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Trainee Stories

The First (Black) Fellow
Rebekah Fenton, Adolescent Medicine

Gaslighting of Black medical trainees makes residency something to ‘survive’
Shenelle Wilson, Urology

Why I Left Boston Residency Program
Jonas Attilus, Internal Medicine

Black Doctors Matter
Tulane 7, Medicine-Pediatrics

Misogynoir
Analiz Rodriguez, Neurosurgery

Commentaries on Racism in Medicine

Racism in Academic Medicine Is Hindering Progress Toward Health Equity
Vanessa Grubbs, Nephrologist & Founder of Black Doc Village

Prominent Black doctor talks about resignation from Seattle Children’s, citing racism
Ben Danielson, Pediatrics

One of Us
Ray Givens, Cardiology

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion That Matter
Vanessa Grubbs, Nephrologist & Founder of Black Doc Village

Attendings Suing for Discrimination

U.S. Medical Schools Are Struggling to Overcome Centuries of Racism in Health Care
Aysha Khoury, Internal Medicine
Derrick Morton, Biological Sciences

Lawsuit alleges Sutter Health targets minority doctors to ‘keep them in line’
Omondi Nyong’o, Pediatric Ophthalmology
Stephen Noble, Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Local doctor suing Wellstar over racial discrimination; attorneys say it’s part of a bigger issue
Dare Adewumi, Neurosurgery

‘No glass ceiling’: Tulane Doctor files lawsuit against medical school
Princess Dennar, Medicine-Pediatrics

BDV in the News

Some Black physicians say they were pushed out of hospitals due to racial discrimination in medical workforce
Amanda Su, GMA

It’s an epidemic the health care industry is still trying to cure — its own racism
Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle

‘It was stolen from me’: Black doctors are forced out of training programs at far higher rates than white residents
Usha Lee McFarling, STAT
PART II
What will it take to level the playing field for Black residents?

Dr. Grubbs speaks to the lawsuit
against Sutter Health by Dr. Omondi Nyong’o.
NBC Bay Area News

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