What’s Trending NOW?
What’s Trending NOW is rethinking rural medicine by building physician pipelines through academic partnerships.
On this episode of Trending NOW, host Shahid Shah speaks with Dr. Sherri Morgan, Chief Administrative Officer for the Morehouse School of Medicine Regional Medical Campus at Phoebe Putney Health System in Albany, Georgia. Dr. Morgan shares how a groundbreaking academic–clinical partnership is expanding physician training opportunities, strengthening community engagement, and addressing healthcare workforce shortages in rural communities. By creating a regional medical campus that integrates medical education directly into the community, this collaboration is building a sustainable pipeline of physicians and healthcare professionals committed to serving underserved populations.
The conversation explores:
- the rural physician workforce crisis
- the importance of training doctors where they practice
- the role of community partnerships in improving health equity
- why rural medicine produces uniquely skilled clinicians
This episode offers valuable insights for policymakers, health system leaders, and educators seeking scalable solutions to improve healthcare access across rural America.
About the Guest
Sherri Morgan, MD, MBA, MPH, ABFM, FAAFP, Chief Administrative Officer for Morehouse School of Medicine at Phoebe Putney Health System
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Dr. Sherri Morgan, MD, MBA, MPH, ABFM, FAAFP, is a highly credentialed family medicine physician with more than three decades of experience in academic medicine, hospital administration, family medicine and community health, and brings a depth of leadership that has strengthened her partnership with Phoebe Putney Health System. Dr. Morgan has guided large teams, led GME operations across dozens of teaching hospitals and built programs that advance medical education and health care access.
Meet the Host
Shahid N. Shah
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A C-suite native that can easily blend in with technical and engineering teams that need to deliver revenue-generating solutions to the marketplace. Shahid specializes in bringing world-class CTO, CISO, and Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) expertise to startups, business units and companies on a part-time (fractional) basis. With a rich background in regulated, safety-critical industries like Med Devices, Digital Health, and Gov 2.0, he possess a unique understanding of complex, high-demand products and services. With over 33 year of experience his areas of expertise span from in engineering, cybersecurity, bio/health IT, medical devices to government IT.
About the Show
What’s HITting you differently in healthcare? Join new host Shahid N. Shah and his guests as they look at the latest trends in the news and on social and discuss the healthcare climate and variables impacting how we are experiencing these trends. It’s a fast-paced 30 minutes so tune in to hear what’s on trend NOW.
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