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Joel Bervell

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Joel Bervell

Joel Bervell, MD, is a physician, health equity educator, and award-winning creator known as the “Medical Mythbuster.” Reaching more than 2.5 million people across social media, he examines how bias, misinformation, and systemic inequities shape health and healthcare. His work has earned him a Peabody Award, and he was named one of TIME’s 100 most […]

Joel Bervell, MD, is a physician, health equity educator, and award-winning creator known as the “Medical Mythbuster.” Reaching more than 2.5 million people across social media, he examines how bias, misinformation, and systemic inequities shape health and healthcare. His work has earned him a Peabody Award, and he was named one of TIME’s 100 most influential creators, a TED Fellow, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. He hosts The Dose podcast with The Commonwealth Fund, and his forthcoming debut book, The Default Body (Henry Holt), explores how medicine’s assumptions about the “standard” patient influence who gets seen, believed, diagnosed, and treated.

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