Depression is rarely treated as the condition that determines whether a chronic care plan will work. In many clinical settings, it is screened for, documented and referred out, while care for diabetes, COPD, heart failure or chronic pain continues on its own track. Dr. Arun Veera, a board-certified family medicine physician with more than 14 […]
Read More >In American medicine, chronic disease is treated like a series of separate battles: one guideline per diagnosis, one specialist per organ system, one set of targets at a time. But Dr. Arun Veera, a board-certified family medicine physician with more than 14 years on the front lines, says that model no longer matches the people […]
Read More >Home: Michigan. Age: 40-something; seasoned enough to listen deeply. Birthplace: India. Profession: Family Medicine. Organization: American Red Cross. Title: Family Physician. Pronouns: He/Him/His. Alma mater: Case Western Reserve University; Saginaw Valley State University. Languages spoken: Hindi, Telugu, Kannada. Current project: Community service. Recent recognition: A patient once told me: you listened like no one else […]
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