Murray, Co-Founder of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Dr. Murray discusses his ...

Dr Jeffery Levi, Executive Director of Trust For America's Health (25:00)
From: CHC Radio

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Jeffery Levi, Executive Director of Trust for America's Health, a non profit organization seeking to make disease prevention a ...

Dr. John Bartlett, Carter Center Mental Health Project (25:00)
From: CHC Radio

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. John Bartlett, Senior Project Advisor for the Primary Care Initiative at the Carter Center. Dr. Bartlett discusses the Carter ...

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Broadcast History

Show has been airing regionally since 2009 - based at the NPR affiliate at Weslyan University. Now broadcast on WNPR and regional affiliates, as well as several stations around the country. Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter run a large consortium of community health clinics and are dedicated to serving the underserved. They believe health care is a right, not a privilege.

Intro and Outro

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Otis Brawley, Cheif Medical Director at the American Cancer Society. Dr. Brawley discusses his new book, "How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks and Talks About Being Sick in America.

Next week, Mark and Margaret will speak with Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children, about the 80 million children they are serving around the world, and the potential new technologies hold to have an even more meaningful impact.

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