Please see below for media clips and speeches of Dr. Leana Wen.
More clips are available at her website, which also list her upcoming appearances and speaker testimonials.
Video Interviews
CBS TV. The Doctors. September 25th, 2013. Click on each of 4 clips below:
CNN. Seeking Solutions With Suzanne. When Docs Don’t Listen. May 15th, 2014
NewsMax. Meet the Doctors. August 23rd, 2014.
CBS This Morning. Trouble HIts Site That Discloses Payments Given to Doctors. August 16th, 2014.
Fox. Fox and Friends. April 9th, 2013.
MSNBC’s The Cycle. January 18th, 2013.
Fox News. Holiday Health Tips. December 18th, 2013.
CNN. The Lead. April 27th, 2013.
Ivanhoe News (distributed to 80 million national viewers). When Doctors Don’t Listen. July 2013.
KSDK-TV (St. Louis). Evening News. January 31st, 2013
Fox News. The Morning Show. January 16th, 2013.
New England Cable News. Interview on the Morning Show. January 15th, 2013.
Radio Interviews
NPR. Weekend Edition. When Patients Read What Their Doctors Write About Them. August 17th, 2014.
Public Radio International: The Tavis Smiley Show. Five Things You Should Know About Preparing For Your Doctor’s Visit. August 1st, 2014.
WAMU. The Diane Rehm Show. January 24th, 2013.
WNYC. The Leonard Lopate Show. January 29th, 2013.
WNYC The Leonard Lopate Show. How to Get Better Health Care From Your Doctor. July 1st, 2014.
NPR WKAR. Physician Examines Doctor-Patient Communication. May 20th, 2014.
NPR WRVO. When Illness Causes Parent-Child Role Reversal. January 26th, 2014.
NPR WRVO. Transitioning From Child to Caregiver. January 24th, 2014.
NPR WRVO. Getting Your Doctor To Listen. July 7th, 2013.
NPR WVRO. How to Get the Most Out of the Modern Day ER. Take Care. October 13th, 2013.
WBUR. Radio Boston interview with Anthony Brooks. January 15th, 2013.
Your Health Radio. When Doctors Don’t Listen. January 31st, 2014.
RadioMD. Medical Mistakes: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses. December 16th, 2013.
RadioMD. Lies You Tell Your Doctor. November 4th, 2013.
Sound Medicine. May 5th, 2013.
Blog Talk Radio: Leadership Focus. March 20th, 2013.
Sense and Sustainability. March 11th, 2013.
Friends’ Health Connection. March 6th, 2013
A Matter of Balance. March 6th, 2013.
Culture Shocks. February 19th, 2013
UCB Canada. Morning Show. February 7th, 2013
WSLR-FM (Sarasota FL). The Jumping Mullet Show. January 30th, 2013
WSYR. Morning Show. January 28th, 2013.
Business Talk Radio. The Business of Living. January 27th, 2013
WBSM. Interview with Pete Braley. January 21st, 2013.
Daybreak USA. January 17th, 2013 (scroll to 38:20)
The Roy Green Show, January 5th, 2012 (scroll to minute 19)
The Powerful Patient. October 4th, 2012
Make Room for Stuttering podcast interview. October, 2010
Lectures
Click here for speaker testimonials.
TEDMED featured on TED.com. September 2014
What Your Doctor Won’t Disclose
TEDxFoggyBottom. February 2014.
Turning Fear Inside Out
TEDxUniversity of Nevada, Reno. January 2014.
What Can China’s Future Teach Us About the U.S.?
TEDxCortland. November 2013.
The Low-Tech Revolution to Healthcare Reform
Stanford Medicine X. September, 2013.
Power of the Patient Narrative
Rhodes Scholars 110th Anniversary, September 2013
The Future of Medicine (with Professor Sir John Bell)
Courtesy of the Rhodes Trust
Conference on Healthcare Consumer Empowerment, May 2013
Why Doctors Don’t Listen, and What You Can Do About It
Speaking at Unite For Sight Conference. April 2013.
Courtesy of Next Billion:
“Here’s a great intro to the conference by one of the most gifted speakers I’ve ever seen”
Maxwell & Eleanor Blum Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. May 2013.
When Doctors Don’t Listen
Harvard Countway Lecture. May 2013.
When Doctors Don’t Listen
Speaking at FACE AIDS Conference. February 2013.
The Art of the Patient Narrative: Using Narrative to Enhance Diagnosis and Transform Policy
http://cvp.telvue.com/player?id=T01133&video=143334&noplaylistskin=1&width=400&height=300
http://vp.telvue.com/player?height=300&id=T01133&noplaylistskin=1&video=143334&width=400″ rel=”external”>Speaking at Tufts Public Library. February, 2013.
When Doctors Don’t Listen
Speaking at Concord Bookstore. January, 2013.
When Doctors Don’t Listen
Speaking at the New America Foundation NYC. January 2013.
Meaningful Patient Empowerment in the Era of Healthcare Reform
Speaking on Best Doctors Webinar. March 2013.
3 News Ways to Improve Doctor-Patient Communication
Speaking at Health Watch USA conference. November, 2012.
Building a New Patient-Physician Relationship: A Surprising Solution to Today’s Healthcare Crisis
Other Clips
From The New York Times
(photos courtesy of Will Okun; videos by Naka Nathaniel)
Video: Dinner with a warlord
Video: Interview with great leaders
Video: Paging Dr. Wen
Video: A starfish in the Congo
Video: Misery camp
Video: Feed the children
Video: New York Times interview with Leana Wen
Video: Leana’s reflections
Sample professional presentation. May, 2011.
(Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, courtesy of Scott Joing)
Dr. Wen is featured in the award-winning documentary REPORTER
(directed by Eric Metzgar; executive producer Ben Affleck)
Rhodes Trust interview: featured scholar Leana Wen
(courtesy of Helena Snow)