How a simple DNA test can improve your health | Tony Slonim | TEDxUniversityofNevada
Tony Slonim |
TEDxUniversityofNevada
• February 2019
What if you were told that if you provide your DNA in a simple spit test, you, your family, your neighbors, community, state or maybe even the nation could be healthier? Would you do it? In what some suggest is the fastest clinical trial enrollment in the history of the country, more than 35,000 people have already participated in genetic testing to arm themselves with information about their genetic risks for illness and disease so that we can improve population health.
Tony Slonim, M.D., DrPH, FACHE, is the president and CEO of Renown Health— the region’s largest, not-for-profit health system serving Nevada, Lake Tahoe and the eastern Sierra. Dr. Slonim is a national expert in patient safety, accountable care, healthcare quality and innovative care delivery models focused on improving health outcomes across the community. He is the first physician in the U.S. to be quadruple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine Critical Care and Pediatric Critical Care and has more than 100 publications and 15 textbooks to his name.
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