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Expertise

Anesthesiology

Education

University of California San Diego

Highlights

  • Anesthesiologist

  • Writer on medicine and society

  • Lecturer in the honors program at George Washington University

I enjoy making medical topics clear to those without a medical background.

— Ronald W. Dworkin, MD, PhD

Experience

Ronald W. Dworkin, MD, is a board-certified anesthesiologist who has been practicing anesthesiology in a community hospital for 30 years. He has taught in the honors program at George Washington University for over 10 years and works as a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. He has written 4 books and more than 60 long-form essays for magazines and opinion journals across a wide range of subjects involving medicine and society. Essay topics include the future of the medical profession, medicine and artificial intelligence, the opioid epidemic, antidepressant use, COVID-19, and neuroscience. He has also spoken at numerous venues and given many television and radio interviews on medicine and medical practice. Learn more at ronaldwdworkin.com. 

Education

Dr. Dworkin holds a doctorate in political science from Johns Hopkins University. He received his medical degree from the UCSD school of medicine and completed an anesthesiology residency at the UCSD medical center.

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