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- Street Medicine: Caring for the Homeless with Radical Humility | Brett Feldman | TEDxGrandPark
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- “Homelessness is certainly not just houselessness”.
- Brett Feldman reveals his radical approach to caring for our homeless neighbors as the Director of Street Medicine at USC Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA.
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- Street Medicine: Caring for the Homeless with Radical Humility | Brett Feldman | TEDxGrandPark
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Date Published:- 2020-May-8th
Date Published:- 2023-March-15th
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- Street Medicine: Caring for the Homeless with Radical Humility | Brett Feldman | TEDxGrandPark
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- Doctor Explains Why Los Angeles’ Homeless Deaths Are On the Rise | Brett Feldman
- Profile
- “If you see somebody sleeping during the day, it might not be because they’re lazy. It might be because they feel like they had to be up all night for their own safety.”
- Siyamak sits down with Brett Feldman, Director of Street Medicine with USC.
- He and his team go out on the street every week and provide treatment to 300 homeless people a year.
- And they are helping more and more homeless people get back health insurance.
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- Doctor Explains Why Los Angeles’ Homeless Deaths Are On the Rise | Brett Feldman
Channel:- California Insider
Date Published:- 2023-March-8th
Date Published:- 2023-March-15th
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- Doctor Explains Why Los Angeles’ Homeless Deaths Are On the Rise | Brett Feldman
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TedX Talk
Street Medicine: Caring for the Homeless with Radical Humility | Brett Feldman | TEDxGrandPark
“Homelessness is certainly not just houselessness”.
Brett Feldman reveals his radical approach to caring for our homeless neighbors as the Director of Street Medicine at USC Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA.
In this talk, Brett shares his story about bringing a Street Medicine program to Los Angeles after founding and directing a successful program in Pennsylvania for over a decade.
His remarkably humble, compassionate, and consistent approach to caring for patients on the streets fosters extraordinary trust and camaraderie, which in turn renders extraordinary results in patient outcomes.
A PBS documentary featuring Brett and the street medicine program which he founded, Close to Home: Street Medicine, won an Emmy award in 2018.
His work has been featured on the BBC, Washington Post, CNN, the Associated Press, and Telemundo.
Brett J. Feldman, MSPAS, PA-C, is the Director of Street Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) of USC and serves as the Vice-Chair of the International Street Medicine Institute.
He has practiced homeless medicine since 2007 and founded three programs including the DeSales University Free Clinic, Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) Street Medicine in Allentown, PA, and the KSOM of USC Street Medicine in Los Angeles, CA.
In 2017, Mr. Feldman and LVHN hosted the 13th Annual International Street Medicine Symposium in Allentown, PA. He is a winner of the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants Humanitarian of the Year Award, Penn State University Alumni Service Award, and the Lehigh Valley Healthcare Hero Award.
Brett J. Feldman, MSPAS, PA-C, is the Director of Street Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) of USC and serves as the Vice Chair of the International Street Medicine Institute.
He has practiced homeless medicine since 2007 and founded three programs including the DeSales University Free Clinic, Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) Street Medicine in Allentown, PA, and the KSOM of USC Street Medicine in Los Angeles, CA.
In 2017, Mr. Feldman and LVHN hosted the 13th Annual International Street Medicine Symposium in Allentown, PA.
He is a winner of the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants Humanitarian of the Year Award, Penn State University Alumni Service Award and the Lehigh Valley Healthcare Hero Award.
His work has been featured in the BBC, Washington Post, CNN, the Associated Press and Telemundo.
A PBS documentary featuring Brett and the street medicine program which he founded, Close to Home: Street Medicine, won an Emmy award in 2018.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Video Transcripts
California Insider
Doctor Explains Why Los Angeles’ Homeless Deaths Are On the Rise | Brett Feldman
- Driver License
- If I steal your ID, I can sell it for $250 on the streets
- The very thing you need to access health care, can be stolen
- That steal, stills your access to health care
Learning in the Open 