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New ‘Top Docs’ features Congressional candidate Dr. Rich McCormick
The latest edition of the Medical Association of Georgia’s (MAG) ‘Top Docs’ show features Richard “Rich” McCormick, M.D., M.B.A., who MAG is endorsing as a candidate for Georgia’s 7th Congressional District – which includes large portions of Gwinnett and Forsyth counties.  
Dr. McCormick is a MAG member, an emergency medicine physician at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, and a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy – having served as an officer and a helicopter pilot in combat zones in Africa, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan. 
Dr. McCormick discusses…
His background and experience 
– Why he decided to run for Congress
– The nation’s biggest health care challenges
– His views on socialized medicine
– How to improve the care veterans receive at V.A. hospitals
– The action that can be taken to reduce prescription drug costs
– His efforts to reduce opioid abuse when he was in the military
– What federal lawmakers can do to reduce opioid addiction and misuse
– His goals and priorities beyond health care
– Why should people vote for him
– How people can get involved and support his campaign 
As a Marine, Dr. McCormick was an officer instructor who flew helicopters and taught at Georgia Tech and Morehouse College. When he was in the Navy, Dr. McCormick earned the rank of commander and served as the department head for the Emergency Medicine Department in Afghanistan. He has a degree from the Morehouse School of Medicine, where he was elected student body president. Dr. McCormick completed a residency through Emory while he was in training at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. It is also worth noting that he has an M.B.A. from National University in California.
The primary election will take place on June 9.
Between downloads and live listeners, ‘Top Docs’ has now reached more than one million listeners and viewers – which includes people in all 50 states and more than 80 countries. MAG has won two awards for the show, including an American Association of Medical Society Executives Profiles of Excellence Award and a Health Information Resource Center Digital Health Award.
‘Top Docs’ is supported with a grant from Alliant Health Solutions in memory of Tom Williams, its former CEO.
In addition to the video recordings that are available on Facebook, ‘Top Docs’ is available as a podcast on AppleGoogleSpotifyStitcher, and iHeart Radio
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The views of the guests who appear on ‘Top Docs’ are theirs and aren’t necessarily consistent with MAG’s policies or positions. Contact Tom Kornegay at tkornegay@mag.org with questions about MAG’s ‘Top Docs’ show.
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