blackstock. internal medicine, study of the kidneys and geriatrics, a specialty in medicine where you care for older people. after hartford -- harvard she trained at a hospital and worked in the same neighborhood she grew up in, central brooklyn, taking care of family, friends and neighbors. host: you say she chose it for a reason, what was that? dr. blackstone: she chose neurology because it is one of the most challenging specialties, the kidney is a challenging organ. the other is because within black communities there is a high burden of chronic kidney disease and that is the results of systemic racism. diabetes, high blood pressure leads to kidney disease and what we see is lack of access to health care and healthy food, lack of access to culturally responsive care and other determinants are the reason we see higher kidney disease within our community and my mother worked at a hospital in a neighborhood with the highest kidney disease rates in the country. host: you write and legacy quote i b

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