Author Archives: admin

About admin

I'm a medical resident interested broadly in health care delivery, both domestically and globally, and preventive health care. My primary responsibilities are taking care of patients in the hospital and in a general medicine clinic. I also write about preventive health through my blog, www.beyondapples.org, and do research in health care delivery.

Eating Soup with a Fork: Reshaping Global Health Care Delivery to Meet the Challenges of NCDs

Posted on September 11, 2011 by admin

In the lead up to the UN High-Level Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), there is been much discourse – and the rightfully so – on the need for greater public awareness of the threat NCDs, the framing of NCDs as … Continue reading →

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Figuring Out What Primary Care Is All About

Posted on April 16, 2011 by admin

After three years of clinical practice, I’m still not sure what being a primary care doctor means. This is especially odd because not only am I on the verge of completing my training in internal medicine (yes!), but have also … Continue reading →

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From Diseases to Behaviors: A New Way of Looking at Health

Posted on March 8, 2011 by admin

What is the leading cause of death in the United States? Heart disease? Cancer? Smoking. Smoking? Yes, depending on how you ask the question. In the early 90s, McGinnis and Foege turned the age-old question of what people die of … Continue reading →

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Dietary Guidelines 2010: A Worthwhile Read

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

In case you missed it Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 was published this month.1 Commissioned by law, the Dietary Guidelines are revised and published every 5 years as a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the … Continue reading →

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A Taste of Canada on Chicago’s South Side

Posted on November 20, 2010 by admin

This past September, a group of medical residents at my institution began seeing primary care patients at a free clinic down the street from our tertiary academic medical center (“hospital clinic”). Far from my expectations, the care we are able … Continue reading →

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