Health, Science, & Engineering
Meet Elazer Edelman
Elazer R. Edelman, M.D., Ph.D., is the Edward J. Poitras Professor in Medical Engineering and Science at MIT, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Senior Attending Physician in the coronary care unit at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Key Insights:
Dr. Edelman works at the intersection of the physical sciences and medicine to improve healthcare.
Key Intersections. Dr. Edelman believes that clinical work, scientific research, and engineering must all come together to keep the medical profession on track.
Explaining and Receiving Feedback. Physician-scientists have an obligation to explain their methods and then to listen carefully to feedback to ensure widespread understanding.
How to spur Innovation? Create communities where people feel safe and secure saying that they don’t know—and then let them investigate.
This episode was made possible by our partnership with Edwards Lifesciences.
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