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

For America First, Invest in Science and the NIH Panel discussion of a Presidential Advisory from the American Heart Association that outlines the importance of funding for scientific research and the need for a robust National Institutes of Health.
theheart.org on Medscape, April 10, 2025
Cardiology 2024 Highlights and Predictions for 2025 Drs Harrington and Gibson review their picks for the top cardiology trials of 2024 and look ahead to 2025, particularly what health topics may be prioritized by the new administration.
theheart.org on Medscape, January 30, 2025
Does STEMI Need a Rebrand to ‘Occlusion MI’? A review paper prompted a discussion among cardiologists Bob Harrington, Manesh Patel, and Michael Gibson on whether the ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction paradigm needs an update.
theheart.org on Medscape, December 10, 2024
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

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