Racism and Residency: A Trainee’s Take on AAPI Advocacy
In this episode, Dan and Isobel talk with Dr. Amy Zhang about her experience with anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander racism as a resident physician. Dr. Zhang is an anesthesiology resident physician at the University of Washington, president of the Resident and Fellow Physician Union Northwest, and a fierce advocate for anti-racism in medicine. She discusses personal experience, how positive change can be made, and what trainees can do to take action.
Content warning: This episode contains explicit language.
Dr. Amy Zhang - President of the Resident and Fellow Physician Union Northwest and anesthesiology resident physician.
Hosts: Isobel Rosenthal and Dan Arteaga
Guest: Dr. Amy Zhang
Production: Lauren Tronick
Engineering: Tommy Bazarian
Theme Music by R.O. Shapiro and Micah Motenko