Dr. Adam Tanious

Innovative medical technology can allow doctors to offer patients less invasive therapies than traditional surgery. But to do that, surgeons need to have an ongoing dialogue with the for-profit medical industry that develops those technologies. As a surgeon at the Medical University of South Carolina and an entrepreneur, Dr. Adam Tanious says the physician-industry connection is critical. But he says doctors must be careful not to let that relationship sway their decisions about what’s best for patients. Tanious wants to start a community conversation about how to establish rules for that critically important physician-industry link to ensure that patients always come first.