{"id":50109,"date":"2018-01-31T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=50109"},"modified":"2018-01-31T09:21:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:21:27","slug":"2008-boonshoft-school-of-medicine-graduate-kyle-horton-running-for-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/01\/31\/2008-boonshoft-school-of-medicine-graduate-kyle-horton-running-for-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 Boonshoft School of Medicine graduate Kyle Horton running for Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kyle Horton is competing in the Democratic primary in North Carolina\u2019s Congressional 7th District.<\/p><\/div>\n

After years practicing internal medicine at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Virginia, Kyle Horton \u201908, M.D., began to see how the health care system was failing veterans. Armed with a business degree earned through the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine\u2019s Physician Leadership Development Program<\/a>, she decided to run for Congress to try and fix the system.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw patients harmed or nearly harmed by extended wait times, missed cancer screenings or inaccurate diagnoses,\u201d said Horton, who is campaigning to represent North Carolina\u2019s 7th District, which stretches from Wilmington and the South Carolina border to the south Raleigh suburbs. \u201cEmpathizing with the struggles of these patients harmed by a system, I wanted to help ensure that we don\u2019t repeat the same mistakes from the Vietnam era in the care of future generations of veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of that desire sprang from Horton\u2019s upbringing in a family with a long history of service in the United States Armed Forces. It was strengthened during her time training medical residents and providing care to veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/p>\n

Her experiences led her to advocate for veterans\u2019 health care and mental health. Horton contributed to the passage of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act and has worked on other initiatives important to veterans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve also been working on policy solutions to advance opiate safety for veterans, prevent suicide in female veterans and address toxic burn pit exposure for young veterans, which is like the Agent Orange for many who served in the Middle East,\u201d said Horton, who is running as a Democrat.<\/p>\n

She also wanted to stay politically engaged and address medicine holistically to try and improve the existing U.S. health care system overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn truth, now, I feel the most pride that I\u2019m fulfilling the Hippocratic Oath of any point in my career,\u201d Horton said. \u201cI\u2019m fighting every day to protect Americans\u2019 access to life-saving care.\u201d<\/p>\n

She suggests that medical students have a frank conversation with themselves about the desires they have for their future careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never know how you\u2019re going to use earned knowledge and experience in your life,\u201d Horton said. \u201cI never knew I would feel called to get involved in this way, but having the dual backgrounds in business and medicine put me in a position to make a genuine difference in policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

She is running in the May 8 primary election. If she secures the Democrat nomination, she will likely face incumbent Rep. David Rouzer, a Republican, in the general election on Nov. 6, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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