The Over/Innerview
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Doctor Jan Gurley is an internal medicine physician who cares for patients at the Tom Waddell Health Center for the Homeless in San Francisco. She is the only Harvard Medical School graduate to have been awarded a Shoney’s Ten-Step Pin for documented excellence in waitressing. Thereafter she tried years of basic science research in labs (graduating magna cum laude from Harvard), then did a residency at UCSF in Internal Medicine, then received a Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship in epidemiology, public health and public policy. Doc Gurley’s health writing has appeared in Salon, The San Francisco Chronicle, and the Chronicle Sunday magazine, with letters in the Washington Post and UK’s Daily Telegraph. Her research has appeared in academic publications including the New England Journal of Medicine. She is also the author of a humorous book of serious healthcare advice, Dodging Death. Of note she will be presenting a live "webinar" grand rounds 10 Mar 09. You can find out more by visiting her humor filled health blog at www.docgurley.com
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