As a practicing family physician for many decades and as Section Chief of Family Medicine for the Cleveland Clinic Westlake Branch, I had the opportunity to perform research in many areas of health care including preventive medicine, fitness, nutrition, exercise, weight problems, type two diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and many other areas of medicine and health care.

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It was to my surprise and disappointment that the third most common cause of death in America today is related to negligence and poor health care delivered by our health care system as we know it.  Being a retired physician with The US Army as well, has given me new insights on how to move forward to improve all aspects of health care to be deliver to Americans across our nation.