New surgical procedures, should the fda have greater ability to regulate them than it has right now? Yes. Hereally interesting things is that, basically, surgical procedures are not easily protocalized, correct and so ta. Youknow, we're still in that sort of craft world in surgery. And so i as a surgeon, i can kind of do whatever operation i deem appropriate, sueand the only thing thatis regulating me is the threat of being sued for malpractice.
The surgeon, researcher, and celebrated writer joined Tyler for a conversation on why Watson will never diagnose your illness, what George Church’s narcolepsy teaches us about CRISPR, what’s missing in medical education, Michael Crichton’s cultural influence, Knausgård versus Ferrante, indie music, and the thing that makes Gawande “bawl like a baby.”
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Recorded June 12th, 2017 Other ways to connect