Writings
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Mental health is part of physical health. Why isn’t it treated as such?
AAMC
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The Case for Black Doctors
New York Times
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Medical Schools Have Historically Been Wrong on Race
New York Times
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A Story of Mothers and Daughters, Race and Medicine
New York Times
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Ben Carson inspired a generation of black doctors. Now we don’t know what to make of his second act.
The Washington Post
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Opinion: The heated battle over when to commit a patient involuntarily to psychiatric care
The Washington Post
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Opinion: A family’s and a nation’s struggle with mental illness
The Washington Post
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Now the whole country knows the UMBC I love
The Washington Post
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Race and Health — A Persistent American Dilemma
The New England Journal of Medicine
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A Perfect Match
JAMA Network
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Bridging The Death Gap
Health Affairs
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Physicians Are People, Too
Health Affairs
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The past is never fully past: A case for DEI in medical education
AAMC
Books by Damon
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Facing the Unseen
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Black Man in a White Coat