![]() In this interview, she shares her story - from the suburbs of Cleveland ("crazy Dave" drew her to medicine) to leading the field (GI has only 1% African American women). She's a Board Member of United Digestive and Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA). One of the most qualified people in our industry to understand this important topic is Dr. It'll affect private practice GI - for sure. Whether we recognize it or not, diversity and inclusion affects all of gastroenterology. It's already apparent that social determinants of health (SDH) influence health outcomes. Patients and future physicians will gravitate toward a more inclusive medical practice. GI physician community is quite imbalanced in terms of race. The drugs we have don't work for all demographics. In a data driven world, it'll become acutely obvious that our system is broken in terms of racial disparity. ![]()
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