Expanding the System, Not Just the Title
Discover how Dr. Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson, Dr. Dolores Cooper Shockley, and Dr. Harold P. Freeman transformed healthcare systems through licensing reform, research leadership, and patient navigation.
Redefining Surgical Leadership
Dr. Myra Adele Logan and Dr. Helen Octavia Dickens reshaped medicine through surgical excellence, prevention strategies, and mentorship that opened doors for future leaders.
Building Access Where None Existed
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams and Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward did more than practice medicine. They built institutions that expanded healthcare access, professional training, and leadership opportunities for Black communities.
Who Can Afford Experience?
I used to routinely avoid group dinners in graduate school. Not because I didn’t want to be there, but because I already knew I had not brought enough money to comfortably cover my part of a shared tab. When everyone else ordered freely, I was doing math in my head. Eventually, it was easier to […]
Medical Transportation and Medicaid: What Patients Need to Know About MAS
Healthcare is more than doctors, tests, procedures, and prescriptions. It is also about getting to care. For many people with Medicaid, Medical Answering Service, or MAS, is the way that happens. Yet most patients never hear about MAS until they absolutely need it. My goal with this post is to explain what MAS is, how […]
AI, Trust, and Bias in Cancer Care: The Future We Build Depends on Who We Listen To
AI is becoming embedded in cancer care – imaging, pathology, risk prediction, clinical trial matching, patient triage, and even how we communicate complex information. As we are about to kickoff a series on AI an the Black Communitiy, let me say this upfront: I’m not anti-AI. I’m anti-inequitable AI. Because if we’re not careful, AI […]
Skin Cancer
Blinded Studies
Endometrial Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer in Elderly Population
Discover how pancreatic cancer affects the elderly population and why older adults are less likely to seek treatment. This infographic by SCHEQ explores key risk factors, healthcare inequities, and the urgent need to improve support and health literacy for seniors facing pancreatic cancer.