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Dear Shonda Rhimes: Can you make primary care as sexy as ‘Grey’s Anatomy’?

"Grey's Anatomy" makes emergency care sexy. It would be boost for medicine if series creator Shonda Rhimes could do the same thing for primary care.

Dear Shonda Rhimes, the brilliant mind behind my favorite television show,

We need to talk about “Grey’s Anatomy.”

I’m a fan. A really, really big fan. The kind of fan who — in the last 48 hours — rewatched all of last season’s episodes to prepare for Thursday’s season premiere, and who has blocked off every Thursday night this fall to get lost in the drama at Grey Sloan Memorial.

We all have our vices,

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