Abdul El-Sayed, MD, DPhil, is physician, epidemiologist, and healthcare reform activist, and former health director for the city of Detroit. He ran for Governor of Michigan in 2018 on a single-payer platform and advised on the 2020 Democratic platform as a Healthcare Unity Task Force appointee.
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A child of immigrants, Abdul El-Sayed grew up feeling a responsibility to help others. He threw himself into the study of medicine and excelled—winning a Rhodes Scholarship, earning two advanced degrees, and landing a tenure-track position at Columbia U... SEE MORE