John J. Mercuri
Faculty peer reviewed
Introduction
The 111th Congress allocated $19 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 toward the creation of …
John J. Mercuri
Faculty peer reviewed
Introduction
The 111th Congress allocated $19 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 toward the creation of …
Carolyn Bevan MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
With health care spending increasing at an unsustainable rate while an estimated 46 million Americans live without insurance [1], the urgent need for healthcare reform …
Minal Kale MD
Nirav R. Shah MD, MPH
In the last few months, academic research communities have been all aflutter with the unprecedented sums of money that are up for grabs, as …
Commentary by Zackary Berger MD PhD, PGY-3, Health Care Policy Section Editor
The name of neurosurgeon and health journalist Sanjay Gupta was leaked in early January as Barack Obama’s choice for Surgeon General. His …
Commentary by Zackary Berger MD PhD, PGY-3, Health Care Policy Section Editor
As Massachusetts’ Secretary of Health and Human Services, JudyAnn Bigby, MD, is charged with overseeing the health-care program which covers nearly all of the Commonwealth’s residents (nearly 98%) …
Commentary by Amit Sura, MD, MBA, PGY-1 and Nirav Shah MD, MPH, NYU Assistant Professor of Medicine
On March 1, 2001 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released “Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System …
Commentary by Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, NYU Department of Medicine and Clinical Correlations Ethics Section Editor
On Tuesday December 9th 2008, leading global cancer organizations met in Atlanta to discuss the 2008 WHO World …
By: Erin E. Ducharme, MD PGY-1
With deep and humble gratitude we thank our nation’s veterans for the selfless sacrifices they and their families have made to establish and preserve the costly freedoms we take for granted. On this Thanksgiving and in …