Hi, I'm Henry Bear.

And I'm Tyler Johnson.

And you're listening to The Doctors 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. The National Academy of Medicine is an independent American organization that provides

expert evidence-based guidance on issues of health, biomedical science, and health policy globally.

Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine,

and recognizes individuals who have shown exceptional

professional achievement and commitment to service.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Victor Zow, who has been

president of the academy since 2014.

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