The Concept of Herd Immunization
Dr. John Cahill explains that though Infectious Disease specialists would like to vaccinate everyone, getting a large amount of people vaccinated can provide a barrier for most of the group. If enough of a population gets vaccinated then the potential for disease to travel across the globe, or even within U.S., is greatly diminished. In the event of a serious outbreak, we would start by vaccinating the health care providers. We would then vaccinate people serving sectors valuable to society infrastructure like police officers and firemen.
Herd immunity is a "firewall" that could slow a viral outbreak down enough to stop a large scale pandemic. Polio is a good example of herd immunity. In parts of the third world, vaccines are still not available to the majority of the population. However, even in societies where only 50% of the people have been vaccinated for polio, we don't see large outbreaks of polio anymore.
Dr. John D. Cahill, M.D. is a physician and medical educator who founded the Center for Global Collaboration & Health Initiatives. While studying abroad in medical school and after his postgraduate medical training at Brown University, Dr. Cahill spent time in Southeast Asia & Africa.
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Robert W. Schrier, M.D.
4200 E 9th Ave
Denver,
Colorado
80262
Call (303) 493-7000
Robert W. Schrier, M.D. has achieved much in his medical career. He was the former chairman of the department of medicine in the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine for 26 years and head of the Division of Kidney diseases and Hypertension for 20 years. He has been president of the association of American physicians, American society of nephrology, national kidney foundation and international society of nephrology. Dr. Shrier has authorized over 900 scientific papers and edited 50 bucks in internal medicine, geriatrics, and drug usage and kidney disease.
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Dr. Pravin M. Shah
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
83 South Bedford Road Suite 100
Mount Kisco,
NY
10549
Call (888) 547-1437
Pravin Shah MD, FACS is a Vascular Surgeon.
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Dr. Valentin Fuster, MD of Mount Sinai Hospital
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
1 Gustave L Levy Pl
New York,
NY
10029
Call
Are you in search for someone who can help you with your heart's health? Looking for a specialist in cardiovascular? Dr. Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD is a cardiovascular expert because some of his credentials include Director of the Zena and Michael A Wiener Cardiovascular Insitute and the Marie-Josee and Henry R Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health. So with vast amounts of experience under his belt, you can be sure that your heart will be in the best in cardiac care.
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Dr. Marianne J. Legato
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
962 Park Ave
New York,
NY
10028
Call 212-737-5663
Is heart disease affecting your life? Is it scary for you to know that you have it? Don't let it change your life for the worst. There is someone you can see: Dr. Marianne J. Legato, MD, FACP, a specialist in Gender Specific Medicine, or Women's Medicine and Men's Medicine respectively. As the founder of The Partnership for Women's Health at Columbia University and a WHF Liaison to Gender Studies on Heart Disease, she is highly reputable to treat your heart complications and you can expect great personal attention once she takes you under her care.
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Elliot Goodman, MD
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
Beth Israel Medical Center 6th Floor 1st Ave & 16th St
NYC,
NY
10003
Call (888) 351-8607
Dr. Elliot Goodman is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Board Certified General Surgeon. Dr. Goodman and his staff treat each patient as an individual and design a treatment regimen that reflects the individuality of the patient.
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Thomas E. Starzl. MD
National Physician Of The Year Awards Honoree
200 Lothrop St # 11045
Pittsburgh,
PA
15213
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Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, a distinguished service professor of surgery , is known as the "father of transplantation". He has achieved much in his career as a decorated pioneer in the field of surgery. He went to the northwestern university medical school in Chicago where he received a masters degree in anatomy and earned both a doctoral degree in neurophysiology and a medical degree with distinction. Dr. Starzl's career following his education and graduate work was marked by such land marks as serving as the chairman of the department of surgery for the university of Colorado school of medicine, he served as the chief of transplantation at Presbyterian university hospital, overseeing the largest and busiest transplant program in the world (Children's hospital and the veterans hospital in Pittsburgh). He assumed the title of director of the University of Pittsburgh Transplantation institute. His work lead the institute to be renamed in his honor.
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Carol R. Bradford, M.D.
National Physician Of The Year Awards Honoree
1500 E Medical Center Dr #1904
Ann Arbo,
Michigan
48109
Call
Dr. Carol Bradford is the Chair of the Department of Oncology and Head and Neck Surgery and a Professor at the University of Michigan Medical School. She is also the Associate Chair of Clinical Programs and Education. Dr. Bradford was appointed to the faculty in 1992, since then she has served in a number of different roles, including the Division Chief of Head and Neck Surgery, as well as Co-Director of the Head and Neck Oncology Program within the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Robert W. Carlson, M.D
National Physician Of The Year Awards Honoree
875 Blake Wilbur Dr Clinic F
Stanford,
California
94305
Call (650) 723-7621
Robert W Carlson MD has a pristine academic and professional career. He first received his Undergraduate and medical degree from Stanford University. He went on to his two year residency in internal medicine at Barnes Hospital group and returned to Stanford University to finish his senior residency and oncology fellowships. He is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology.
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Jacqueline A. Noonan, M.D.
National Physician Of The Year Awards Honoree
2980 4 Pines Dr
Lexington,
Kentucky
40506-0001
Call (888) 896-2670
Jacqueline A Noonan, M.D. is a pediatric cardiologist who has been caring for children with heart disease over 50 years. She is acknowledged internationally for her description of a syndrome in 1962 which since then has been called the Noonan Syndrome. She came to the University of Kentucky in December 1961 and served as director of pediatric cardiology until her retirement in 1999. She served as chairman of pediatrics from 1974 to 1992. Since her retirement she continues to teach write and see children with heart problems in clinics throughout eastern Kentucky.
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Dr. Valentin Fuster, MD of Mount Sinai Hospital
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
1 Gustave L Levy Pl
New York,
NY
10029
Call
Are you in search for someone who can help you with your heart's health? Looking for a specialist in cardiovascular? Dr. Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD is a cardiovascular expert because some of his credentials include Director of the Zena and Michael A Wiener Cardiovascular Insitute and the Marie-Josee and Henry R Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health. So with vast amounts of experience under his belt, you can be sure that your heart will be in the best in cardiac care.
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Dr. Richard J. Frances
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
510 East 86th Street, Apt. 1D
New York,
New York
10028
Call (212) 861-0570
Dr. Richard Frances, MD, F.A.C.P., F.A.P.A. is the current director of public and professional education at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut and has his own private practice in Manhattan. He was appointed as the Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Substance Abuse of the Department of Psychiatry. His past credentials include being the president and medical director at the Silver Hill Hospital.
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Karen Burke, M.D., Ph.D
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
River Court East 52 Street
New York,
NY
10022
Call (212) 754-1100
Karen Burke, MD, PhD is a Cosmetic Dermatologist with a private practice in Manhattan. She prides herself on treating all her clients with care and respect, and helping to ensure they have healthy, well maintained skin.
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Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP
National Physician of the Year Awards Honoree
Center to Advance Palliative Care 1255 Fifth Avenue, Suite C-2
New York,
NY
10029
Call 212.201.2670
Diane E. Meier, MD is the Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care which is a national organization that is devoted to increasing the number and quality of palliative care programs in the United States. She also serves as the Director of the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
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Stanley Chang, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center Dept. of Ophthalmology
635 West 165 th Street
New York,
NY
10032
Call (212) 305-2725
Stanley Chang is the director of Ophthalmology at Columbia university. He is also the KK and Ku The Ying professor of Ophthamology. In his academic career, Dr. Chang obtained a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from MIT. After receiving a masters degree in biomedical electronic engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his medical education at the college of physicians & surgeons of Columbia University. He went on to complete an ophthalmology residency at the Massachusetts eye and ear infirmary.
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Dr. Jonathan Cohen, M.D.
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
232 East 30th Street
New York,
NY
10016
Call 212-889-5544
Are you facing stomach or intestinal problems? Do you have disorders in your gastrointestinal tract? You should consider seeing Dr. Jonathan Cohen, M.D. from the Concorde Medical Group who specializes in gastroenterology and general internal medicine. His specialization in internal medicine comes from expertise in colonoscopies, gallbladder diseases, and complications relating to the pancreas and liver.
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Dr. Joseph H. Feinberg
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
523 East 72nd Street
New York,
NY
10021
Call (212) 606-1568
Joseph H. Feinberg, MD finished his Residency training in Medicine at the New York University/ Rusk Institute of Rehab. Dr. Feinberg also had more Residency training at Mt. Sinai Hospital for General Surgery. His Internship also took place at Mt. Sinai Hospital. He completed fellowships in Orthopedic Pathology at the Hospital for Special Surgery and in Orthopedic Biomechanics at the University of Iowa. Dr. Feinberg gained his MD at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York.
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David B. Samadi, MD
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
Mount Sinai
5 East 98th Street New York City,
New York
10029
Call 1-212-241-8779
David B. Samadi, MD, is Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. A board-certified urologist, he treats prostate cancer with a focus on minimally invasive techniques. He specializes in robotic prostate surgery, and has an unparalleled expertise in the field thanks to over a thousand procedures he has performed with the da Vinci Surgical System.
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Christopher Trahan OMD., LAc.
Olympus Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine
54 West 21st Street (near 6th Ave) Suite 910
Manhattan,
NY
10010
Call (888)-530-0611
Are you searching for healthy, alternative ways to take care of yourself? Looking for ways to boost your body, mind and spirit? If so, holistic medicine may be the path for you. Based in NYC, Christopher Trahan O.M.D., LAc., is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and a Licensed Acupuncturist (NY, NJ, NM) who uses Chinese and Western Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture and Homeopathy into his practice. He is also the head of the Olympus Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine. |
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Dr. Howard Luks
Empowered Doctor Medical Board
19 Bradhurst Ave. Ste 1300N
Hawthorne,
NY
10532
Call (888) 834-8517
Dr. Howard J. Luks, MD is the Chief of Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy at Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College. He is also an attending Orthopaedic Surgeon at Westchester Medical Center, concentrated in sports medicine and arthroscopy. He is an Assistant Professor in both the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Department of Medicine at New York Medical College. He was a Guest Lecturer in Pharmacology and an Instructor in Anatomy and Histology at New York Medical College. |
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Judd W. Moul, MD
National Physician Of The Year Awards Honoree
DUMC 3707
Durham,
North Carolina
27710
Call
Dr. Judd Moul was a 2009 honoree for the Castle Connolly National Physician of the Year Award. He is the Director of the Prostate Cancer Center at Duke University Medical Center and the Division Chief of Urology. Previously, he served as a Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition he served as an attending Urologic Oncologist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, DC. Dr. Moul also served as the Director of the Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR); a Congress mandated research program of the Department of Defense based at USUHS and WRAMC.
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