Episode #07: The Canary in the Coal Mine (and how GI physicians can help fight the obesity epidemic)

Dr. Naresh Gunaratnam of Huron Gastroenterology recognized that many of the GI diseases he treats in his community are specifically related to obesity, and that as a GI physician he had the opportunity to see and combat these disease before they became too serious.

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Episode #06: We Tend to Favor Plumbing Over Electricity (and innovative ways to develop GI practice leadership)

Dr. Lisa Mathews interviews Dr. Ashley Evans of Digestive Health Clinic in Boise Idaho about its innovative model to develop practice leadership.

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Episode #05: Treating Patients + Research = Dream Job (next up is ending the obesity epidemic)

Dr. Naresh Gunaratnam knew he wanted to be a gastroeterologist ever since he went on rounds with his uncle when we was 17.

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Episode #04: What We Do is a Marathon, Not a Sprint (helping physicians do what they do best)

A college work-study job with sports physicians sparked Kevin Harlen’s interest in medicine and health care and the UNC School of Public Health MPH program in administration and policy put set him on his path.

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