Black Doctors
Wednesday, July 23 2008
by Frank Stasio and Katy Barron
Charles Drew, Photo: mclibrary.duke.edu
Last week, the American Medical Association apologized for its long history of racial discrimination. For more than a century, the AMA implicitly excluded black doctors from its ranks. And during the Civil Rights era, the group failed to champion efforts to end segregated health care. The effects of discrimination in organized medicine have been long-lasting. Today, black doctors are underrepresented in health care professions and health disparities among minority populations are widening. Joining host Frank Stasio to talk about this complex history and its legacy today are: East Carolina University Medical Historian Todd Savitt; Author Spencie Love; Doctor Gloria Frelix, president of the Old North State Medical Society; and, Doctor Paul Cunningham, incoming Dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine.
