I have worked in private practice, academia, military medicine, and in austere low-resource settings. I am associate professor of neurology and medicine at New York Medical College (NYMC), where I am
This past weekend, I watched with great pride as Dr. Claudine Gay gave her inaugural address as Harvard University’s 30president. She became the first person of color and the second woman to hold this post.
Throughout her speech, Dr. Gay stressed the importance of asking why. She indicated that “we should love truth enough to ask why” and that “the goal of why is not comfort. It is knowledge. Knowledge is what transforms lives. Knowledge is our purpose.” She then transitioned to asking a series of “why not” questions, which she indicated is necessary to improve the world.opened fire inside the Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Haiti's 350-bed teaching hospital.
Haiti has struggled for centuries, having been colonized, enslaved, and won its independence from France on January 1, 1804 through the world’s first successful revolution of enslaved people. But even after gaining independence, the country has continued to struggle through numerous occupations by foreign governments, bloody dictatorships, coup d'états, and natural disasters including the 2010 earthquake.
I do hope that Dr. Gay will use what influence she has as the president of Harvard University to ensure that Harvard leads the way in helping places like Haiti and Rwanda get better health care and take the measures that are needed to eliminate health inequities here in America. I also hope that Dr.
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