• Medical specialties were defined over a century ago, based on antiquated view of medicine (procedure-based, not disease pathogenesis-based)
• Departments create boundaries that inhibit collaboration, money flow, leadership vision

Solution

Physician scientists from multiple medical specialties are housed under one roof, with scheduled interactions through shared lab meetings, shared lab space, shared resources, and a single leadership vision; there is strong support from institutional leadership for this unconventional cross-disciplinary model; multiomic analyses are performed by an experienced, central team who will integrate data across diseases.