Crisis Looms for the Next Generation of Doctors

Concord Monitor - In this op-ed, Kevin Koo, a resident in urology at Geisel, says that the demand for health care providers is on the rise, yet, there is a lack of available residency positions for recently graduated medical students who are on the road to independently practicing as physicians. "Amid ongoing political chatter about insurance mandates and universal coverage, the reality is that, with respect to maintaining the physician workforce, accepting the status quo undermines the foundations of efficiency and access on which current reforms have been built," he writes.  Read more...