Improving access to health care from 7,000 miles away, with Michael Marin, MD

Gemma Milne talks with Dr. Michael Marin, of the Mount Sinai Health System, about his role developing a shared surgery model as part of a pilot program to expand delivery of same-day surgery and surgical training, the key technologies that make the program possible, and the impact that this sort of program could have globally in medicine and other industries.

About Michael Marin, MD:

Dr. Michael L. Marin is the Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief for the Mount Sinai health system in New York City. He has revolutionized modern vascular surgery and sparked the rapid development of new treatments with other physicians around the world for minimally invasive treatment of vascular disease. Dr. Marin is an active clinician, teacher, and contributor to medical literature.  

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Topics of discussion

• The origin of the global surgery program (02:22)
• Building the technological foundation (07:03)
• The biggest challenges faced so far (12:35)
• Highlighting the benefits of global surgery for patients (15:38)
• Unexpected benefits of the program for surgeons (20:19)
• Advice for people thinking about implementing similar programs (22:58)
• How similar programs can learn from this experience (25:17)
• Expanding the program to other types of surgery (28:51)

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