MD67

A few months ago, our group held a dinner for ten doctors from Harvard Medical School's Class of 1967 and more than 100 current students of the School.  Conversation ranged from what it means to be a physician, the business of medicine, moral injury, to the older generation's hopes for the next generation of physicians. But the most striking theme that cut across all of the classes, was a desire f...

With an MD from Harvard Medical School (Class of '67) and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Bob Holmes went into the business side of medicine.  He wants us to know two things he believes after his long career in healthcare administration: 1. That patients aren't getting what they deserve, and 2. That it can get better.

Dr. Herb Ross is 95 years old and has been witness to over 70 years of healthcare in the US.  In this episode, Dr. Ross talks about how changes in the business of medicine, physician autonomy and prior authorization affect patient care and physician professionalism.

As the only non-physician in the group, Mike Otten brings a unique perspective to MD67.  With a degree in electrical engineering from Princeton, a masters from Columbia, a PhD from American University, and an MBA from Harvard, Mike has spent his professional career addressing problems - big and small - across complex systems.  In this episode, we talk about healthcare from a systems information an...

For Dr. Doug Dorner (Harvard Medical School '67) 'service to others' is a lived value with deep roots.  His dad was a battlefield surgeon who landed on Utah Beach in Normandy in WW2, and, following in his footsteps, during the Vietnam War and while still in medical school, Doug enlisted in the Army.  Doug returned to his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, as a vascular surgeon and worked alongside his...

Dr. Jonathan Rie, an internal medicine and nephrology specialist, retired prematurely from a job he loved.  Dr. Rie shares his cautionary tale of mixing medicine with private equity, and how all of us - patients and physicians alike - need to be alert to the hidden consequences of the corporate practice of medicine.

Dr. Budd Shenkin graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1967 and spent over thirty years building and running a successful pediatric practice in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Dr. Shenkin believes, from his experience as both a patient and a physician, that medicine grounded in a humanistic approach is essential in the face of corporatization. And, he says, when it comes to profit-driven plans lik...

Dr. Larry Kadish graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1967 and has witnessed first hand how medicine went from innovation to abrasion in 50 years. In this episode, Dr. Kadish talks about how decades of corporatization changed the relationship between patients and their physicians, physicians and their medical colleagues, and the community that holds them both

Imagine a doctor's appointment that's unhurried, where being seen, heard, and understood is the goal. MD67 believes neither patients nor professionals are getting what they deserve, and both can have better. These doctors believe it's time to put patients - not profits - first.