The model of the teaching hospital, which links research to teaching and service is what's missing in global health.

I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.

With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.

The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame.

WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It’s what separates us from roaches

The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they're major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems.

I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi.