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Ian Tong, MD, is a nationally recognized health care executive with deep operational and strategy experience in digital health
transformation.
Chul S. Hyun, MD, PhD, MPH
From the Publisher
Medicine asks us to keep evolving. We learn new skills, reconsider familiar ideas, and sometimes discover a direction we could not have imagined when we first became physicians. The theme of this issue, The Evolving Physician, invites us to reflect on that continuing journey.
Joseph P McMenamin, MD, JD, FCLM
From the Editor-in-Chief
After teaching at Stanford, Ian Tong, MD, helped bring a young telemedicine company to maturity and is now an advisor to investors After practicing emergency medicine, Dr. Killiam Argote-Araméndiz cares for victims of disasters in trouble spots around the world.
Meta-Research: Building a More Reliable and Self- Correcting Science
By Jae Il Shin, MD, PhD I have had the pleasure of knowing Dr. Jae Il Shin for the past two years as both a colleague and collaborator. We have...
Prevention Beyond the Clinic: Why Community Medicine Matters for Research and Care
By Chul S. Hyun, MD, PhD, MPH Much of what we know about disease comes from encounters within healthcare institutions. Hospital records, clinical trials, pathology reports, and specialist visits help...
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[Special Feature-Life in Medicine] My Father’s Journey From Gaesong to an American Medical Degree
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A Promise That Became a Blueprint: Building a Community-Based Model of Care in Kenya
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Becoming a Psychiatrist in the Age of AI
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Quality Rather Than Quantity Should Guide Research Efforts
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A Life Shaped by Emergency and Humanitarian Medicine: An Interview with Dr. Killiam Argote-Araméndiz
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Replaceable You
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By Jason Cowan and Robert Sorrell, MD
Many students enter medical school with the assumption that they will primarily serve as clinicians. However, throughout training, they are exposed to physicians who contribute in multiple capacities—conducting research, leading organizations, mentoring trainees, developing new initiatives, while continuing to care for patients. Seeing these diverse career paths can be both inspiring and overwhelming, especially when it is unclear whether pursuing multiple roles is realistic or sustainable.
Why Both? The MD-PhD Journey
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Becoming the Physician I Want to Be
By Kendrick Yu After reading Dr. Paul C. Kang’s “Medical Education Beyond the Classroom: A Physician Shaped by Practice, Service, and Mentorship” in our previous issue, medical student Kendrick Yu reflects on Dr. Kang’s story and what it means for his own journey toward becoming a physician.After every shift, I called my mom from the car during my ride home. I would tell her...
Introducing Our Editor of Global Health and Partnerships
Some people bring ideas to a conversation. Dr. Sung Hwi Hong brings ideas, questions, energy, and usually a good laugh. I am delighted to welcome him as our Editor of Global Health and Partnerships at NexBioHealth. I have known Sung Hwi for three years and consider him one of the most gifted people I have had the pleasure of working with. What stands out...
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