Robert A. Harrington, MD The Bob Harrington Show

Robert A. Harrington, MD, is the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and Provost for Medical Affairs at Cornell University, New York. A former president of the American Heart Association, he cares deeply about the generation of evidence to guide clinical practice.

When not focusing on medicine, Harrington dreams of being a radio commentator for the Boston Red Sox.

The Bob Harrington Show is a podcast series of thoughtful interviews and discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine.

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Latest Articles by Bob Harrington

CVD 2050: No, GLP-1s Won't Save the Day Cardiologists Bob Harrington and Dhruv Kazi discuss the projected burden of cardiovascular disease in 2050, why it's not sustainable, and what can be done to prevent it.
theheart.org on Medscape, October 24, 2024
From Fact to Fiction: Medical Journalist-Turned-Author Dr Bob Harrington interviews journalist Shelley Wood about her new book, "The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley," her creative process, and the difference between medical journalism and writing fiction.
theheart.org on Medscape, October 3, 2024
Private Equity in Medicine: Cardiology in the Crosshairs Medical practices are increasingly being acquired by private equity. Bob Harrington discusses why and what the ramifications are with the authors and editorialist of a research paper on the private equity landscape in cardiology vs other specialties.
theheart.org on Medscape, August 12, 2024
Food Is Not Medicine but Maybe It's Healthcare Bob Harrington and Mitch Elkind discuss whether food is medicine, as well as the American Heart Association initiative to study the best way to use food to treat cardiovascular disease.
theheart.org on Medscape, June 10, 2024
Coronary Artery Disease: The New Big C Bob Harrington interviews fellow cardiologist Mike McConnell about his new book Fight Heart Disease Like Cancer and the need to model heart disease prevention and treatment after cancer.
theheart.org on Medscape, May 15, 2024
Correlation Is Not Causation, Wink, Is Not Good Enough Cardiology researchers Bob Harrington and Bobby Yeh discuss how to do better observational research and the controversial notion of making causal inferences from such data.
theheart.org on Medscape, April 17, 2024
Publish or Perish and Incentives for Quantity over Quality Bob Harrington, Erin Michos, and Brahmajee Nallamothu discuss how the publish or perish culture can lead to sloppy research and the need for alternative models to measure success in academic medicine.
theheart.org on Medscape, January 22, 2024
Topics Cardiologists Love to Hate: MOC and AI Bob Harrington and Mike Gibson discuss two of the hottest topics in cardiology and medicine for 2023: a proposed alternative to the maintenance of certification process, and artificial intelligence.
theheart.org on Medscape, December 29, 2023
The Top Cardiology Trials of 2023 For this year's review, Bob Harrington and Mike Gibson revisit the major cardiology conferences -- from ACC in New Orleans to AHA in Philly.
theheart.org on Medscape, December 15, 2023
SCD in Athletes: Lessons From High-Profile Cases Bob Harrington and Manesh Patel discuss sudden cardiac death in athletes, and how cases such as Bronny James' and Damar Hamlin's highlight the importance of the chain of survival.
theheart.org on Medscape, September 18, 2023

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