According to recent figures, there are only 500 Black Hematologist/Oncologist in America. If you've listened to the show before, you know that our most powerful tool to Curing The Culture is more Black healthcare providers in EVERY aspect of healthcare. This week we are discussing an important topic, Multiple Myeloma - a rare type of cancer that develops in "white blood cells called a plasma cells. Healthy plasma cells help you fight infections by making antibodies. In multiple myeloma, cancerous plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood cells. Rather than produce helpful antibodies, the cancer cells produce abnormal proteins that can cause complications. To discuss this topic, I am interviewing  Hematologist / Oncologist. Dr. Daphanie D. Taylor. In this conversation, we discuss her career and 14 year journey in medicine, the shortage of Black Hematologists/Oncologist, and everything about Multiple Myeloma from symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. We hope that this podcast episode provides insight into the disease that black people are 2 x's more likely to develop and helps to dispel any myths you may have heard.

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