Inequity in Medicine Impacts Everyone

Jennifer VillwockDr. Villwock is an assistant professor of  otolaryngology–head and neck surgery in the division of rhinology and skull base surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. She is also a member of the ENTtoday editorial advisory board.

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