Through powerful personal anecdotes, Dr. Collins illustrates the importance of not only leveraging the amazing amount of medical data available to us but also ensuring that doctors of the future honor the irreplaceable value of the healing human touch.

As chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and senior VP for health sciences there, Dr. Michael F. Collins provides strategic management to a burgeoning UMass Medical School enterprise, which includes 1,200 students, a workforce of 6,000 employees and a thriving and internationally renowned biomedical research enterprise. Previously, Dr. Collins was Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston and he served as president and chief executive officer of Caritas Christi Health Care System. He is a graduate of the College of Holy Cross and Tufts University School of Medicine.

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