Im delighted to. So before we get into your book, i actually wanted to talk to you a little bit about your jouey physician. So you received your m. D. From harvard medical school. You then completed a in internal medicine at mount sinai, and youre now a medical oncologist at memorial sloan. But you received your b. A. In l history and specifically the history of science. And so i was wondering if you could talk a little about your academic interest in history sort of has shaped your medical career. Right. Well, i was really fortunate as an undergraduate, harvard, they offe this incredible concentration on this major that allowed us not to have to choose between science and humanitie an interest in medicine. But really the ability to combine the reality that we know, which is that science and medicine do not exist in a vacuum and that its inextricably linked to culture, politics, religion. And for me, i loved history. D o. I loved the context of who and why we are, the way that we are i
Dr. Elizabeth coleman, welcome acongratulations on your new book. Im really excited to have this conversation with you today. Thank you so muc to. So before we get into your book, i actually wanted to talk to you a little bit about your journey as a physician. So you received your m. D. From harvard medical school. You then completed a residency in internal medicine at mount sinai, and youre now a medical oncologist at memorial sloan. But you received your b. A. In history and specifically the history of science. And so i was wondering if you could talk a little about your academic journey and how your undergraduate interest in history sort of has shaped your medicalright. Well, i was really fortunate as an undergraduate, harvard, they offered this incredible concentration on this major that allowed us not to have to choose between science and humanities, because i always knew i had an interest in medicine. But reay thil that we know, which is that science and medicine do not exist in
Data on that. But also, if you have an 11 year old with painful periods, they be suffering. I mean, no, i mean we also know that untreated pain can change the nervous system. So i think that would be a situation where i think itd worth having a chat with somebody whos a super expert in in hormones would be a pediatric and acknowledge us. So that would be my take. Thankwgall you know, we all talked about how obgyns are not reimbursed. Probably the worst rei pediatrician in pediatrics and they do so much work and they are so incredible. So, again, we have to think, you know, how our our Health Care System is structured. So thank you. Coming and thank you for asking your dr. Elizabeth coleman, welcome to afterwords and congratulaons on youw excited to have this conversation with you today. Thank you so much for having me. Im delighted to. So before we get into your book i actuly wanted to talk to you a little bit about your journey as a physician. So you received your m. D. From harvard m
Good afternoon, welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. Im the president of the National Press club and managing editor of standards and training at axios. Thank you for joining us both here andenon and online for our headliner event with secretary of Veterans Affairs secretary mcdonough. We are happy to take your questions, please submit them and ill ask as many as i can. For our cspan and public radio audiences please be aware that in the audience today are members of the jeep public, so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. It is now my pleasure to introduce this distinguished head table. Please stand when your name is called. Starting on my far right is tom young, commander of the American Legion post 20, affiliated with the National Press club. Breonna camara, vision one patient officer for the v. A. New England Health care system. Carla van, pentagon correspondent for v. O. A. News. Kevin wensing, managing director
Good afternoon, welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. Im the president of the National Press club and managing editor of standards and training at axios. Thank you for joining us both here andenon and online for our headliner event with secretary of Veterans Affairs secretary mcdonough. We are happy to take your questions, please submit them and ill ask as many as i can. For our cspan and public radio audiences please be aware that in the audience today are members of the jeep public, so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. It is now my pleasure to introduce this distinguished head table. Please stand when your name is called. Starting on my far right is tom young, commander of the American Legion post 20, affiliated with the National Press club. Breonna camara, vision one patient officer for the v. A. New England Health care system. Carla van, pentagon correspondent for v. O. A. News. Kevin wensing, managing director