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Stephen Schimpff, MD

Columbia, Maryland
Graduate of Yale Medical School, Yale New Haven Hospital internal medicine residency, 13 years at the National Cancer Institute and remainder of career at the University of Maryland Medical System and School of Medicine. Professor of medicine and public policy. COO of multiple hospital system and... Full Bio
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America Has A Health Care Paradox

We have a real paradox in American healthcare. On the one hand we have exceptionally well educated and well trained providers who are...

Lung Cancer Part 5 - Multi-disciplinary Team Care

Lung cancer causes 160,000 deaths each year. Diagnostic and treatment options have improved greatly in the past decade and continue to...

Lung Cancer Part 4 - Drug Therapy

Lung cancer causes 160,000 deaths each year – more than the next four cancers combined. Diagnostic and treatment options have improved...

Lung Cancer Part 3 – Rx with Surgery and/or Radiation

Surgery has long been the only way to cure lung cancer. If the tumor was discovered early – a rare occurrence in the past – then...

Lung Cancer Part 2 - Early Diagnosis

Most patients found to have lung cancer die within a year largely because their tumor has already spread, making treatment difficult. Now...
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