Trending NOW: Rethinking Rural Medicine: Building Physician Pipelines Through Academic Partnerships

S4E1: What's Trending NOW is rethinking rural medicine by building physician pipelines through academic partnerships. On this episode Shahid is joined by Dr. Sherri Morgan, Chief Administrative Officer for the Morehouse School of Medicine Regional Medical Campus at Phoebe Putney Health System in Albany, Georgia. Rural healthcare across the US faces a growing crisis: physician shortages, hospital closures, and persistent health inequities. But innovation doesn't always require new technologies or billion-dollar infrastructure investments. Dr. Morgan shares how a groundbreaking academic–clinical partnership is expanding physician training opportunities, strengthening community engagement, and addressing healthcare workforce shortages in rural communities.