Their city is diverse, but the medical scene isn't. They're trying to change that.
During his medical school interview season in 2016, Korry Wirth's mother died.
He started school at the University of Rochester's Medical Center in New York, thinking he could push through the grief.
Wirth was wrong.
“I don’t want to say I fell on my face," said Wirth, now graduated from medical school, "but I struggled quite a bit just emotionally, mentally."
At the same time, a trio of women doctors – Gina Cuyler, Linda Clark and Nana Duffey – were laying the groundwork for the Black Physicians Network of Greater Rochester, an organization whose mission is to "reduce health disparities and improve the health of the community by increasing the number of black physicians." Wirth learned about the network through a student association soon after.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/health/2021/08/25/black-hispanic-doctors-of-color-support-rochester-new-york/8254830002/
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I debated where to put this article and decided just to throw it out for general discussion. And incidentally, I used to work with a Black female doctor who told us one day that she had a standing hair appointment at 2 pm every Wednesday, but she told the other docs (98% male) that she had a standing tee time because "they don't understand hair appointments, but golf, they get."
