Hassan Tetteh, M.D., M.B.A., is the Health Mission Chief at the U.S. Department of Defense, a U.S. Navy Captain, an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, adjunct faculty at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., as well as a thoracic surgeon at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Dr. Tetteh is a best-selling author of four books, including Gifts of the Heart, Star Patrol, The Art of Human Care, and Success Strategies. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Healthcare Executives, and a board member of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health.
Dr. Tetteh began practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique after a challenging deployment to a forward operating base in Afghanistan, where he served as a combat trauma surgeon.
In this interview he talks about the ways in which the current pandemic will forever change the world, and outlines three life-saving strategies for taking charge.
Mario Orsatti, Executive Director of the Center for Health and Wellness, a division of the David Lynch Foundation, interviewed Dr. Tetteh on June 7, 2020.
Watch the interview with Dr. Hassan Tetteh (54:20)
Dr. Tetteh talks about the ways in which the current pandemic will forever change the world, and outlines three life-saving strategies for taking charge.
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