Hello! On behalf of Atria Health and as part of my work at Beutler Ink, I am submitting a series of COI edit requests in an attempt to improve this biography from a Wikipedia perspective. I've disclosed my COI at the top of this page and on my profile. I've saved an expanded and updated draft here, which I will be referencing in my requests. I'll be submitting requests to propose changes bit by bit, but wanted to share the full draft for transparency. To start, I'd like to suggest expanding the Education section to also include a summary of the subject's early life. Here's proposed text for a first paragraph in the expanded Early life and education section:
- Poland's father was a career officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. Poland became interested in medicine at the age of four, when his finger was severed by a closing door and reattached. He and his mother and siblings were in Hawaii at the time, as his father was stationed there. In his youth, Poland had a chemistry set, learned how to make gunpowder for launching rockets, dissected small animals, and studied his own blood under a microscope.[1] During high school, he was a janitor at a medical building, where he borrowed medical texts and reagents from physicians.[1]
My goal for this request is to expand the biography with missing information about his early life. I don't think any of the claims are particularly contentious and I've highlighted this text in the draft in green if the context is helpful.
If editors agree this is an improvement, could someone update the article on my behalf? I generally avoid editing the main space because of my COI. Thanks in advance for any help! Inkian Jason (talk) 18:53, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
