Samuel Wilson (September 13, 1766 – July 31, 1854) was a meat packer from Troy, New York whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam".
One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices.
Effective leaders of change must serve equally as agents of change and protectors of continuity.
There was an opening in the ER program at King Drew, so I spent the next month there, fascinated with the range of pathology that I observed, the diversity of skill that the ER physicians had to acquire, the variety of cases, and the ability to interact closely with people.
I would say to young physicians that the more you intentionally improve the lives of the people in the community you serve the better your life will be and the greater your value will be to the community.
While the Environmental Genome Project does not seek to assign allele frequencies, we are aware of the importance of accurate allele frequency estimates for future epidemiologic studies and the large sample sizes such estimates will require.
We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met.
One of the responsibilities faced by the Environmental Genome Project is to provide the science base upon which society can make better informed risk management decisions.
As population susceptibilities are better understood, we will be in a better position than we are in today to make informed decisions about risk management.
I decided I wanted to be a physician when I was seven years old.
The liquid state of modernity is corrosive to continuity.
There is no doubt that environmentally related diseases will continue to pose problems in the future.
To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions.
I completed medical school at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1984.