Leana Wen

What your doctor won’t disclose

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About Leana Wen

Physician and public health advocate Leana Wen has traveled the world listening to patients’ stories. Born in Shanghai, she was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, a reporter with The New York Times’ Nick Kristof, a fellow at the World Health Organization, and Director of Patient-Centered Care Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University, before assuming her current position as Baltimore City Health Commissioner.

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Physician and public health advocate Leana Wen discussed a highly controversial approach to medical transparency and full disclosure.

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