Harold Freeman's guest appearances

Harold Freeman

Growing Bolder

The Cancer History Project

Steven Pinker

Barbara Corcoran

Marlo Thomas

Vicki Robin

Suze Orman

Eben Alexander

Abel James

Steven Petrow

Celeste Headlee

Alan Alda

Gayle King

Rosanne Cash

Diana Nyad

Mitch Albom

Gretchen Rubin

OwlTail

In today’s episode, Dr. Robert Winn, director of VCU Massey Cancer Center, and Dr. John Stewart, founding director of LSU Health/LCMC Health Cancer Center, speak with Dr. Harold Freeman, the father of patient navigation. Harold Freeman had big plans after he finished his residency at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 1968. He planned to cut cancer out of Harlem. However, Freeman’s patients, Harlem residents who were poor and Black, often sought treatment too late. Freeman asked why—and aimed to fix this. This led to Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Breast Examination Center of Harlem, of which Freeman became the founding director. As president of the American Cancer Society in 1988, he published a study, "Cancer in the socioeconomically disadvantaged," exploring for the first time how poverty contributes to untreated cancers. All of this work, and his concerns about racial injustice, led to Freeman’s founding of patient navigation, an advance in helping people who face disparities address cancer. This recording is part of a series of interviews conducted by Robert Winn, guest editor of the Cancer History Project during Black History Month. You can read the transcript of this recording here: cancerhistoryproject.com/people/harold-freeman-cutting-cancer-out-of-harlem

In today’s episode, Dr. Robert Winn, director of VCU Massey Cancer Center, and Dr. John Stewart, founding director of LSU Health/LCMC Health Cancer Center, speak with Dr. Harold Freeman, the father of patient navigation. Harold Freeman had big plans after he finished his residency at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 1968. He planned to cut cancer out of Harlem. However, Freeman’s patients, Harlem residents who were poor and Black, often sought treatment too late. Freeman asked why—and aimed to fix this. This led to Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Breast Examination Center of Harlem, of which Freeman became the founding director. As president of the American Cancer Society in 1988, he published a study, "Cancer in the socioeconomically disadvantaged," exploring for the first time how poverty contributes to untreated cancers. All of this work, and his concerns about racial injustice, led to Freeman’s founding of patient navigation, an advance in helping people who face disparities address cancer. This recording is part of a series of interviews conducted by Robert Winn, guest editor of the Cancer History Project during Black History Month. You can read the transcript of this recording here: <a href="//cancerhistoryproject.com/people/harold-freeman-cutting-cancer-out-of-harlem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cancerhistoryproject.com/people/harold-freeman-cutting-cancer-out-of-harlem</a>

Dr. Harold Freeman: Cutting cancer out of Harlem

Neil Diamond

Alex Rotas

Mariam Pare

Neil Diamond is an American institution. One of best-selling artists of all time. He's sold more than 128 million albums and is a Grammy Award-winning member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. He checks in with Growing Bolder to discuss his legendary career and reveals why it took him until his 70s to discover true love, once and for all.

Growing Bolder: Neil Diamond; Dr. Harold Freeman; Alex Rotas; Mariam Pare