Richard Besser, MD, who recently became president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, talks in a Q&A about his work as a pediatrician, the importance of helping the public understand issues by telling people’s stories, and his thoughts on a Culture of Health. In a video on the RWJF Facebook page, he makes it clear he is open to ideas. Besser was acting director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and the chief health and medical editor at ABC News.

Photo copyright 2012 Peter Murphy. Courtesy of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.