Anti-Black sentiments decrease the number of underrepresented minorities working in medicine, resulting in poorer outcomes for underrepresented minority patients. It’s time for medical educators, administrators, and hospital leadership to utilize their power in the right way.
Author: Katrina Gipson
Katrina Gipson is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. She is the founding program director of the Health Policy Fellowship at Emory and a public voices fellow of The OpEd Project and AcademyHealth.