Podcast appearances and mentions of Allan S Detsky

Is the medical publishing industry a scam?  As the open access model has grown, pay-to-publish has helped large publishers maintain profit margins similar to that of large tech companies.  The problem?  They do so by exploiting the blood, sweat, and tears of academics and the institutions that support them.   Join Dr. Patrick Georgoff (@georgoff, Duke Surgery), Dr. Ayman Ali (BTK education fellow, Duke Surgery), and special guest Dr. Allan Detsky for an engaging discussion.  Paper discussed: The Changing Medical Publishing Industry: Economics, Expansion, and Equity (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-023-08307-z) DR. ALLAN S. DETSKY, MD, PhD, FRCPC, CM is Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto; former Physician-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital(1997-2009); and former Head of the Division of General Internal Medicine at The Toronto Hospital and University of Toronto (1987-1997). Dr. Detsky received his B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his M.D. from Harvard Medical School, and his Ph.D. (in Economics) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978.  He has served on the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine, and as a member of the Drug Quality and Therapeutics Committee for the Province of Ontario where he spearheaded the effort to formally include cost-effectiveness considerations into the Canadian drug reimbursement process. Dr. Detsky has received 2 Tony nominations as a producer (Jesus Christ Superstar 2012, Come From Away 2017 and an Olivier Award for Best Musical in 2018. In June 2018, he was appointed by the Governor General to the Order of Canada. Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.   If you liked this episode, check out our recent episodes here: https://app.behindtheknife.org/listen

Canadian law gives the country's individual provinces and territories primary responsibility for coronavirus containment and mitigation. JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, from the University of Michigan and Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, from the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, discuss the national pandemic experience, including public health responses to infection and vaccine allocation, from fall 2020 through summer 2021. Related Content: COVID-19 in Canada: Experience and Response to Waves 2 and 3

Canadian law gives the country's individual provinces and territories primary responsibility for coronavirus containment and mitigation. JAMA Associate Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, from the University of Michigan and Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, from the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, discuss the national pandemic experience, including public health responses to infection and vaccine allocation, from fall 2020 through summer 2021. Related Content: COVID-19 in Canada: Experience and Response to Waves 2 and 3

USA residents rank worse than rest of developed countries:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/report-americans-less-healthy-die-younger-than-global-peers/A report was released by the National Academies Press called, “U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health.” http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/CPOP/US_Health_in_International_Perspective/index.htmIn the report, statistics from the WHO prove that our death rate is higher: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/dbasse/cpop/dbasse_080393#deaths-from-all-causesThe New Yorker featured an article written by Dr. Allan S. Detsky, M.D., Ph.D. Potential causes of these statistics are discussed:http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/why-america-is-losing-the-health-raceSugar Causes people to be fat – the Sugar Industry Covered up the Facts:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-industry-shifted-blame-to-fat.html?_r=0New dietary guidelines were influenced by food industry lobbying:http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F4130043%2Flobbying-politics-dietary-guidelines%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHTf9QcTPY60Al4EhKAriIos0OqGwYouTube video: Sugar – The Bitter Truth by Robert Lustig, MD:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oMDocumentary – FedUp (also available on NetFlix):http://fedupmovie.com/#/page/home

Interview with Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, author of Medical Assistance in Dying: Our Lessons Learned

Reading by Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, author of Understanding Choice: Why Physicians Should Learn Prospect Theory

Interview with Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, author of What Patients Really Want From Health Care

Interview with Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, author of Physician Communication in the 21st Century