In this episode we speak with Dr. Lloyd Sederer about the need for change within the healthcare system.

Dr. Sederer is a psychiatrist, public health doctor and non-fiction writer.

He has been the Chief Medical Officer of McLean, a Harvard Teaching hospital; the Medical Editor for Mental Health for the Huffpost and a Contributing Writer for US News & World Report, Psychology Today, and the NY Journal of Books; the Commissioner of Mental Health for NYC ; and the Chief Medical Officer for the NYS Office of Mental Health (the largest state MH agency in the country).

Lloyd taught medical writing for the lay public for 17 sequential semesters at Columbia Medical School and continues to do so at the Columbia School of Public Health, where he holds his faculty appointment. He has published 14 books - 7 for professional audiences and 7 for the general public. He also has written about 500 print and on-line articles for medical journals and opinions, op-Eds, blogs, and film/streaming/book reviews for general audiences.

Learning Points:

• How was Maclean hospital a microcosm for what is wrong in health care.

• Why we need a new direction in healthcare

• The need for transformational leadership in healthcare

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