Hot Topics in Surgery: Social Determinants of Health with Adam Foss

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Science, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Education

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🗓️ 28 September 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

We are rounding out the month with the 2nd half of our Hot Topics in Surgery series. Next up, a powerful speech by Adam Foss, Esq. from the American Pediatric Surgery Association meeting in May. He speaks about social and systemic factors that influence the care and outcomes of our patients. We hope listening to this will be as thought-provoking and uncomfortable as it was in person. Listen to his TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_foss_a_prosecutor_s_vision_for_a_better_justice_system?language=en

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0:30.1	Behind the Knife, the Surgery Podcast, where we take a behind the scenes intimate look at surgery
0:36.1	from leaders in the field. I'm delighted to welcome to the stage Adam Foss. Adam was an assistant district attorney
0:56.2	Sulfic County in Boston. He was awarded the 2017 Nelson Mandela Change Maker of the Year Award and the Next Generation Leader
1:05.9	N-A-C-P Award.
1:07.9	He's a visiting senior fellow at Harvard Law School.
1:10.8	He's a staunch advocate for criminal justice reform and has formed a not-for-profit
1:17.0	along those lines called Prosecutor Impact. He's going to be speaking on swords and shields, a discussion of power, privilege, and opportunity.
1:26.0	Adam.
1:27.0	How we doing?
1:28.0	We're good?
1:29.0	Comfortable, feeling good?
1:31.0	Too bad.
1:33.0	I'm about to take the air out of the room.
1:36.0	And it's going to get uncomfortable.
1:38.0	Sorry.
1:39.0	This is going to be uncomfortable for some of you.
1:41.0	It's going to be very resonant for others of you. It's going to be very resonant for others of you. For those of you
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