Dr. Leana Wen: Physician, Author, and CNN Medical Expert

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4.6 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

“Public health saved your life today―you just don’t know it,” is a phrase that Dr. Leana Wen likes to use. You don’t know it because good public health is invisible. It becomes visible only in its absence, when it is underfunded and ignored, a bitter truth laid bare as never before by the devastation of COVID-19. Leana Wen―emergency physician, former Baltimore health commissioner, CNN medical analyst, and Washington Post contributing columnist―has lived on the front lines of public health, leading the fight against the opioid epidemic, outbreaks of infectious disease, maternal and infant mortality, and COVID-19 disinformation. Listen to Dr. Leana Wen on this episode of Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	In my years of entrepreneurship, I've seen countless startups. And here's the truth.
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0:44.6	I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people.
0:52.6	This episode's remarkable guest is Dr. Lena Wen.
0:56.3	We recorded this conversation on September 1st, 2021.
1:01.1	We released the episode on September 8th, 2021.
1:05.5	I first learned about Dr. Wen because she is the go-to medical expert on segments about the pandemic on CNN. She is an emergency
1:13.9	physician, visiting professor of health policy and management at George Washington University,
1:19.7	and a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. In addition to CNN, her journalistic
1:26.0	endeavors include being a contributing columnist for the Washington Post.
1:30.2	She writes a newsletter for the post about public health.
1:34.2	It's called Checkup with Dr. Wen.
1:36.8	I think the post should rename it when in doubt, but I digress.
1:41.5	Dr. Wen is the author of two books, when doctors Don't Listen, How to Avoid Mids Diagnoses
1:46.9	and Unnecessary Tests, and Her Brand New Memoir, Lifelines, A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public
1:53.4	Health. Dr. Wend served as Baltimore's Health Commissioner from 2014 to 2018. She obtained her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine, and she
2:04.6	was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.
2:07.6	She completed her residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General
2:12.0	Hospital.
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