Dr. Haitham Hussein

Yeah. Can I use a word that he told me once? He actually was giving us a lecture at the university. And he said, just give me whatever you're going to give the white guy. Yeah. That was the... Yeah, yeah, yeah. So part of it... He believed that, or maybe that's in their mind. We don't. There's this mistrust.

Yeah. Can I use a word that he told me once? He actually was giving us a lecture at the university. And he said, just give me whatever you're going to give the white guy. Yeah. That was the... Yeah, yeah, yeah. So part of it... He believed that, or maybe that's in their mind. We don't. There's this mistrust.

Yeah, yeah, I totally hear you. And I think it isn't like there is black medicine and white medicine. There is attention to details. There is being, you know, providing high quality care. There is spending, you know, enough time to really understand what the struggles are. And, you know, you can...

Yeah, yeah, I totally hear you. And I think it isn't like there is black medicine and white medicine. There is attention to details. There is being, you know, providing high quality care. There is spending, you know, enough time to really understand what the struggles are. And, you know, you can...

You can imagine if Joe Biden's cousin or something goes to the hospital versus one of our cousins go to the hospital. There is more attention and there's more time that maybe because of power. But there is also this perceived, at least.

You can imagine if Joe Biden's cousin or something goes to the hospital versus one of our cousins go to the hospital. There is more attention and there's more time that maybe because of power. But there is also this perceived, at least.

feeling among the minority communities that they are not being given the same quality of care, the same attention, the same understanding of their struggles as white patients. There's no way that we can ignore that or run away from that.

feeling among the minority communities that they are not being given the same quality of care, the same attention, the same understanding of their struggles as white patients. There's no way that we can ignore that or run away from that.

Well, if I may interject to explain to the listeners, the study that we're talking about is a stroke prevention study. The stroke that Tony had was caused by a disease called intracranial atherosclerosis, severe narrowing of the arteries inside the head. And we do not have a good treatment for this condition. The risk of recurrence is about 23% in the first year.

Well, if I may interject to explain to the listeners, the study that we're talking about is a stroke prevention study. The stroke that Tony had was caused by a disease called intracranial atherosclerosis, severe narrowing of the arteries inside the head. And we do not have a good treatment for this condition. The risk of recurrence is about 23% in the first year.

So a quarter of our patients are going to have another stroke. And this condition is more prevalent in non-white races, Black, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Asian populations. So we are very much interested in bringing into the, and this is a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, the NIH. It's not by like a drug company or anything.

So a quarter of our patients are going to have another stroke. And this condition is more prevalent in non-white races, Black, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Asian populations. So we are very much interested in bringing into the, and this is a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, the NIH. It's not by like a drug company or anything.

And we want to study our Black patients and our Asian patients. And so I think my colleague's enthusiasm about Tony coming back is that first, the study offers what we think is kind of cutting edge medicine in terms of stroke prevention. So there is a chance that he will be on a combination of drugs that will in the future be shown to be superior.

And we want to study our Black patients and our Asian patients. And so I think my colleague's enthusiasm about Tony coming back is that first, the study offers what we think is kind of cutting edge medicine in terms of stroke prevention. So there is a chance that he will be on a combination of drugs that will in the future be shown to be superior.

And second, that he is part of the community that we are desperately want to understand. And so being a participant in the study really is a great service to the African-American community in general. And I acknowledge that it was just not the right moment to bring it up. And my colleague, as many other doctors really, are not very well versed with the psyche of the minority groups.

And second, that he is part of the community that we are desperately want to understand. And so being a participant in the study really is a great service to the African-American community in general. And I acknowledge that it was just not the right moment to bring it up. And my colleague, as many other doctors really, are not very well versed with the psyche of the minority groups.

And that's why I brought Tony to our meetings and he taught us A very important lesson, he said that you cannot ignore the elephant in the room. What happened to us over the decades and hundreds of years cannot be ignored. He cannot say I'm blind to color and I'm just going to treat everybody the same. No, you have to understand that there is this difference.

And that's why I brought Tony to our meetings and he taught us A very important lesson, he said that you cannot ignore the elephant in the room. What happened to us over the decades and hundreds of years cannot be ignored. He cannot say I'm blind to color and I'm just going to treat everybody the same. No, you have to understand that there is this difference.

trust gap and you have to acknowledge it and you have to work on fixing it and building that bridge i agree i can tell you that uh chris my friend and colleague used that technique after after tony gave that lecture and it worked and he was delighted and i i told you tony right yep yep yeah he shared that that's that it has to be we have to respect the history

trust gap and you have to acknowledge it and you have to work on fixing it and building that bridge i agree i can tell you that uh chris my friend and colleague used that technique after after tony gave that lecture and it worked and he was delighted and i i told you tony right yep yep yeah he shared that that's that it has to be we have to respect the history