About
Better Odds is a physician-led podcast and media platform focused on global healthcare equity -- specifically how geography, access, technology, and systems shape survival and outcomes in the world, and why people with the same conditions experience dramatically different results.
Our mission is to improve healthcare outcomes by exposing inequities in access and amplifying solutions that give more people better odds, regardless of geography, income, or identity. Our vision is a reality where world-class healthcare is not exceptional, but expected, and where outcomes depend less on where you live, and more on what is possible in healthcare today.
Our Host
Douglas Stoddard, MD, MBA, FACS
Dr. Stoddard is the Systems Director for Surgery & Robotics at CHRISTUS Health System in the United States and Latin America. He is also the Medical Director of Emergency Surgery & Bariatric Surgery Programs at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in San Marcos, TX. He was previously Chair of the Robotic Surgery Program, as well as Chief of General & Acute Cary Surgery, at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center. He is a national keynote speaker and presenter.
