Rachel Villanueva, president of the National Medical Association, which represents Black doctors. “Too many of us are worried about retaliation, what happens when you say something," said Dr. Biases, conscious or not, can become magnified in the fiercely competitive hospital environment, they say, and the underrepresentation of Black doctors can discourage them from speaking up.
His lawyers and other advocates say he's not alone, that Black doctors across the country commonly experience discrimination, ranging from microaggressions to career-threatening disciplinary actions. Willy Joseph Cancel, 22, died Monday while working for a military contracting company that sent him to Ukraine, his mother, Rebecca Cabrera, told CNN. Marine who died last week was believed to be the first American citizen killed while fighting in Ukraine. "So, I’m just trying to do everything I can to make sure I can help others not go through what I went through,” he said Saturday during an interview conducted through a messaging platform.Ī former U.S. Ryan Knauss, died in a suicide bombing at Kabul. pullout from Afghanistan, particularly after a close friend, Staff Sgt. But Jozefowicz said he felt helpless watching from the United States last year during the U.S.
Jozefowicz now heads a group called Task Force Yankee, which he said has placed more than 190 volunteers in combat slots and other roles while delivering nearly 15,000 first aid kits, helping relocate more than 80 families and helping deliver dozens of pallets of food and medical supplies to the southern and eastern fronts of the war.
An Army veteran, he said he couldn't help but join American volunteers seeking to help Ukrainians in their fight. Harrison Jozefowicz quit his job as a Chicago police officer and headed overseas soon after Russia invaded Ukraine.