Andrew M. Ibrahim, MD

Andrew M. Ibrahim is a surgical research fellow.

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Physician voices

Why haven’t surgeons been on the front line of public health?

Andrew M. Ibrahim, MD

October 20, 2011Oct 20, 2011

Public health has often focused on prevention tools that impact an entire community or population. Before Henry Bigelow MD described the use of Ether in 1846 to mitigate pain during surgery or Joseph Lister MD discovered the value of sterile technique, surgical candidates were few. Even if one were convinced tolerate the pain of surgery, more than half would die from the risk of infection. For most of surgical …

Medical education

A moral imperative to address the costs of training our doctors

Andrew M. Ibrahim, MD & John A. Brockman

April 25, 2011Apr 25, 201146

by Andrew M. Ibrahim and John A. Brockman Despite the landmark progress of recent healthcare reform, it missed the mark on long term cost control by failing to address medical education. Radical changes are needed in the way we finance…

by Andrew M. Ibrahim and John A. Brockman

Despite the landmark progress of recent healthcare reform, it missed the mark on long term cost control by failing to address medical education.

Radical changes are needed in the way we finance tuition and how we teach our students.

While last month a new graduating class of medical students celebrated their …