Why Our Healthcare System is Killing Us | Angela Mills | TEDxColumbiaUniversity

In a call for patient-centered care, Dr. Angela Mills speaks through the lens of her personal experience on the revolving doors of the emergency room. Angela M. Mills, MD is the J. E. Beaumont Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She attended Temple University Medical School where she graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. Dr. Mills is a graduate and former Chief Resident of the Emergency Medicine residency program at the University of Pennsylvania. She became a faculty member immediately thereafter at Penn in 2003 and advanced academically being promoted to Professor of Emergency Medicine in 2017. At Penn, Dr. Mills served initially as Medical Director and then as the Vice Chair of Clinical Operations. She joined Columbia at the end of January as the inaugural Chair of the newly formed Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Mills has maintained an active research career where she has focused on the evaluation, treatment and management of abdominal pain in the emergency department setting, emergency diagnostic imaging, and clinical operations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx