Improving Healthcare with Leadership, Research, and Civic Duty
Wow– I got a website and therefore a platform! Let me tell you what I really think…
Public Policy: As much as I am an expert in physiology of the endocrine system, my greater talent is knowing the tips and tricks to make prices of tests and medicines more affordable. The US spends more money on healthcare than any other country, and yet has worse health outcomes than many. It shouldn’t have to be like this. I support a move to a single-payer government-based health insurance system, with opportunities for “over-and-above” secondary policies.
Research: As Artificial Intelligence (AI) enters medicine, it may be able to help more people know more about known health conditions. However, AI only is effective if it has data to synthesize and share! Therefore, we must continue to fund research!
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Vaccines Save Lives!
When I was 22, my mom was undergoing chemotherapy, and had a weakened immune system. I was living with her. I refused to get a flu shot because I thought my immune system would get stronger if I got the virus itself, vs a vaccine. That logic could potentially be true…but what I really needed to strengthen was my compassion: I was only thinking about myself, not about the idea of protecting my mom.
Nowadays, if there is a vaccine, sign me up! When I see vaccine-preventable illnesses circulating, I think about my transplant patients, my cancer patients, and the babies too young to receive vaccines who are potentially exposed to a disease that never needed to be back in this country.