Another View addresses the National Doctor Shortage

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published September 26, 2024 at 2:40 PM EDT

Dr. Keith Newby, Barbara Hamm Lee, Dr. Armistead Williams, and Mr. Bruce Holbrook

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the USA will face a shortage of 150,000 doctors in 2025. What does that mean for our area? Retired neurologist Dr. Armistead Williams, CPA and President of Bruce Holbrook Consulting- Mr. Bruce Holbrook, Cardiologist Dr. Keith Newby, and former Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Elias Zerhouni discussed the changing dynamics of becoming a doctor and the impact it has on health in the community on the latest edition of Another View with Barbara Hamm Lee. You can hear this and previous shows now, on demand .

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Barry Graham

Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.

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