Underrepresented In Medicine Episodes

Dr. Glenn Wakam is a 5th year general surgery resident at the University of Michigan. Prior to this he attended Princeton University for his undergraduate degree where he played football for the Tigers . He then attended the...

Annie Hoang is a medical student at the University of California San Francisco and is from Jersey City and will also be receiving her MPH at Harvard. She was born to Amerasian parents who came to the US under the …

Dr. Ortega talks to us a little bit about his background and the importance of diversity and mentorship in medicine especially for those underrepresented in medicine. He is a Brooklyn native, born to immigrant parents from th...

Rising second year medical student Lala Forrest, a member of the Pit River Tribe, discusses her journey to medical school. She is an advocate for her community and has raised awareness for the lack of American Indian-Alaska N...

Dr. Minerva Romero Arenas, MD, MPH, is an Endocrine/ General Surgeon and faculty member at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. In this episode Dr. Minerva Romero shares her story of going into medicine and surgery. She...

Brooklyn native Sotonye Douglas discusses her journey to medical school and overcoming failure.

Retired United States Army Lt. General Nadja West was the 44th U.S. Army Surgeon General and former commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Command. Please Join me as Lt. General West shares her story and gives us advice ...