Ezekiel Emanuel

Vice provost for global initiatives,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; co-director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute.

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Vice provost for global initiatives at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and co-director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute. He was a member of the COVID-19 Advisory Board for the Biden-Harris transition. His new book is titled “ What Country Has the World's Best Health Care?”

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