MD67 is a series of conversations with a group of doctors - most in their eighties - about the health system sickness they see and the cures they believe in.
Many graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1967 - hence the title of the series - and in these conversations we'll cover the evolution of medicine's science, technology, and business. These stories are borne of a pre-internet, pre-cell phone, pre-CAT scan, pre-MRI, pre-microwave-oven, era. They're the healthcare version of the slow food movement. Imagine a doctor's appointment that's unhurried, and where being seen, heard, and understood is the goal. This is about putting patients - not profits - first.
MD67 wants patients and young healthcare professionals to know that neither are getting what they deserve, and that both can have better.
The MD67 Podcast is a joint production of the Doctors Initiative for Healthcare Reform, and Moral Injury of Healthcare, a nonprofit dedicated to alleviating health worker distress through the lens of moral injury.
The series is hosted by Wendy Dean, MD and produced by Jill Ruby. MD67 launches July 1, 2026.
To learn more, go to fixmoralinjury.org/podcastchannel, and subscribe to our show wherever you listen to your podcasts.
A few months ago, our group held a dinner for ten doctors from Harvard Medical School's Class of 1967 and more than 100 current students of the School. Conversation ranged from what it means to be a physician, the business of medicine, moral injury, to the older generation's hopes for the next generation of physicians. But the most striking theme that cut across all of the classes, was a desire for connection, and through that, healing.
23 Sept 2026
"They didn't talk about profits"
With an MD from Harvard Medical School (Class of '67) and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Bob Holmes went into the business side of medicine. He wants us to know two things he believes after his long career in healthcare administration: 1. That patients aren't getting what they deserve, and 2. That it can get better.
9 Sept 2026
"We need a fundamental rethinking."
Dr. Herb Ross is 95 years old and has been witness to over 70 years of healthcare in the US. In this episode, Dr. Ross talks about how changes in the business of medicine, physician autonomy and prior authorization affect patient care and physician professionalism.
26 Aug 2026
"People need to be looking longer term."
As the only non-physician in the group, Mike Otten brings a unique perspective to MD67. With a degree in electrical engineering from Princeton, a masters from Columbia, a PhD from American University, and an MBA from Harvard, Mike has spent his professional career addressing problems - big and small - across complex systems. In this episode, we talk about healthcare from a systems information and data perspective and some of the solutions Mike's developed to address the challenges facing healthcare today.
12 Aug 2026
I was raised in a family where you simply did the right thing
For Dr. Doug Dorner (Harvard Medical School '67) 'service to others' is a lived value with deep roots. His dad was a battlefield surgeon who landed on Utah Beach in Normandy in WW2, and, following in his footsteps, during the Vietnam War and while still in medical school, Doug enlisted in the Army. Doug returned to his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, as a vascular surgeon and worked alongside his father in a two-man practice. They "knew everybody in town." At 84 years old, Doug is still living in service to his community, and working to preserve the profession he loves.
29 Jul 2026
"Patients will be shortchanged"
Dr. Jonathan Rie, an internal medicine and nephrology specialist, retired prematurely from a job he loved. Dr. Rie shares his cautionary tale of mixing medicine with private equity, and how all of us - patients and physicians alike - need to be alert to the hidden consequences of the corporate practice of medicine.
15 Jul 2026
"Without idealism, medicine is lost."
Dr. Budd Shenkin graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1967 and spent over thirty years building and running a successful pediatric practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Shenkin believes, from his experience as both a patient and a physician, that medicine grounded in a humanistic approach is essential in the face of corporatization. And, he says, when it comes to profit-driven plans like Medicare Advantage, "insiders say no."
1 Jul 2026
"The relationship with the patient was sacrosanct."
Dr. Larry Kadish graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1967 and has witnessed first hand how medicine went from innovation to abrasion in 50 years. In this episode, Dr. Kadish talks about how decades of corporatization changed the relationship between patients and their physicians, physicians and their medical colleagues, and the community that holds them both
19 Jun 2026
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Imagine a doctor's appointment that's unhurried, where being seen, heard, and understood is the goal. MD67 believes neither patients nor professionals are getting what they deserve, and both can have better. These doctors believe it's time to put patients - not profits - first.
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