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Naming What Medicine Gets Wrong About Blackness — and Building What Comes Next

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Screenshot of a research article webpage showing titles related to kidney treatment and disparities in healthcare, including author names, abstracts, and publication details.

Physician Researcher

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Expert Witness

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Two books, one titled 'Negligent by Design' with a black cover and a medical cross symbol, and the other titled 'Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers' with a photo of hands clasped together, placed on a gray surface.

Author

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Black Doc Village logo with a stylized black barber pole and the words 'Black Doc Village' on a gray background.

Founder

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Bay Area Book Festival | 2026

“To know better is to do better” TedxSanFrancisco | 2017

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Available for keynotes, panels, and workshops on medicine, race, and policy.

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