Doctor Michael Ellis, thanks for joining us today.

Dr. Ellis: My pleasure.

Kristi K:It's great to have you here.

So you're the chief medical officer here at the University of Toledo Medical Center, as well as a professor at the College of Medicine and Life Sciences.

Yes.

So, want to get your perspective today?

It's great to have you joining us.

We're talking today a lot about innovation in health care.

And as a board certified internal medicine and infectious disease doctor, I would love your insight on the increased innovation that's occurring in today's world in health car and kind of how that's evolving and what you've see through your years in medicine.

Dr. Ellis: Right?

Yeah.

So innovation in medicine, I would say the the big thing I would say is tempo, the, the, the rapidity of the changes that we see in technology and diagnostics and therapeutics is mind boggling.

I think people, by and large, are more informe than they have ever been about, medicine and therapeutics and diagnostics.

And I think that they have a high expectation, for cutting edge technology.

And that's what we try to bring here in Toledo.

Kristi K:It's true with disease management as it is today.

I do think that there are expectations patients have that the innovation is really increasing with the evolution of kind of like, diseases that we're now seeing that maybe we hadn't seen before.

And to that point, we were, as we've talked with doctors in Downey, talking about what has evolve in the world of prostate health.

And we'd love to get your feedback on that.

In terms of, what you're seeing here at the University of Toledo Medical Center and the Colleg of Medicine and Life Sciences, as it ties to urology and innovation.

Dr. Ellis: Right?

Yeah.

So, Doctor Sindwani and his team, of outstanding physicians, are you know, bringing world class, technology to the Toledo area.

And, you know, again, patients are so informed, they're able to, get on the internet and find, find their own ideas about their own medical problems.

And it's just important that we bring those things, to our patients in the area.

Kristi K: Well, and here at the University of Toledo Medical Center and with the association with the medical school as well, you're seeing so much in terms of research and surgical advancements.

And I want to talk specifically to about neuroscience, neurology, and some of the things that are occurring here as i tied to cutting edge technology and everything from from tremors to Parkinson's disease.

Kristi K: So tell us more about some of the the evolution, if you will, in terms of innovation in that area.

Yeah.

Dr. Ellis: So the the hallmark of academic medical centers and academic institutions, for medicine, we usually divided into three major categories.

So clinical care education and research.

And those are all intertwined so that our patients, our clinical patients, experience, education, they can be part of an education process, but they can also be, have cutting edge therapeutics and research, a protocols, open to them as well.

So, having the clinical care, the education and the research take place in one institution with providers and faculty members who, who are world class, that gives the best care to our patients in the area.

Kristi K: Well, and how fortunate we all are to have that talent pool right here with us.

Yeah for sure.

So we want to thank you and your team very much for being a part of business life.

360 today for advancing medicine and all of the methodologies that you have done here at the University of Toledo Medical Center.

So thanks for being with us today.

Dr. Ellis: You're welcome.

My pleasure.