Samuel Wilson
Samuel Wilson
Samuel Wilsonwas a meat packer from Troy, New York whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth13 September 1766
CountryUnited States of America
technology practice medicine
One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices.
community church program
I am also actively involved in my church and its community activities. We have programs to improve the lives of our congregation and programs of outreach in the community.
change technology inspire
To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions.
seven-years physicians wanted
I decided I wanted to be a physician when I was seven years old.
kings skills people
There was an opening in the ER program at King Drew, so I spent the next month there, fascinated with the range of pathology that I observed, the diversity of skill that the ER physicians had to acquire, the variety of cases, and the ability to interact closely with people.
decision risk today
As population susceptibilities are better understood, we will be in a better position than we are in today to make informed decisions about risk management.
environmental-health achievement important
We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met.
environmental size doe
While the Environmental Genome Project does not seek to assign allele frequencies, we are aware of the importance of accurate allele frequency estimates for future epidemiologic studies and the large sample sizes such estimates will require.
physicians records medical
I would like to promote the concept of a partnership of insurance companies, physicians and hospitals in deploying a basic framework for an electronic medical records system that is affordable.
defined environmental health local
Moreover, environmental health at the local level has become narrowly focused, very much defined around regulations and the attendant regulatory debates.
senior white memorial
I spent some time at White Memorial Medical Center as a senior medical student doing a rotation in surgery; however, I felt I wasn't getting enough time assisting.
power environmental important
It is important to consider whether the sample size selected by the Environmental Genome Project will provide sufficient power to discover most alleles relevant to gene-environment interactions.
responsibility decision risk
One of the responsibilities faced by the Environmental Genome Project is to provide the science base upon which society can make better informed risk management decisions.
impact practice information
I would like the Medical Society to be one of the resources for information about the influences that have an impact on our patients and our practices.