Hugh Blumenfeld MD PhD is a family physician and an Associate Professor at UConn’s School of Medicine. In addition to full-scope practice embracing everything from obstetrics and pediatrics to palliative and hospice care, he teaches medical students at all levels and supervises family medicine residents in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He has been a core faculty member of CT/AHEC’s Urban Service Track since 2010, creating much of its interprofessional curriculum. A former English professor and Connecticut State Troubadour, his research interests are primary care psychiatry, social determinants of health and ethics-vs-evidence-based medicine.