Black History Month: Recognizing the Black DOs I looked up to during my medical training

By The DO Staff

02.09.23

As a Black male in osteopathic medicine, finding mentorship from those that look like you can be challenging. However, Black doctors such as AOA Past President William Anderson, DO, and Deandre Dyer, DO, serve as examples to underrepresented minorities in medicine as they live their truth and push boundaries. A 2021 UCLA study about historical trends of Black doctors in America found that the proportion of Black physicians in the United States has increased by only 5% over the past 120 years, and that the share of Black male doctors remains unchanged since 1940.

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