Nearly six months ago, while studying for USMLE Step 1, I visited one of my go-to online forums during a study break: a discussion board dedicated to Black doctors and trainees. I learned about a recent publication in the Journal of Neurology that caused significant outrage not only within this…

In 1984, on Ralph Northam’s yearbook page at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), appeared two men dressed respectively in Blackface and in a Ku Klux Klan hood. It is unclear whether these were Halloween costumes or a real life insight into what parody “Black Culture Parties” might have been like…

Last week, an old tweet from the California Department of Corrections resurfaced. “Today, more than 2,000 volunteer inmate firefighters, including 58 youth offenders, are battling wildfire flames throughout CA. Inmate firefighters serve a vital role, clearing thick brush down to bare soil to stop the fire’s spread. #CarrFire #FergusonFire #MendocinoComplex” …

A week after the 2016 election, I rushed to Yale Law School after class to hear one of America’s most prominent health policy experts, Dr. X, give a talk on the transformation of health care. I knew, given the political climate, he would speak on the future of the Affordable…

Being a medical student on clerkships often feels like performing on a stage while wearing a straitjacket. …

“Why didn’t I apply to NYU?” is the first thought that went through my mind when New York University School of Medicine announced last week that it will make medical school tuition-free for all incoming and returning students. I was excited for my peers 2 hours south on interstate 95…

Recently… Recently, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, one of Harvard Medical School’s teaching hospitals, made the decision to disperse portraits of past white male luminaries to help foster a more diverse environment. To my excitement, this came a few weeks after, but likely unrelated to, my Letter to the Editor, published…

“Are you a left-sider or a right-sider?” my classmate asked with a puzzled look during an end-of-the-year dinner among first-year medical students. I was confused. He repeated himself then answered. “Do you sit on the left or the right side in class … that’s right; you sit on the right.”…

I started medical school 3 years after graduating from Howard University. A Historical Black College and University, Howard is located at the nexus of Ledroit park, Columbia heights, Bloomingdale, Shaw and Cardozo: all neighborhoods that carry a large significance in Chocolate city, and even nationally. U Street-Cardozo and the Howard…