SreyRam Kuy, MD, MHS Master of Health Science and also co author of the book Soul of a Tiger.

She was born in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields. She and her family escaped Cambodia when she was a small child and spent several years in refugee camps before being sponsored to the United States by a Christian Missionary group.

Dr Kuy grew up in Oregon, graduated as Valedictorian from Crescent Valley High School, and attended Oregon State University where she earned dual degrees in Philosophy and Microbiology.

She attended medical school at Oregon Health Science University, then finished general surgery residency in Wisconsin. She also earned her master’s degree at Yale University School of Medicine in health services research.

Dr. Kuy’s passions are health policy, physician leadership and the underserved.

Because of her belief in the importance of physician leadership, Dr. Kuy has been involved in her local, professional and national community. As a Kaiser Family Foundation Barbara Jordan Scholar, she worked in the Washington DC office of Senator Tom Harkin, writing speeches and policy briefs on women’s health, coverage for breast cancer screening and treatment.

This is an encore presentation of the original interview with Tom Reaoch on LA Talk Radio March 24, 2014

SreyRam Kuy, MD, MHS Master of Health Science, co author SOUL of a TIGER.

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