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Journey to Patient Advocate and Public Health Champion with Leana Wen, MD, MSc
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Apr 3, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Join hosts Marla Dalton, PE, CAE, and William Schaffner, MD, for a compelling discussion with patient advocate and public health champion Leana Wen, MD, MSc. Practicing physician and Washington Post columnist, Wen shares her remarkable journey, from her childhood as a Chinese immigrant to her experiences as Health Commissioner of Baltimore. Discover her thoughts on addressing health disparities, improving health outcomes, and the untold health stories that deserve more attention.Show notesAn emergency physician, healthcare executive, professor of health policy and management at George Washington University, and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Wen received her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine and studied health policy at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. A triathlete and mother of2 young children, she has been named one o Modern Healthcare's Top 50 Physician-Executives and TIME's 100 Most Influential People.
Released:
Apr 3, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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