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As chief quality officer of the University of Florida College of Medicine鈥檚 Equal Access Clinic, noticed something as he and fellow medical students would treat patients in clinic.

They diagnosed hypertension. They wrote prescriptions. When patients left, though, mystery followed. Wegman, then a second-year M.D.-Ph.D. student, wondered if patients stayed healthy or if their medication helped ailments. To find out, he recruited three undergraduate interns to start calling patients, making follow-ups a part of protocol.

Wegman, was one of 20 medical students, residents and young physicians in the country who recently received the 2013 Medical Student Leadership Award from the American Medical Association. He is now in his third year of the M.D.-Ph.D. program and a doctoral candidate in the department ofin the and the

His decision to follow-up with patients led Wegman to found the 网红黑料 Outreach Quality Improvement program, or HOQI, a partnership with the Equal Access and UF Mobile Outreach clinics. He uses systematic data collection from HOQI鈥檚 11 clinics to teach 55 undergraduate volunteers who their patients are and what barriers they face when seeking care.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e uninsured, typically marginalized by society,鈥� Wegman said. 鈥淚 work with students to show them how to be responsive to patients 鈥� not addressing medical needs, but social needs.鈥�

Wegman, who was named a National Quality Scholar by the American College of Medical Quality, serves as a board member for the local nonprofit Southwest Advocacy Group, or SWAG. SWAG provides educational and quality of life resources to the underserved 32607 zip code.

鈥淚t鈥檚 more than just a center,鈥� Wegman said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a group of residents, local advocates and community partners who all come together to serve a region in Gainesville that has a concentrated social and health disparity.鈥�

Wegman also is conducting a sub-study on the $9.9 million Texas Wellness Incentives and Navigation grant with , chairwoman of the department of health outcomes and policy. The project tests whether increasing access to wellness services improves the health of patients who already have health problems.He鈥檚 looking at responses to hypertension drugs as well for his predoctoral fellowship, a one- to two-year fellowship that provides junior trainees the opportunity to develop a career in multidisciplinary clinical and translational research.

鈥淭here鈥檚 no bit of me that is not translational,鈥� Wegman said. 鈥淚 get challenged because many of my other colleagues are more biomedically focused, so that keeps me grounded.鈥�

Even with a slew of accomplishments and titles, Wegman approaches each project with individual attention. He doesn鈥檛 believe in multitasking or balancing work. It鈥檚 pure enthusiasm that drives him.

鈥淚 get up every morning excited for it all,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat keeps me moving through.鈥�