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This Public Health Conversation Starter features emergency physician Dr. Marc-David Munk (SPH’99) in conversation with BUSPH Dean Sandro Galea. Dr. Munk speaks about his book, Urgent Calls from Distant Places: An Emergency Doctor’s Notes about Life and Death on the Frontiers of East Africa.

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Marc-David Munk (SPH'99)

Emergency Physician & Healthcare Executive

Marc-David Munk (SPH'99)

Emergency Physician & Healthcare Executive

Marc-David Munk is a Canadian/American emergency physician and healthcare executive. Over the past decade, he has held leadership roles at various nontraditional healthcare delivery organizations in the US and abroad.

Munk grew up in Switzerland and Canada. He graduated from Colgate University with a BA in philosophy and religion and completed an MPH in international health from Boston University. After graduating from Philadelphia’s Jefferson Medical College, he did residency training in emergency medicine, completed a clinical fellowship in international health at the University of Pittsburgh, and then completed a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at Peru’s Gorgas Program. He also holds a master’s degree in health care management from Harvard University.

Munk lives outside Boston with his wife and his two children.

Urgent Calls from Distant Places is his first book.

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BUSPH Public Health Conversations · In Conversation with Marc-David Munk

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