Hi, I'm Henry Bear.

And I'm Tyler Johnson.

And you're listening to The Doctor's Art, a podcast that explores meaning in medicine.

Throughout our medical training and career, we have pondered.

What makes medicine meaningful?

Can a stronger understanding of this meaning

create better doctors?

How can we build health care institutions

that nurture the doctor-patient connection?

What can we learn about the human condition from accompanying our patients in times of suffering?

In seeking answers to these questions, we meet with deep thinkers working across health care, from doctors and nurses to patients and health care executives, those who have collected a career's worth of hard-earned wisdom.

Probing the moral heart that beats at the core of medicine, we will hear stories that are by turns heart-breaking, amusing, inspiring, challenging, and enlightening.

We welcome anyone curious about why doctors do what they do.

Join us as we think out loud about what illness and healing can teach us about some of life's biggest questions.

We are fortunate to be joined by Dr. Eric Weiner, who is the director of Yale Cancer Center

and current president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the largest organization representing clinicians who care for cancer patients.

Dr. Weiner is an internationally renowned expert in breast cancer, and his research has profoundly impacted

how we treat breast cancer today.

In this episode, we discuss his path to oncology

and how he approaches his patients with tremendous compassion and empathy

shaped by his own experiences as a lifelong patient with

hemophilia. Dr. Weiner, welcome to the show and thanks for being here.

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