1.0Department of Medicinehttps://www.med.unc.edu/medicineKim Morrishttps://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/news/author/kcmorris/Featured Physician: Rimma Osipov, MD, PhD | Department of Medicinerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fLgQtAShn6"><a href="https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/news/featured-physician-rimma-osipov-md-phd/">Featured Physician: Rimma Osipov, MD, PhD</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/news/featured-physician-rimma-osipov-md-phd/embed/#?secret=fLgQtAShn6" width="600" height="338" title="“Featured Physician: Rimma Osipov, MD, PhD” — Department of Medicine" data-secret="fLgQtAShn6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/wp-content/uploads/sites/945/2015/07/Osipov-731x1024.jpg7311024Dr. Osipov says the most rewarding part of her work is the time she spends with patients. She also says new understandings about obesity and diabetes are exciting. "We are moving beyond seeing these conditions as individual moral failings and realizing that they are imbedded in every aspect of life, from the molecular to the cellular to the systemic and the social," she said.