title: Interview with Dr. Omar Khan, noted global health specialist.
abstract: Dr. Khan has had a distinguished career in global health. He has served as a faculty member at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. He is currently a family medicine physician at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware, and is President of the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Khan has authored more than 55 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has conducted research and lead primary care and public health initiatives in numerous countries. Last year, Dr. Khan also coedited a book titled Megacities and Global Health sponsored by the American Public Health Association with Dr. Gregory Pappas, Deputy Health Commissioner for Washington, DC.
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: Jagdish
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Khubchandani
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008091:Literature; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education; D012935:Social Justice; D014504:Urban Health; D014507:Urbanization; D000078329:Workforce