by Sam Aptekar | Jul 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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... 
by Sam Aptekar | Feb 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
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 close look at disease and suffering would lead most of us to the same conclusion: our natural... 
