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Dhruv Khullar

Dhruv Khullar, M.D., M.P.P. is a physician and assistant professor of health policy and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is also a contributor at The New Yorker, where he writes about medicine, health care, and politics. He currently serves as Director of Policy Dissemination at the Physicians Foundation Center for Physician Practice and Leadership, and was recently a Senior Research Fellow at NYC Health + Hospitals.

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Dhruv Khullar, M.D., M.P.P. is a physician and assistant professor of health policy and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College.

He is also a contributor at The New Yorker, where he writes about medicine, health care, and politics. He currently serves as Director of Policy Dissemination at the Physicians Foundation Center for Physician Practice and Leadership, and was recently a Senior Research Fellow at NYC Health + Hospitals. His research focuses on value-based care, health disparities, and medical innovation, and has been published in JAMA and The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Health Care Quality

The Preventable Tragedy of Polio in New York

Some ten thousand diseases afflict humankind, and we have the power to vanquish only a handful of them. It’s especially tragic, then, when we squander what opportunities we have, whether by choice, neglect, or incompetence. Read the Full Article here.

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Medical misinformation is as ancient as medical care, but social media has intensified its speed, reach, and consequences. My @JAMA_current piece on potential avenues to confront new variants of an old problem: https://t.co/sr8je84csV4 days ago
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