Len Zwelling

Quick announcement re: SCOTUS Decision on ACA I did 2 radio interviews Thursday, June 25. Here’s one: https://soundcloud.com/bryan-crabtree-highlights/dr-leonard-zwelling-4-viable-alternatives-to-obamacare Also: On Sunday, June 28 at 10 AM I will be interviewed with regard to ACA on KPRC Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall, NBC local affiliate in Houstaon, Channel 2.  Tune in if you can. Sweet Cup: The […]

Quiet By Leonard Zwelling          The world is a noisy place and quiet is drastically underrated as a holy state.          First, it helps you sleep. I know when I am in Manhattan, even 50 floors above street level, it is never silent, and that’s not conducive to a good night’s sleep. I think that’s

May 15, 2011-A Prescient Article from the Houston Chronicle’s Todd Ackerman By Leonard Zwelling          On Sunday, May 15, 2011, Todd Ackerman wrote a piece in the Houston Chronicle about the newly named President to be of MD Anderson, Ronald DePinho. Why do I know? I am currently wading through my piles of news articles

Alone By Leonard Zwelling          Since my firing as a Vice President in 2007, I have spent an awful lot of time alone. Where once my days had been filled with meetings, conferences and seminars, I found myself exiled first to one of the Main Street office buildings, then to a 600 square foot apartment

Both Iraq and MD Anderson Are Gone: There Is No Restoration Pending, But There Could Be By Leonard Zwelling          Iraq is no more. Iraq never was.          Iraq was a made-up country formed by the British after WWI. It consisted of three oppositional forces that really don’t like each other. I am not talking

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The Latest Indignity-The Censure by the AAUP By Leonard Zwelling http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/health/article/MD-Anderson-censured-by-national-faculty-group-6325844.php          This is probably not a big deal but it is emblematic of several problems that continue to plague MD Anderson.          The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has censured MD Anderson and its term tenure practice. This may have no bearing on

Where Are the Leaders? By Leonard Zwelling          Have you seen or heard Bill Clinton recently? He is a shadow of his former self in every way. He is gaunt verging on anorectic and the formerly voluble Chief Executive struggles to make a whole lot of sense when he speaks in public. It has been

This Is Not An MD Anderson Problem: The Child Pornography Case of a Member of the Pediatric Faculty By Leonard Zwelling          It was just about as salacious as it could be.          A prominent, well-funded, highly regarded and eminently likeable member of the Pediatric faculty at MD Anderson has been arrested for possession of

Superpower: America’s Role in the World At-Large, MD Anderson’s Role in Oncology By Leonard Zwelling          Without hesitation, I bought the book. It is called Superpower: Three Choices for America’s Role in the World by Ian Bremmer. As is not atypical, I learned about it from one of my best and most frequent instructresses, Peggy