Preview: Doctor's Lounge: A big catch-up with Dr. Céline Gounder on the state of medicine and public health in the US.
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Today, Monday, November 10, at 3:30 p.m. ET, I’ll be joined in the Doctor’s Lounge by the great Dr. Céline Gounder over on Substack Live for a big catch-up on the medicine and public health stories we’ve been tracking. We’ll cover everything from the Senate deal to end the shutdown (and where that leaves the Affordable Care Act subsidies) to last week’s announcement that the Trump administration has reached a price-lowering deal with the makers of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. We’ll also cover some interesting studies that have come across our desks, including one on autism and Covid-19, and a surprising result from a clinical trial of caffeine abstinence and atrial fibrillation (“AFib”). We’ll also take suggestions, so please leave comments and questions below!
To join us live, click this link (you can watch on any device, including the Substack app). To add it to your Google calendar, click here if that is easier for you. All Inside Medicine subscribers will receive an email with the link the moment we go live. Note: this session will also be posted on Inside Medicine afterward, and will be entirely free.
About Dr. Gounder…
Here’s an abridged bio for Céline (her full-length bio can be found on LinkedIn, and it’s only kind of insanely amazing):
...Dr. Céline Gounder is the Editor-at-Large for Public Health at KFF Health News and a CBS News Medical Contributor. Dr. Gounder is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine. She cares for patients on the wards at Bellevue Hospital Center. From November 9, 2020 to January 20, 2021, Dr. Gounder served on the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board.
She was elected a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2016. In 2017, People Magazine named her one of 25 Women Changing the World. In 2021, InStyle Magazine named her one of 50 Women Making the World a Better Place. In 2023, she was named one of New York City & State’s Health Care Power 100, a New York State Woman of Distinction, and a National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine. In 2023, she was also elected to the National Academy of Medicine, received the Research!America Meeting the Moment for Public Health Award, and joined the Council on Foreign Relations. She and her podcast production team won
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