Pedro J. Greer, M.D. - Speech Highlights From 2010 AUC Commencement

http://www.aucmed.edu/news/?p=622 - Pedro J. Greer, M.D. went to medical school at La Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic but says he has a kindred connection with AUC graduates.

Greer, who serves as Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at the Florida International University School of Medicine, said he chose a Caribbean medical school because he had more revolutionary thoughts in his mind than medical schools in the United States.

"I met social conditions there that I wouldn't have encountered in the states and it made me a better physician,'' said Greer who as a medical intern in 1984, founded the Camillus Health Concern, now serving over 10,000 homeless patients a year. The clinic also serves as a model clinic for the poor, as well as a rotation for medical students.

And despite the intense healthcare reform debate and subsequent new law, he says any worries about the fate of the medical profession are unfounded.

"It's a great time to be a physician, regardless of the payment system,'' said Greer. "The reality is that people are sick and we are trained to take care of them.''

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