Physician and co-founder of The Force for Health Network. He went to Katrina as a self-described “well-meaning volunteer,” helped stand up one of the first Medical Reserve Corps units, and still keeps Dr. Carmona's handwritten thank-you note.
In their own words
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S1·E1 — Truth, Trust & Legacy with Dr. Richard Carmona
Twenty years since Katrina, about twenty-five since nine-eleven, and we're still overweight. We're still out of shape mentally and physically in order to respond.
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer
But they died because they were out of shape and couldn't do the job they were able to perform.
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer
It is a kindness to all of your neighbors — damn it, get your kids vaccinated.
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer
S1·E2 — Katrina's Lessons + the September Preparedness Challenge
I was a dad sitting with my daughters, watching television, seeing people on a roof with signs saying SOS, rescue me, I'm an American, help. And a daughter looked at me and said, Dad, we canoe and kayak. Let's just put the canoes on the roof of the car, go down and rescue some people.
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer
And when Hurricane Rita came along, only five percent instead of eighty or ninety percent ended up in the shelter. The rest evacuated. That's the resilience — that's what taught me that a health literate teenager can stabilize a family.
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer
In ordinary times, learn how to use all the gadgets and all the tools, so that in extraordinary times you can act — and don't be afraid to act.
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer
S1·E3 — 'Tis the Season… Protect Your Family
This has something called an R-naught twelve. It's a very high factor, meaning one person can infect twelve, usually.
Co-founder & CMO · pre-recorded segment