by Sam Aptekar | Oct 22, 2019 | Climate Change, Health Disparities
Authored by Phuoc Le, M.D. and Sam Aptekar In the last fifteen years, we have witnessed dozens of natural disasters affecting our most vulnerable patients, from post-hurricane victims in Haiti to drought and famine refugees in Malawi. The vast majority of these... 
by Sam Aptekar | Jul 19, 2019 | Health Disparities, Healthcare
Authored by Phuoc Le, M.D. and Sam Aptekar “Kijan ou ye? How are you?” I asked my patient, a fifty-five year-old Haitian-American woman living in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It was 2008. I had been her primary care doctor for two years and was working with her to... 
by Sam Aptekar | Apr 27, 2019 | Health Disparities, Healthcare, Race and Health
Part of a series on the structural determinants of health disparities affecting the most underserved communities. Authored by Phuoc Le, MD and Sam Aptekar Fifteen years ago, as a medical student, I learned a terrifying lesson about blindly using race-based medicine. I... 
by Sam Aptekar | Apr 1, 2019 | Healthcare
Part of a series on the structural determinants of health disparities affecting the most underserved communities. Authored by Phuoc Le, MD and Sam Aptekar A friend of mine told me the other day, “We’ve seen our insured patient population go from 15% to 70% in... 
by Sam Aptekar | Mar 13, 2019 | Native American Health
Part of a series on the structural determinants of health disparities affecting the most underserved communities. Authored by Phuoc Le, MD and Sam Aptekar Most will be surprised to learn that American Indians and Alaska Natives represent the only populations in... 
