Expert Opinions

One thing I will say is that the fact that I’m here as a physician, the fact that our work at Duke, right there was a time when Black people could not go to Duke for school and could not be faculty there. So that by itself, the fact that I’m here, and I went to...

Transcript: I often do what I say, is double talk where I will use the technical medical language, but then I’ll follow it up with more of a layman’s talk. So therefore, I don’t assume whether you know it or not. And so I just make sure that I’m talking in a manner that everyone...

Transcript: Hi, everyone. I’m Isaretta Riley. I am an assistant professor in the division of pulmonary allergy and critical care at Duke University School of Medicine. I am the Vice Chief of diversity, equity and inclusion. And I’m also the co director for the community engagement and dissemination Corps, which is part of our Health...

Transcript: I think that one of the issues with gun violence in America is that there’s too much access to guns. And I think what happens is mental illness is not really paid attention to as much as it should be by the medical profession, because I think insurance and access is a big issue....

Transcript: I think that when we discuss clinical trials, it’s important because that’s how we advance medicine. Unfortunately, what is combated with underrepresented minorities is that there’s a level of distrust because we have proven that in American history, that when we had that opportunity to really help someone, especially our population, there was abuse...

Transcript: My name is Deborah Dorsett. I am board-certified in emergency medicine and I practice in the Detroit area. I have practiced at large faculty academic institutions such as Henry Ford, Detroit as well as Detroit Receiving, as well as in smaller communities and rural communities throughout Michigan. In my populations, it’s generally been more...

My name is Dr. Roger A Mitchell Jr. I’m a forensic pathologist. I’ve been practicing for nearly 20 years. I’ve been inspired because I found that there was a disparity in violence within the communities that I served. I was a forensic pathologist for the FBI got exposed to forensic medicine while I was in...

There should be a course, just on diabetic foot infections. Since diabetes is affecting the feet more than any other part of the body, we need to be able to correlate that as far as we’re dealing with diabetes, and what can happen as far as for eyesight, loss of vision, what can happen with...

Transcript: My name is Adonteng Kwakye. I am now in Nashville, Tennessee. My specialty is interventional radiology. I did my medical training at the Medical University of South Carolina, did Radiology at the University of Kentucky, and did my fellowship at the prestigious Mount Sinai in New York City. I think it’s unavoidable in medicine,...