This week on The Doctor’s Farmacy I’m joined by Dr. Charles Modlin, Dr. Leonor Osorio, and Tawny Jones. Throughout our conversation, we address the cascading effects of racism, prejudice, stereotyping, and unconscious bias on minority health.
Unfortunately, this is a historic problem, with injustices like the Tuskegee syphilis experiment that started in the 1930s leading to a deep mistrust of the medical system that still lingers in the Black community. Of course, that’s only one of many examples of social injustice in the system.
Dr. Charles Modlin is a Kidney Transplant Surgeon, Urologist, Executive Director of Minority Health, and the Cleveland Clinic Physician Lead for Public Health. He founded and directs Cleveland Clinic’s Minority Men’s Health Center (MMHC) and in 2003 established Cleveland Clinic’s Annual Minority Men’s Health Fair.
Dr. Leonor Osorio has been on staff at Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital practicing Internal medicine since 2001. She was instrumental in the opening of the Lutheran Hospital Hispanic Clinic, which connects patients to Spanish speaking physicians.
Tawny Jones is an accomplished Administrator at the Cleveland Clinic. For 19 years, she has served as a well-respected leader, managing patient concentric care initiatives. She leads clinical operations at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine.
