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Shannon Gearhart, MD, MPH
New York City, New York
Speaker Topic: Nuclear Weapons
Medical Specialty: Preventive Medicine
PSR Affiliation: Member, National Board
Areas of Expertise:
- Medical student activism
- Global/international health
- Social justice
- Small arms violence
Media Experience: Television, Public Speaking
Why PSR?
As a physician, through our patients, we have the unique role of playing
witness to various types of human tragedy.
I think it is our responsibility to take their stories and provide a
voice for our patients. As a community
of like-minded individuals in PSR and IPPNW we can use our collective voices
and medical and scientific knowledge to “protect human life form the greatest
threats to health and survival.”
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Gearhart has been involved with PSR since 2002 when she
joined the medical student chapter at Indiana University School of
Medicine. She later became president of
this medical student chapter until 2006.
Throughout medical school, she attended and presented at several
national student PSR and international conferences for International Physicians
for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Dr.
Gearhart recently completed her General Preventive Medicine residency as well
as her Masters of Public Health at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She is currently working with CenseoHealth to
provide medical evaluations for Medicare Advantage members.
Dr. Gearhart has represented PSR at various UN conferences,
including the preparatory conferences for the Arms Trade Treaty.
To request Dr. Gearhart as a speaker, please email psrnatl@psr.org or call 202-667-4260.
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