An Interview with Dr. Maureen Mavrinac on "Rethinking the Traditional Doctor's Visit"
Channel: MeaningWell
Date: 2021-08-26

Dr. Mavrinac and I talk about an alternative way for patients to see physicians: the shared medical appointment. We use Dr. Mavrinac's article from Health Affairs, "Rethinking The Traditional Doctor's Visit" as a starting point. For more information, visit https://meaningwell.org/ Dr. Maureen Mavrinac is board certified in Family Medicine and Geriatrics. From medical school in Guadalajara, Mexico to residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and throughout her career Dr. Mavrinac has been committed to the care of vulnerable populations.Dr. Mavrinac worked in both inner city and rural clinics from Alaska to the US Mexico border as well as the rural Midwest. She served as Associate Professor of Family Medicine at UCLA where her focus was inspiring the next generation of primary care clinicians in creating innovative models of care. She went on to participate in a project to help reduce incidence and severity of diabetes. She currently works with vulnerable elderly patients in inner city Los Angeles.During the conversation, Dr. Mavrinac quotes an article by Dr. Abigail Zuger, "Preventing a Pandemic's Toll--We've Been Here Before," published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.