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Dr. A.J. Layon Disrupting the Healthcare System and Becoming a “Reluctant Whistleblower”!
I had the pleasure of once again interviewing Dr. A. Joseph Layon, MD, FACP. He is a renowned physician, author, speaker, and professor of Anesthesiology at The University of Central Florida, College of Medicine Orlando, FL Intensivist — ICC/HCA Ocala, Florida.
Layon is an intensive care physician trained at Grossmont College, the University of California, San Diego, and UC, Davis.
Today Dr. Layon specializes in internal medicine, anesthesiology, critical care and neurocritical care. Dr. Layon has functioned as a clinician, educator, investigator, division and department chair, Faculty Senate Chairman. He was present at the beginning of the three major pandemics of our era — HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and SARS-CoV-2, he presently cares for ill fellow humans with these and other critical illnesses.
Q: Dr. Layon, what inspired you to pursue a healthcare career?
A: I come from a relatively short line of political activists who immigrated to the United States from what is, today, Lebanon.
