Dr. Vanessa Grubbs (she/her/hers)
@thenephrologist.bsky.social
Founder & President, Black Doc Village, Inc| Director, Adult Medicine, Baywell Health|Kidney Donor|Author
Where is medical residency training a safe place (as opposed to a toxic environment to survive) to learn for everyone? Outside the US examples expected. #medicaltraining #healthcare #physicianworkforce
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Where is medical residency training a safe place (as opposed to a toxic environment to survive) to learn for everyone? Outside the US examples expected. #medicaltraining #healthcare #physicianworkforce
My new book is out! Available in paperback & audio. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775840...
Negligent by Design by Vanessa Grubbs, MD: 9798889842354 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A searing critique of medical racism and a powerful call for health-care professionals to make real change in their field, written by a leading activist and doctor Unequal access to care. Misdiagnosi...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My new book is out! Available in paperback & audio. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775840...
Healing needs to start from within. In the face of a severe physician shortage & stark racial health disparities, Black resident physicians are disproportionately fired from resident training programs for reasons their White peers are not. #BlackDocsBelong
Starting off: Physician, Heal Thy Health Care System
The new president of the American Medical Association spent 25 years practicing in Flint, Mich., and survived brain cancer. He draws from those experiences to talk about access to care, physician burnout, and more.
@chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social
The new president of the American Medical Association spent 25 years practicing in Flint, Mich., and survived brain cancer. He draws from those experiences to talk about access to care, physician burnout, and more.
@chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Healing needs to start from within. In the face of a severe physician shortage & stark racial health disparities, Black resident physicians are disproportionately fired from resident training programs for reasons their White peers are not. #BlackDocsBelong
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“When [systemic barriers to health care access] combine with more restrictive vaccine guidelines,” Blackstock said, “it becomes even harder for Black Americans to get boosters and worsens existing health disparities.”
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COVID Hits Black Americans Harder. New Vaccine Limits Increase the Risk
Regulatory disorder at the CDC leaves it unclear who will be eligible for the shots and whether the vaccine will be free.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“When [systemic barriers to health care access] combine with more restrictive vaccine guidelines,” Blackstock said, “it becomes even harder for Black Americans to get boosters and worsens existing health disparities.”
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AI shouldn’t be in charge of determining who gets care and who doesn’t.
CMS’s WISeR plan would add algorithmic prior authorization to Traditional Medicare, risking delays and denials.
Tell Congress: stop WISeR, require transparency and human clinical judgment!
actionnetwork.org/letters/ai-m...
CMS’s WISeR plan would add algorithmic prior authorization to Traditional Medicare, risking delays and denials.
Tell Congress: stop WISeR, require transparency and human clinical judgment!
actionnetwork.org/letters/ai-m...
AI shouldn't decide who gets healthcare.
Allowing AI programs to deny people the care that they need is wrong, and it’s an insult to retired and disabled Americans who deserve the best of care from doctors and nurses. We will not allow this ...
actionnetwork.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
AI shouldn’t be in charge of determining who gets care and who doesn’t.
CMS’s WISeR plan would add algorithmic prior authorization to Traditional Medicare, risking delays and denials.
Tell Congress: stop WISeR, require transparency and human clinical judgment!
actionnetwork.org/letters/ai-m...
CMS’s WISeR plan would add algorithmic prior authorization to Traditional Medicare, risking delays and denials.
Tell Congress: stop WISeR, require transparency and human clinical judgment!
actionnetwork.org/letters/ai-m...
Can’t think of a better way to debut on this app than with the announcement of my new book, #NEGLIGENT_BY_DESIGN, endorsed by THE #AngelaDavis, #UchéBlackstock, #DorothyRoberts
Available TODAY! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775840...
#racialdisparities #medicine #writing
Available TODAY! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775840...
#racialdisparities #medicine #writing
September 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Can’t think of a better way to debut on this app than with the announcement of my new book, #NEGLIGENT_BY_DESIGN, endorsed by THE #AngelaDavis, #UchéBlackstock, #DorothyRoberts
Available TODAY! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775840...
#racialdisparities #medicine #writing
Available TODAY! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775840...
#racialdisparities #medicine #writing