Oliver Y. TangOliver Y. Tang, BS: Oliver Y. Tang is a medical student at Brown University (MD ’23 – will complete degree prior to publication of book). He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed articles — with his primary focus being social determinants of health in srgical care — and has won national conference awards for his socioeconomics research from physician organizations including the AANS and CNS. Other research topics Oliver has focused on include the use of big data for clinical applications like risk stratification, education-oriented manuscripts on good practices for big data research, cost variation and drivers in the US health care system, medical education, and global surgery. Oliver has also previously worked in health policy in the form of think tank work under a former US Assistant Surgeon General and co-leadership of a public health lecture series course (with speakers from the AMA, NIH, IHI) serving as the most widely attended preclinical elective among Brown medical students. Read More Read Less