About BDV
Our Why
Black people have the worst health outcomes overall.
Ndugga N., Hill L., & Artiga S. (2025). Key data on health and health care by race and ethnicity. Kaiser Family Foundation. https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/key-data-on-health-and-health-care-by-race-and-ethnicity/
Black doctors get better health outcomes for Black patients.
Snyder JE, Upton RD, Hassett TC, et al. Black Representation in the Primary Care Physician Workforce and Its Association With Population Life Expectancy and Mortality Rates in the US. JAMA Open 2023
Black people prefer Black doctors, but struggle to find them. This is why.
Gonzalez D, Nelson T & Smedley B (2025). https://www.urban.org/research/publication/racially-minoritized-patients-can-benefit-racially-concordant-providers?
Our Approach to Reimagining Residency Training
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Research
We produce and translate evidence that exposes how disciplinary systems disproportionately dismiss Black resident physicians—grounded in rigor, lived experience, and clarity.
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Policy Advocacy
We use research to advance policy reforms within institutions, accrediting bodies, and governing systems—moving beyond recommendations to enforceable change.
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Institutional Accountability
We push for transparent, bias-aware disciplinary processes that hold medical institutions accountable and strengthen the physician pipeline.
*Please note that BDV does not provide direct legal or personal assistance to doctors facing dismissal.
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