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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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What Voters Can and Can’t Learn from John Fetterman’s Stroke

In mid-May, four days before the battleground state of Pennsylvania held its primary election, John Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor and the Democratic front-runner for a pivotal U.S. Senate seat, was on his way to a campaign event. Read the Full Article here.

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RT @NewYorker: John Fetterman has won the Senate race in Pennsylvania. Revisit @DhruvKhullar on the attacks on Fetterman, which were troubl…4 weeks ago
RT @wschpero: Medicare and Medicaid allocate ~ $24 billion in subsidies to safety-net hospitals each year. In a paper out today in @JAMANe…4 weeks ago
RT @NewYorker: Any serious neurologic event inevitably raises concerns about whether a candidate can perform the duties of office, @DhruvKh…1 month ago
New ⁦⁦@NewYorker⁩ on John Fetterman and what voters should know about candidates’ health. It’s not that health should be off-limits, but health status is almost never the thing that differentiates a competent politician from an incompetent one. https://t.co/vwTcpZ6Qx21 month ago
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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/sr8je84csV2 months ago
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