Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld made history this week when he was inaugurated as the new president of the American Medical Association, becoming the first openly gay leader of the nation's largest group of physicians and medical students.
"We have a health care system in crisis, I hear that from my physician colleagues," Ehrenfeld said.
"Today, there are so many backseat drivers telling us what to do...You know, we've got regulators that are discarding science and telling physicians how to practice medicine, putting barriers in care," he explains."Well, in at least six states, now, if I practice evidence-based care, I can go to jail," Ehrenfeld said."It's frightening.
Ehrenfeld hopes to improve health equity for all underserved groups and be a role model for any young doctors, as well as for his own sons. "I hope that they learn that they shouldn't let anything get in their way of following their dreams," Ehrenfeld said."And for anybody who's different out there, I hope that they see themselves, my children, the example that I've set, that they shouldn't let anybody tell them that they can't just because of who they are."
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