Rachel S. Bercovitz, MD, MS, is an associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; medical director at the Hemophilia Treatment Center and an attending physician at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; and co-director of the Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplant Fellowship Program.
Some Medical Examiners Say Sickle Cell Trait Causes Sudden Death—They’re Wrong
The genetic factor that contributed most to the deaths of 47 Black men in police custody was the color of their skin, not the contents of their red blood cells