Dr. Vanessa Grubbs (she/her/hers)

Dr. Vanessa Grubbs (she/her/hers)

@thenephrologist.bsky.social

Founder & President, Black Doc Village, Inc| Director, Adult Medicine, Baywell Health|Kidney Donor|Author

22 Followers 11 Following 4 Posts Joined Jun 2025
4 months ago

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

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4 months ago
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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...

My new book is out! Available in paperback & audio. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775840...

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4 months ago

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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6 months ago
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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.

“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.”

capitalbnews.org/cdc-covid-va...

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6 months ago
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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 ...

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...

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6 months ago
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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

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