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Academic Programs Aim to Close Diversity Gap in Medicine
Blacks and Latinos make up more than 30 percent of the U.S. population, but only 10.3 percent of medical school graduates, a number that...
Jun 17, 20205 min read


Communicating with Your Primary Care Physician
Your grandmother probably remembers how the doctor used to make house calls, or how she could go into the office and talk to him (and in...
Jun 17, 20204 min read


Discrimination in America’s Health System
A patient of mine recently shared a story with me about her visit to an area emergency room a few years ago.* She had a painful medical...
Jun 17, 20203 min read


Having a Black Doctor Led Black Men to Receive More Effective Care
In the U.S., racial and ethnic minorities have higher rates of chronic disease, obesity, and premature death than white people. Black...
Jun 17, 20208 min read


How to Select Your Doctor
The health care system is getting increasingly more impersonal so you will have to take charge of your own health structure. Here are...
Jun 17, 20201 min read
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