How can we reframe the narrative around COVID 19 and vaccine hesitancy? And at this point in the pandemic, is it really hesitancy or a much larger issue of pitting the collective good vs. freedom of choice? This episode takes us to Baltimore as we sit down and have an unfiltered conversation with Dr.Leana Wen, an emergency medicine physician, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, a CNN medical analyst, and former City of Baltimore Health Commissioner. Dr.Wen was also named to Time Magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People.
This episode takes us to Baltimore as we sit down and have an unfiltered conversation with Dr.Leana Wen.
Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, professor of health policy and management at George Washington University, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program and Economic Studies Program. Dr. Wen is also a contributing columnist for The Washington Post, a CNN medical analyst, and author of a new memoir, Lifelines: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Health.
Previously, she served as Baltimore's Health Commissioner, where she led the nation’s oldest continuously operating health department in the U.S.
Dr. Wen obtained her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine and studied health policy at the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. Dr. Wen completed her residency training at Brigham & Women's Hospital & Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School.
A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Wen has received recognition as one of Governing's Public Officials of the Year, Modern Healthcare's Top 50 Physician-Executives, World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders, and TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People.
Recent Commentary and Media Engagements with Dr.Wen: