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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.

His father warned him not to be accountant because of the long hours, so this top surgeon takes it easy performing complex surgeries, teaching and heading up a trade association.
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With paychecks shrinking and growing student debtloads, many say medicine isn’t a good field to get into. Zuckerman explains why it’s still worth it.
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Doctors have a lot to lose and gain in the healthcare reform debate. As president of a trade organization representing 20,000 surgeons, Dr. Zuckerman outlines their agenda.
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Lifting weights will help stave off bone loss but some extra meat on your hips will, too.
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Year-round athletics and repetitive workout regimes spike the risk of injury.
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Innovations in materials used for joint replacement allow formerly crippled patients to live-pain fee.
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As a child, NYU’s Zuckerman was entranced by Ben Casey, a flashy small screen surgeon. Decades later, he realized his hero was exactly the kind of doctor he didn’t want […]
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A conversation with Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU’s Hospital for Joint Diseases and 2009 President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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Kaiser Permanente digitized everything from medical records to doctor-patient visits. CEO George Halvorson describes the process and how it transcends technology.
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George Halvorson believes in the power of information technology to transform the American health care system. So why isn’t it front and center in the current debate?
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Americans pay more for health care than any other industrialized country. Yet why does the debate totally ignore this point?
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From crime capital to financial mecca, Bob Lieber has witnessed a New York with many personalities. What will its future hold after the supposed end of the Wall Street era?
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With midtown Manhattan at capacity, Bob Lieber is focused on developing other parts of the city. Here’s why he thinks the Bronx is poised for growth.
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He thinks our country needs a wake-up call a little bit about how we’re positioning ourselves.
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Bob Lieber spent his entire career at Lehman Brothers. Now he makes a dollar a year as Deputy Mayor for New York City. How did he manage for the new […]
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Deputy Mayor of Economic Development what the first extension of a subway line financed by the city will bring.
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A Conversation with the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development for the City of New York.
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The former CEO of Mexico City’s Urban Development Corporation feels a tremendous energy in modern New York. But an over-reliance on the financial industry, he warns, will leave it vulnerable […]
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What keeps Excel Venture Management’s Juan Enriquez awake at night? Sheer excitement about our new golden age of discovery.
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Will the U.S. confront new secession movements in the 21st century? “Untied States of America” author Juan Enriquez hopes not—and offers suggestions as to how his book’s worst-case scenario can […]