May 4, 2023
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks
with Edward Kim, MD about what it means to be a
disruptive innovator, how to lead efforts in health care system
changes and more.
• Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology
Overdrive 1:11
• About Kim 1:19
• The interview 3:00
• What was your journey into oncology and the
leadership roles you hold now? 3:27
• Jain and Kim on changing specialties in medical
school and in careers 10:45
• Kim on family, his relationship with his daughter,
and their
viral Taylor Swift concert video
12:34
• Jain on the upcoming
Healio Disruptive Innovators Awards and how to register
17:46
• What do you think disruptive innovation means? … Why
did you agree to join this initiative?
18:07
• Jain on framing disruptive innovation as a positive
within the struggles of the health care system
23:34
• How can we get our systems and delivery of health
care to reflect the innovation that we see in medical technology
advances, cancer care advances and other advances now to disrupt
things for the future? 25:02
• Jain and Kim on perceptions of certain treatments,
and how it can prevent forward-thinking innovation
31:36
• Why do we allow ourselves to fall into that trap in
health care? … Why have we taken so many years to start addressing
these innovations on a larger scale?
32:54
• Kim and Jain on risk aversion for physicians and how
questioning systems has evolved 37:36
• If someone could only listen to the few minutes of
this episode, what would you want them to take away?
43:02
• How to contact Kim
44:27
• Thanks for listening
45:10
Edward S. Kim, M.D., M.B.A., FACP, FASCO, is
physician-in-chief and senior vice president, City of Hope Orange
County, and vice physician-in-chief and professor, City of Hope
National Medical Center.
Learn more about
Healio Disruptive Innovators Awards on June 3, 2023, and how to
register.
We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr.
Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com.
Follow Healio on Twitter and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/.
Follow Dr. Jain on Twitter:
@ShikhaJainMD. Kim can be reached via LinkedIn, Facebook, on
Twitter @DrEdKim,
or via email edwkim@coh.org.
Disclosures: Jain reports no relevant
financial disclosures. Kim reports affiliation with Boerhinger
Ingelheim, Genentech and Mirati.