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Dr. Bill Begg is the vice president of medical affairs at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, and an emergency medicine physician at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. [1] Previously, he was vice chairman of emergency medicine at Danbury Hospital. [2] Dr. Begg is best known for his activism in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting on December 14, 2012. [3]
Dr. Begg focuses on addressing gun control as a public health issue, [4] and has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee [5] on such issues. [6] He was profiled in the feature film Newtown (2016), [7] as well as PBS short film We Are All Newtown (2017). [8]
Dr. Begg is also known for saving lives while running. In 2007, near a race course in his hometown of Newtown, Connecticut, Begg performed CPR on a runner who had fallen during the race. A few months later a man collapsed 100 yards in front of him at the Ridgefield Half Marathon. Dr. Begg performed CPR, which was credited for saving the man's life. [9] Dr. Begg has also finished several Ironman triathlons with his family. [10]
Dr. Begg was instrumental in informing "Impossible Operation"—an initiative by gun-safety organization Change the Ref designed to call attention to the medical side of gun violence. [11]
Begg graduated from New York Medical College in 1989 and did his internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. [12]
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Dr. Bill Begg is the vice president of medical affairs at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, and an emergency medicine physician at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. [1] Previously, he was vice chairman of emergency medicine at Danbury Hospital. [2] Dr. Begg is best known for his activism in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting on December 14, 2012. [3]
Dr. Begg focuses on addressing gun control as a public health issue, [4] and has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee [5] on such issues. [6] He was profiled in the feature film Newtown (2016), [7] as well as PBS short film We Are All Newtown (2017). [8]
Dr. Begg is also known for saving lives while running. In 2007, near a race course in his hometown of Newtown, Connecticut, Begg performed CPR on a runner who had fallen during the race. A few months later a man collapsed 100 yards in front of him at the Ridgefield Half Marathon. Dr. Begg performed CPR, which was credited for saving the man's life. [9] Dr. Begg has also finished several Ironman triathlons with his family. [10]
Dr. Begg was instrumental in informing "Impossible Operation"—an initiative by gun-safety organization Change the Ref designed to call attention to the medical side of gun violence. [11]
Begg graduated from New York Medical College in 1989 and did his internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. [12]
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bill begg ironman.