"If it's not a public health problem, then why are all these people dying from it?" former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, asked about gun violence in 1993. Three decades later, not much has changed. Thanks to Jeffrey Swanson, PhD, and John Rozel, MD, MSLA, for sharing the ways that academic medicine must step up our research, education, and advocacy to help save lives. https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/doctors-and-hospitals-can-help-prevent-gun-deaths-here-s-how
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David Skorton
President and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges
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