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Jeffrey Fraser

Jeffrey Fraser

Jeffrey Fraser graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a biology degree in 1983 and received a medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1987. He was a surgery resident at New York University before shifting to family practice for family reasons. He currently works for the federal government as a public health analyst/adviser.

COMMENTARY

Nebraska needs to heal, not punish, physicians with addictions

By: - November 30, 2022

The stigma of addiction is alive and destructive in the state of Nebraska.  I am an addict in recovery, and I am a physician. In Nebraska, that is a bad combination because there is a system in place that can destroy careers. The Nebraska Board of Medicine and our legal system aggressively work to punish […]