Over 200 people attended the Black Men in White Coats youth summit on Oct. 29, an event organized and hosted by Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School and the School of Public Health. The free public event included a full day of events, workshops, forums and presentations intended to introduce kids and families to careers in health and medicine and offer opportunities for mentorship and networking.
Dr. Dioscaris Garcia, an assistant professor of orthopaedics (research) at the medical school who works in orthopaedic trauma research at Rhode Island Hospital, talked to the kids about growing up in Central Falls.