I am a physician, a family medicine specialist with a focus on total health, diversity, and Washington, DC.
In 2007, I decided to relocate to our nation’s capital, from Seattle, Washington, to further my interests while continuing to live in the future. I believe in open leadership, sharing, and freedom from conflict of interest.
More detail, including my official bio, is on the Portfolio page.
It’s glass 3/4 full. Always and in all ways.
Comments always welcome. Feel free to connect via social media, links below.
Thanks for publishing my photo @DCist. As the article says and as we live in the most inclusive city in the world, monuments like this don’t seem compatible with this century (which we also love living in). Fortunately we are surrounded by a selection of other monuments that celebrate a world learning to love better. …
Thanks for publishing my photos, @Popville, from the capital of a world learning to ❤️better. Source: Photos: D.C. Comes Out In Full Force In Support of Charlottesville and Heather Heyer | PoPville You can see the rest of the photos here.
Thanks for publishing my photo, @DCist. Washington, DC, as the most inclusive city in the world, is the capital a world learning to ♥️ better. For the second night in a row. Source: Another Protest Planned Tonight Outside The White House: DCist You can see the rest of the photos from this vigil here.
Thanks for using my photo, Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) in this story about a far-fetched, yet real situation playing out in Houston, Texas, involving disregard of the law of the land around marriage equality. Love Always Wins. I enjoy seeing the way this photograph (the most viewed photograph in my collection in 10 years) has been …
Thank you, Colchester Pride (@ColchesterPride) for using two of my photos to adorn the web site for your first ever pride event, happening on August 19, 2017! Source: Colchester Pride – About Us – Colchester pride Sat 19 August 2017 The photograph is of rainbow flag displays on 17th Street, NW, in Washington, DC, during …
Thanks for publishing my photo, Law Street Media (@LawStreetMedia) in this article written by Anneliese Mahoney (@amahoney8672), which I will let speak for itself. The photograph is of a recent gathering in front of the White House regarding the service of transgender humans in the American Military. Relevant to the photo, and from the physician/health …
Thank you to the Wanderful (@sheswanderful) travel blog for women for using photographs of two Washington, DC (or in one case Northern Virginia) women I really admire, Bianca Rey (@BiancaRey) and SaVanna Wanzer. They do first-in-the-nation things, because this is the place where the future is born, the capital of a world learning to love …
Thanks you, Jewish newspaper The Algemeiner (@Algemeiner) for publishing my photo of a Tel-Aviv street at night. What’s interesting about this street is that it’s in front of the Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv, a time and place every evening when heritage and the future mix. You can see the rest of the photos from …
Thanks (again) for using one of my photographs, DC Policy Center (@DCPolicyCenter), in this analysis of heat islands. I admit, I am very partial to urban environments. However, the analysis shows that less vegetation also carries with it health risks: The photograph, by the way, was taken during the summer in Georgetown, when I was …
“But morning is where you earn your carbs” – said the flight attendant when I declined the processed shortbread. At least the knowledge that a high-carbohydrate diet is not-so-great is changing… I started this blog post before I attended Low Carb San Diego (@LowCarbUSA), and I’m finishing it as I’m leaving. First, some facts about …
I just returned from Low Carb San Diego, continuing my education in optimal nutrition, which for physicians is still very much a DIY process, with huge implications for our nation’s health. See my blog post: Adventures at Low Carb San Diego
I’m continuing to understand the impact of #TransVisbility in our society or the lack thereof (and in the process changing it, it’s what my generation of physicians does)
I thank that National Museum of African American History and Culture for their twitter dialogue with me about LGBTQ visibility. Responsiveness like this in the era of social media is wonderful.
My first real Washington, DC experience (or Bethesda adjacent…) was as a medical student at the National Library of Medicine informatics clerkship. During that time I taught myself perl programming (see comment about liking computers) and created a mini-expert system for preventive care services. I probably have the code for that project around here somewhere. This experience is responsible for bringing me, emotionally and ultimately physically, to Washington, DC, and I’ve never left.
It’s a special privilege to know the current Director, Patti Brennan, RN, PhD (@NLMDirector) and all of the ways she has championed a world learning to love better through her research and leadership.
The dream I had many years ago of a new generation of leaders shaping our society is coming true. That’s what I’m thinking about now.
Is there anything I should be doing that I’m not? Feel free to let me know in the comments.
by family medicine specialist colleague Mike Moreno, MD