198 - Dr. Ranga Rama Krishnan, RUSH University System for Health, on Solving Our Medical Education Challenges, and Understanding Our Mental Health Crisis

Dr. Ranga Krishnan is the former CEO of the RUSH University System for Health, and currently serves as Senior Advisor to the CEO. He is a national leader in medical education – known for his efforts to reconceptualize traditional medical classroom learning. For four years, he served as dean of the RUSH Medical College, and for eight years led the Duke-N.U.S. Graduate Medical School Singapore, a joint venture between Duke University and the National University of Singapore.

You’ll want to hear his approach for creating an engaging, first-class medical education that significantly lowers costs and reduces barriers to recruiting educators. A psychiatrist by training, Dr. Krishnan also gives his take on the mental health crisis our nation is facing.