Health Diversity Perspective

• Medicine Must Dismantle Racism With Academic Rigor Pediatrician Patricia Poitevien says she experienced race and gender discrimination in both her training and later career. Now she is careful to ensure her advisees know that possibilities abound.
  Medscape Pediatrics, July 13, 2020
• The Convergence of COVID-19 and Structural Racism   Emergency physicians Robert Glatter, Megan Ranney, and Ali Raja discuss the second surge of the pandemic, structural racism, PPE grassroots initiatives, and why emergency planning needs to be rethought.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, July 01, 2020
• I Am Part of the Problem In seeking to serve a racially proportionate population, psychiatrist Dr Dinah Miller acknowledges that medical practices that do not support racially balanced access to care are part of the problem.
  Medscape Psychiatry, June 24, 2020
• Why Are Minority Populations More at Risk for COVID-19?   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Utibe Essien about the disproportionate effects that COVID-19 has on minority populations and what the healthcare system can do.
  WebMD, June 15, 2020
• How Does the Digital Divide in the US Compromise Healthcare?   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick about access to technology and broadband internet in underserved communities, and whether telemedicine can help improve those gaps.
  WebMD, June 10, 2020
• The Fallout From George Floyd's Death: A Conversation On Race Dr Lorenzo Norris, in the latest edition of the MDedge Psychcast, talks with psychiatry resident Brandon Newsome about race relations as a physician in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
  Medscape Psychiatry, June 10, 2020
• 'A Fuse Has Been Lit': Dr Jerome Adams on Racism and Civil Unrest   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with US Surgeon General Jerome Adams about racism, social justice, health disparities, and their impact on vulnerable communities.
  WebMD, June 05, 2020
• Why Do Men and Women React Differently to COVID-19?   We're trying to understand why men are more vulnerable to COVID-19 and how we can use that information to improve outcomes.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, June 03, 2020
• Positive Strides in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Increased Options for Advanced Disease   Experts report on developments that could extend progression-free survival and improve quality of life for women with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.
  Medscape TV, May 27, 2020
• A Quick Summary of the COVID-19 Literature Who can keep up with the explosion of papers on SARS-CoV-2? Two Boston-based HIV Fellows have done four biweekly deep dives into the COVID-19 literature. Read their highlights to date.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, May 18, 2020
• An Update From the Frontlines, With Dr Esther Choo   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Esther Choo about what's going on on the frontlines, the status of the PPE shortage, and how the reopening of society should be handled.
  WebMD, May 13, 2020
• The Element of Surprise: COVID-19 Unveiled a Tale of Two Americas Two black physicians and health equity researchers argue that the pandemic is unfolding exactly as expected.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, May 08, 2020
• A New Perspective After COVID: 'It's Time to Raise the Bar'   Dr John Whyte talks with Michael Dowling of Northwell Health and Bob Brisco of WebMD about how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a new perspective on healthcare. 'We can do more,' says Dowling.
  WebMD, April 29, 2020
• Confronting the HIV Epidemic   Infectious disease experts from UNC Chapel Hill have developed innovative methods to engage young minority men, the fastest-growing HIV-positive population, in the prevention and treatment of HIV.
  Medscape TV, April 28, 2020
• Positive Strides in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Neoadjuvant Advances   Experts discuss standard therapy for early TNBC, the newly approved neoadjuvant immunotherapy regimen, and the option to de-escalate therapy in select patients.
  Medscape TV, April 24, 2020
• Pandemic: 'Another Earthquake' Exposing Health Inequities   Bob Harrington asks Michelle Albert why mortality rates are so high in minority communities, and whether COVID-19 will lead to meaningful changes in health and social inequities.
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 23, 2020
• What Is the Intersection Between COVID-19 and Cardiac Disease?   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Clyde Yancy about emerging evidence on underlying cardiovascular disease and later complications related to COVID-19.
  WebMD, April 16, 2020
• Is Patient Race Important -- Or Just Convenient?   Every clinical presentation begins with the patient's age, race, and gender. But what does race really tell us?
  Medscape, March 18, 2020
• Treating Peanut Allergy: Insights From an Insider Why all the hype about oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy? Dr Jonathan Spergel, an investigator in the clinical trials, shares his insights.
  CHOP Expert Commentary, March 02, 2020
• Hostile Culture 'Makes Worse Doctors'   A new study 'brings the numbers ' about the mistreatment of medical trainees.
  Medscape, February 26, 2020