(December 3, 2008 - Insidermedicine) Welcome to Insidermedicine In the Clinic, where we bring you advice on clinical skills from some of the world's best doctors, giving you the inside track on knowledge gleaned from years of medical experience.

On a recent trip to Atlanta we caught up with Dr. Venkat Narayan (MD, MSc, MBA) who is the Hubert Professor of Global Health & Epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. His research centers on public health aspects of diabetes and chronic diseases. Until recently he led the Diabetes Epidemiology and Statistics Branch at the Centers for Disease Control, prior to which he was also a visiting scientist at the National Institutes of Health.