Why is skin disease often misdiagnosed and untreated in Black patients?
For most of history, medical students studying dermatology have been shown pictures of diseases on white skin only, leading to vast inequities in how Black and brown people are treated for skin disorders.
- For most of history, medical students studying dermatology have been shown pictures of diseases on white skin only, leading to vast inequities in how Black and brown people are treated for skin disorders.
- He founded AHS' dermatology division in 2020 and focuses on diseases that more commonly affect Black and Latinx populations.
- Clark was in residency training when he noticed Black patients coming in with treatable diseases – sometimes covering 90 percent of their skin – that had gone untreated and undiagnosed.
- "Someone who's not familiar with what that looks like in Black skin may say, 'Oh this is mild,'" Clark said.