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Dhruv Khullar | |
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| Alma mater | Yale University (BA, MD) Harvard University (MPP) |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, journalist, professor |
| Employer(s) | Weill Cornell Medicine The New Yorker |
Dhruv Khullar is an American physician, academic, and contributing writer for The New Yorker, where he covers and comments on medicine and health care. [1]
Khullar attended Yale University, where he graduated with a degree in biology in 2009. While at Yale, Khullar covered sports for the Yale Daily News . [2] After graduating from Yale, Khullar obtained his MD from the Yale School of Medicine and his MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2014. [3] He completed his medical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. [4]
Khullar specializes in internal medicine. [5] In 2017, Khullar joined Weill Cornell Medicine as an assistant professor of population health sciences. [6] His research has focused on Medicare, health care spending, and the social aspects of the medical industry. [7] [8] [9]
Khullar began contributing articles to The New York Times and The Atlantic while still a student, covering the medical industry. [4] [10] In 2020, Khullar joined The New Yorker, where he began focusing on the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on his experiences treating patients in New York. [1] [11] [12] Khullar has written extensively on the impact of the Trump administration on public health and medicine. [13] [14] Khullar is a regular commentator on health issues amongst members of Congress. [15] [16] [17]
He has argued that American medicine is in a "gilded age" and called for more physicians and medical professionals to get involved in politics. [18] [19] [20]
