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Guest: Dr. Nizar Zein
Dr. Nizar Zein, Chairman and Medical Director of Global Patient Services at the Cleveland Clinic, explored top challenges in global health care and international medicine as part of a Cleveland Council on World Affairs Foreign Policy Forum. Dr. Zein focused on global health problems that cross international borders, and ways in which the United States can be a leader in innovation and health care abroad. Dr. Zein also discussed differences in patient care world-wide and health care spending.
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