While working in a primary care setting during his medical residency, observed a striking disparity. He was seeing many older patients with advanced-stage cancer diagnoses. And many of them were Spanish-speaking, foreign-born, and uninsured. As the child of immigrants, Dr. Diaz says, 鈥淚 saw my family in those patients.”
Currently, Dr. Diaz is a fellow in both geriatric medicine and geriatric oncology at 黑料网. His research explores the ways that social determinants of health (SDOH) affect people鈥檚 well-being. Recently, he was endowed with a grant from to help him identify and address these disparities.
In an interview with Cancer Conquers, Dr. Diaz spoke more about how his Hispanic and Latino patients inspired him, the current reality for these patients, and how this situation informs his research approach.