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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

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So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians. And I met with the clinical pharmacist who worked in that clinic and she told me, “You know what? Ryan: I started in 2011. And finally the big thing was the match.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

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So even before I became a physician, pain was something that really sort of shaped me as a human being, as a person and then as a physician. So Eric Cassell, for folks who don’t know, was a primary care physician. And yet, if you look at our clinical approach to pain, it still remains quite basic.