HEALTH EQUITY IN ACTION

Training a New Generation of Holistic, ‘Policy Savvy’ Physicians

Training a New Generation of Holistic, ‘Policy Savvy’ Physicians, highlighting ABFM’s Healthy Policy Fellowship, in collaboration with GW’s family medicine program.

April 25, 2023

On behalf of ABFM, we are pleased to share the following article from George Washington University (GW), Training a New Generation of Holistic, ‘Policy Savvy’ Physicians, highlighting ABFM’s Healthy Policy Fellowship, in collaboration with GW’s family medicine program.

From left: Robert Phillips, executive director of ABFM’s Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care; current ABFM Health Policy Fellow Madeline Taskier, M.D. ‘19; and past fellows Emmeline Ha and Joel Willis. (Photo: Madeleine Taskier)

The District’s dire health disparities were on the mind of D.C. native Madeline Taskier, M.D. ’19, when she chose a career in family medicine as the best way to help her community. After earning her degree at George Washington University, she pursued a family medicine residency―and encountered the tremendous barriers her patients often faced in health care.

Read the full article here.