Our Mission
Eliminating health disparities by increasing diversity in medicine
Increasing the pipeline of minority clinicians,
Making the pipeline of minority clinicians less leaky and
Supporting minority clinicians in practice
Undergraduate pre-med and pre-health students photographed at the 7th Annual Diversity in Medicine Conference “Building the Black Doctor Factory.”
Our Team
What began as a request to help recruit minority physicians to speak on a panel at Franklin & Marshall College, has blossomed into an important initiative. Dr. Cherise Hamblin, Franklin & Marshall College alumna, Dr. Sharee Livingston, OBGYN Department Chair and Dr. Wendy Goodall McDonald, known on social media as Dr. Every Woman, have come together to formalize Patients R Waiting.
Founder and President
Cherise Hamblin , MD
Founding Board Member
Sharee Livingston, DO
Founding Board Member
Wendy McDonald, MD
Director of Pipeline Programs
Karisa Augustine
Director of Community Programs
Sabrina Torres, CD
Importance of PRW
Health Equity is when everyone has the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
Health Disparities are differences in health outcomes and their causes among groups of people.
Example: African American children are more likely to die from asthma compared to non-Hispanic White children.
Document by the CDC, Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities.