Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on the State of US Healthcare
(Recorded March 25, 2014)
About Abdul
Dr. Abdulrahman El-Sayed is an Assistant Professor at the Mailman School of Public Heath at Columbia University and Fellow at Dēmos, a New York-based non-partisan policy center. He is also Associate Editor at The 2×2 Project.
His commentary engages progressive policy questions in the US and globally, with a particular focus on disease prevention in light of epidemiological trends and emerging public health challenges.
The author of over 30 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters, he holds a DPhil in Public Health from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is also a graduate of the University of Michigan, and is completing his medical training at Columbia University.
Episode Summary:
What’s the current state of the US healthcare system? How might it be improved? This policy-oriented podcast segment provides a 30,000-ft overview of the main challenges facing the US healthcare system.
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