World Class
A Story of Adversity, Transformation, and Success at NYU Langone Health
Published on 23. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
370 pages
978-1-63908-110-3 (ISBN)
Description
A World Class Transformation
On August 16, 2018, NYU Langone Health captured the attention of the medical world with the surprise announcement that all current and new medical school students would receive full tuition scholarships. That bold move is yet another giant step in the transformation of NYU Langone Health from a faded and money losing medical institution to an innovative world class institution with a highly regarded hospital, medical school, and research program.
How did NYU Langone go from mediocrity to global leadership in less than a decade?
In World Class, internationally renowned author, scientist, business leader, and philanthropist Dr. William A. Haseltine answers this question and many more. Based on first hand in-depth interviews with those that led the change, World Class provides a vivid account of the transformation of NYU Langone Health and its rise to preeminence. Haseltine gives his readers a step-by-step guide for anyone wishing to achieve similar excellence at their institution, whether that be at a medical facility, school, business, or nonprofit organization. World Class offers crucial lessons at a critical time, as both high and low income nations grapple with how do deliver effective healthcare at a manageable cost.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63908-110-3 (9781639081103)
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William A. Haseltine PhD has a prolific career in science, business, and philanthropy around the world. He was a professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and he is well known for his pioneering work on cancer, HIV/AIDS, and genomics.
He has founded more than a dozen biotechnology companies, including Human Genome Sciences, and he serves on advisory boards for numerous international entities, from the Brookings Institution to the Council on Foreign Relations. He has authored more than 200 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals.
William is currently Chair and President of ACCESS Health International, Inc., as well as Chairman of the Haseltine Foundation for Science and the Arts.
"As a child, I lived through the polio epidemic which, like Covid, changed everyone's life. I knew then that I wanted to grow up and stamp out disease so everyone could live happy, healthy lives. Eventually, I became a scientist and over the years I managed to fulfill my dream. I developed new drugs to fight HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes and lupus, and I even developed a vaccine to prevent cats from getting leukemia. Now I help governments around the world improve the health of all people. I wrote this book to help parents, grandparents, and children-including my own grandchildren-protect themselves and the people they love from this new disease. I know someday normal life will return, even better than it was before."
For more information about Dr. Haseltine, please visit www.WilliamHaseltine.com or follow him on Twitter (@WmHaseltine), LinkedIn (@WHaseltine), and Facebook (@WilliamHaseltineAuthor). For more about his foundation, ACCESS Health International, please visit www.accessh.org.