Dr. Anahita Dua: Meet the Surgeon Urging Healthcare Workers to Run for Office

17/07/2025 21 min
Dr. Anahita Dua: Meet the Surgeon Urging Healthcare Workers to Run for Office

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Driven by her experience on the front lines of surgery, Anahita Dua, MD, MS, MBA, FACS, founded Healthcare for Action, an organization to train and empower healthcare workers to run for public office. As underfunded systems strain patient care, Dr. Dua argues that those who understand medicine can craft the most effective health policy—and she’s on a mission to send more clinician-candidates into government over the following years. 

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