Interview with Dr. Joe Greer - Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

Dr. Pedro Jose Joe Greer, Jr., chair of the Wertheim College of Medicines Department of Humanities, Health & Society, accepted the nations highest civilian honor the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony at the White House Aug. 12. Less than 24 hours later, the Miami native was back home and in the halls of HLS II, preparing for a lecture with the colleges medical students and a tour of the neighborhoods where the students will eventually work with medically-underserved families as part of the Green Family Medicine & Society Program.

Before beginning his lecture, Greer spent a few minutes speaking on-camera with News@FIU. By turns joking and serious, he talked about what this latest honor means to him, the impetus behind his work, how the homeless landscape has or hasnt been altered in the last 25 years, and how the future physicians that graduate from the Wertheim College of Medicine can change the world.

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[AlejaSantos]

Dr Joe is an awesome guy -- very funny dude!

[FloridaInternational]

@AlejaSantos We certainly agree. The work he does is absolutely amazing and he's so committed to giving back to the community.

[JenniferS1999]

dr pedro jose greer came to my school!!! hes really funny too! and the cool part about him is that his son is my teacher's boyfriend!!! that is so cool! =]

[housedubs]

I hope I can accomplish even half of what this man has done! I wish more human beings were like him. Fortunately, I think his students are greatly influenced by his philosophy that maybe one day, we will have a new breed of physicians who truly care about human beings and are just not in it for the money and status.

[ARCHDIVERALPHATEAM]

This Guy is my HERO. Dr. Greer is a role model we should all follow and try to live our lives as he does. GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. GOD BLESS YOU, and your LOVED ones.

[DrSimbaMD]

A true example to all medical students and physicians!!!

[arizona0j0]

true American.

[sikmadegangsta]

doc rambo ! ! !

[BuydensSherwin]

Dr. Joe is absolutely right. How can one of the richest countries in the world not have universal health care for every citizen of this country?