Beyond the White Coat

The history of medicine is filled with amazing scientific discoveries and remarkable innovation, but the profession is also haunted by a history of structural oppression and exclusionary practices that act as barriers for people of color. This history influences the policies, practices, and procedures that govern how physicians are trained in the United States today. In this episode of “Beyond the...

Academic medicine is taking a hard look at its role in the long-standing systemic and institutional racism that Black Americans have faced when engaging with teaching hospitals, medical schools, and research programs — an experience that historically has fostered distrust of medicine and health care within the Black community. David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Lonnie G. Bunc...

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the health disparities in America’s communities of color in such dramatic fashion that racism is now seen as a public health emergency. In the season finale of “Beyond the White Coat,” David Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, and Malika Fair, MD,  MPH, senior director of health equity partnerships and programs at the AAMC, discuss what forces are driving the d...

In this two-part episode series, David Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) about how health care policy will change for patients, the research community, and the workforce in the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Episode Guest: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)  serves as Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Hum...

In this two-part episode, David Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) about how health care policy will change for patients, the research community, and the workforce in the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Episode Guest: Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) is an advocate for women’s rights, civil rights, increased access to health care...

In this week’s episode of “Beyond the White Coat,” David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH, senior associate dean for well-being and resilience and chief wellness officer at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, about how we can care for ourselves, and others, in the era of COVID-19. Episode Guest: Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH  is Professor of Medicine, Med...

On this week’s episode of “Beyond the White Coat,” David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about the NIH’s newly announced RADx initiative, the importance of public-private partnerships, the important of basic research, and more. Episode Guest: Francis Collins, MD , PhD, is the 16th Director of the Nati...

America’s medical schools and teaching hospitals, and their dedicated teams of physicians, nurses, and scientists, and other health care professionals have been at the forefront of addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Their selflessness and bravery have been truly awe-inspiring as they’ve worked tirelessly to save lives. And yet, this pandemic has laid bare so many fault lines in our health care syst...

AAMC Chief Scientific Officer Ross McKinney, Jr., MD, and Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP, director of the Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, join AAMC President and CEO David Skorton, MD, in this engaging podcast discussion that explores the emerging clinical guidelines that inform rationing of care and equipment and the inherent challenges of balancing bioet...