Monya De, MD MPH is an alumna of Stanford University. She graduated with distinction from UC-Irvine School of Medicine and was named the nation's top medical student in the communication of science by the American Medical Association.

Her interests include health policy, technology, and media. She has been a reporter for the ABC News Medical Unit, a commentator for the television show "Hopkins," and a script consultant for shows including Harry's Law, The Ghost Whisperer, Brothers and Sisters, House, and The Firm. She practices wellness-focused internal medicine in Los Angeles.

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HIPAA was designed to protect what’s called “protected health information.” But a rising chorus say the law has been too widely applied and now poses serious barriers to health information for doctors, patients and journalists alike.