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Dr. Paul Farmeris the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard and an attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Farmer helped found the international health organization "Partners in Health" (PIH) in 1987. Farmer has been the driving force that has grown PIH from its small base in Cange on the central plateau of Haiti, into a worldwide health organization that not only treats some of the poorest people on earth but has changed the ways in which poor people with AIDS are treated.

Farmer has published more than 200 articles, chapters, and books. He has won multiple honors, including a MacArthur genius grant. Aside from his hospital in Haiti, which is free to all patients, and his work in Boston, Farmer sees patients regularly in Russia, Rwanda, and Lima, Peru. Dr. Farmer is a believer in what is known by Catholic theologians as the "Preferential Option for the Poor". His practice in Haiti, Peru, and Russia have their basis in ethnographic analysis and real world practicality. A revolutionary man and doctor of and for the poor. "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World" by Tracy Kidder details Farmer's work in Haiti, Peru and Russia.

Dr. Farmer graduated summa cum laude from Duke with a degree in anthropology. He then received a combined MD and PhD in anthropology from Harvard.

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+'''Dr. Paul Farmer'''is the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at [[Harvard]] and an attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
-'''Dr. Paul Farmer''', born in [[1959]], graduated from [[Duke University]], got his [[medicine|Medical]] degree from [[Harvard University]], and is a founding member of the international health organization "[[Partners in Health]]" (PIH).  The group treats 1,000 patients daily for free in the Haitian countryside. The group also works to cure drug-resistant tuberculosis among prisoners in Siberia and in the slums of Lima, Peru.  Farmer has published more than 200 works, articles and journal entries. He has a doctoral degree from Harvard is in medical [[anthropology]], but he has received numerous honorary degrees as well as being an active practitioner in a hospital which he started in Cange, [[Haiti]], a village in the Haitain Central Plateau.  Aside from his hospital in Haiti, which is free to all patients, PIH also has offices and does work in [[Russia]], [[Rwanda]], [[Lima, Peru]] and is continually growing.  Dr. Farmer is a believer in what is known by [[Catholic]] theologians as the "[[Preferential Option for the Poor]]".  His practice in Haiti, Peru, and Russia have their basis in ethnographic analysis and real world practicality.  A revolutionary man and doctor of and for the poor.
+Farmer helped found the international health organization "[[Partners in Health]]" (PIH) in 1987. Farmer has been the driving force that has grown PIH from its small base in Cange on the central plateau of [[Haiti]], into a worldwide health organization that not only treats some of the poorest people on earth but has changed the ways in which poor people with AIDS are treated.
+Farmer has published more than 200 articles, chapters, and books. He has won multiple honors, including a [[MacArthur]] [[genius]] grant. Aside from his hospital in Haiti, which is free to all patients, and his work in Boston, Farmer sees patients regularly in [[Russia]], [[Rwanda]], and [[Lima, Peru]].  Dr. Farmer is a believer in what is known by [[Catholic]] theologians as the "[[Preferential Option for the Poor]]".  His practice in Haiti, Peru, and Russia have their basis in ethnographic analysis and real world practicality.  A revolutionary man and doctor of and for the poor.
 "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World" by Tracy Kidder details Farmer's work in Haiti, Peru and Russia.
+Dr. Farmer graduated summa cum laude from [[Duke]] with a degree in anthropology. He then received a combined MD and PhD in anthropology from  [[Harvard]].
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