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What to Know About Genetic Testing

Jul 09, 2019

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Tom A. Augello, CRICO

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Duration: 28:48

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  • David Einstein, MD

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The following talk is titled What You Need to Know About Genetic Testing. It’s from a day-long course on patient safety and risk management in primary care on October 13, 2018 in Boston. The program was sponsored jointly by two Harvard teaching hospitals and CRICO, the insurance and patient safety program for all of the Harvard medical institutions and their affiliates. The speaker is Dr. David Einstein. Dr. Einstein is an attending oncologist in the genitourinary program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Einstein is a physician-scientist with an interest in prostate cancer, serving as overall principal investigator of two clinical trials as well as PI of translational research projects supported by a grant from the DoD.

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First Published – July 09, 2019
Related To: Ambulatory,  Communication,  Diagnosis,  Documentation,  General Medicine

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