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Michael Burg, MD
First Name
Michael
Last Name
Burg
Website
Bio
Academic Emergency Physician, passionate about writing, medical humanities & education, intl. emergency medicine, adventures/travel/exploring
Country
United States
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STATUS - VERIFIED
Qualification
Attending Physician
University Attended
Yale Medical School
Graduated Year
1987-01-01
Fields of Interest
International emergency medicine, medical writing and research, medical humanities, creative writing, traveling and exploring
Address
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VALIDATED
Validation Date
2020-06-10
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3 years ago
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Roughly 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 Americans have heart attacks each year. About one-third of these individuals die.
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4 years ago
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Much less known, but every bit as real and life-threatening is the connection between obesity and malignancy, the general medical term for cancer.
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4 years ago
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A Doctor preparing to sit his third certification exam questions his future. Is it time to hang up his stethoscope or is there still a future for him in medicine
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4 years ago
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An Emergency Physician describes how he copes with and faces death on a daily basis and how it impacts him and his colleagues
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