Becker's Healthcare March 25, 2024
Tom Purcell, MD, started his career in business consulting, and it was not until he was 28 that he first entered medical school.
He wanted to work on life-threatening diseases and connect with patients as they healed. And after his years working for Accenture/Andersen Consulting, he quickly found himself taking on leadership roles within medicine.
“I enjoy building programs and I enjoy galvanizing people toward a goal,” Dr. Purcell told Becker’s.
He has served as chief medical officer at Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center for more than two years now. Here, he discusses how he is meeting the challenges of modern cancer care:
Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for clarity and length.
The technology he is...
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