Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Hearing
And the Federal government to promote prevention to improve the overall health and well-being of the American people. It manifests an unprecedented commitment to ensuring that all Americans are able to achieve their potential by realizing the highest standard of health. Also, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, Senator Harkin, for your leadership on this important issue. You have been leading the charge to promote prevention and wellness for your entire career, and we are all indebted to you for your tremendous work on this important topic.As the Assistant Secretary for Health, I am tasked with advancing prevention nationwide. Promoting prevention and its crucial role in improving the health of individuals, and communities, has truly been a life-long passion of mine. Before assuming my current position, I spent more than 30 years as a physician, caring for patients. When I began my career as a clinician, I set out to alleviate the pain and suffering of my patients to the best of my ability. However, as I provided care for more and more people facing serious medical problems, I came to realize that a significant number of the problems my patients faced were preventable. Thus, I became intensely interested in finding ways to educate my patients about prevention so that they, and their loved ones, could maintain healthy lifestyles and avoid unnecessary pain, sickness and early death.
During my tenure as the Commissioner of Public Health for the Commonwealth of , one of my key priorities was to promote prevention efforts throughout the State. I worked with the health care sector, the business sector, other government sectors, community based organizations and private citizens to raise awareness about community prevention and preventive health care services. To support these efforts, we worked closely with the Federal government, including the CDC, on many of these initiatives.
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