Matt Weiss talks career, changing direction and fixing cancer care from within a big system

Matt Weiss is the deputy physician in Chief and Director of Surgical Oncology at Northwell Health Cancer Institute. He is an internationally recognized surgical oncologist with a special interest in pancreatic cancer and particularly interested in outcomes and matters of quality. His early career followed a very traditional academic pathway culminating in a long period on Faculty at Hopkins where his senior mentor was Dr. John Cameron. As everyone knows, there is an expectation that Hopkins surgeons will become a Chair of a university department so it was a surprise for many when Matt changed direction and joined Northwell Health a few years ago. As he describes in this fascinating interview, he was unable to resist the opportunity of improving cancer outcomes from within a large system like Northwell Health that cares for so many lives. Of course, he's still harbors ambitions on the academic front and believes that one day he will become a Chair when the time is right. But for now he is passionately engaged in the vision of a system approach. Of course, there is more to this man than his surgical career. A worryingly, good golfer, he is a lapsed fisherman and overcame his midlife crisis by buying a Porsche. He is also a fan of the Rolling Stones. Don't forget to like and subscribe to the channel and send your comments. If you prefer to watch rather than listen, then this interview is available the #surgeonslives @YouTube channel. https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/dr-matthew-john-weiss-md-1568416618 https://x.com/surgeonweiss https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-weiss-b1155a6/ #northwellhealth #pancreaticcancer #Hopkinssurgery #academicsurgery #research #surgeryrecovery #cancer #rollingstones #fishing #familytime