Chapter 10: Integrative Medicine at MD Anderson: Challenges and the Future

Dr. Cohen talks about the impact that executive leadership had on Integrative Medicine at the institution by insisting that the program start small, but nonetheless has supported recruitments. Dr. Cohen talks about how John Mendelsohn has served as a mentor for him. He also talks about his shift in perspective, accepting that serving patients is more of a goal for him than transforming the Center into a department. He offers observations about the hierarchical organization at MD Anderson and how this influences getting things done. Next he talks about obstacles to building integrative medicine into the standard of care.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1626/thumbnail.jp