
Episode 44 • 57 min
#44: Dr. Heidi Nelson of the Mayo Clinic discusses COST Trial, Microbiome, and Recurrent Rectal Cancer
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Dr. Heidi Nelson of the Mayo Clinic joins us on this weeks episode. Dr. Nelson is the Fred C. Andersen Professor of Surgery and Chair, division of surgery research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, and Program Director of the Alliance/ACS Clinical Research Program.
She discusses:
Leading the COST trial
Future of Microbiome and medicine
Leadership and advice for young surgeons
Recurrent Rectal Cancer
How to operate in the re-operative abdomen/pelvis
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