{"id":67574,"date":"2024-05-30T09:53:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=67574"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:53:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:53:10","slug":"dr-fernando-diaz-health-disparities-spanish-speaking-cancer-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/dr-fernando-diaz-health-disparities-spanish-speaking-cancer-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Fernando Diaz Focuses on Health Disparities Among Spanish-speaking Cancer Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5151\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 203px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5151 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1287\/2023\/07\/FernandoDiaz-239x300.png\" alt=\"Fernando-Diaz\" width=\"193\" height=\"242\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Fernando Diaz, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While working in a primary care setting during his medical residency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unchealth.org\/care-services\/doctors\/d\/fernando-c-diaz-md\">Dr. Fernando Diaz<\/a> observed a striking disparity. He was seeing many older patients with advanced-stage cancer diagnoses. And many of them were Spanish-speaking, foreign-born, and uninsured. As the child of immigrants, Dr. Diaz says, \u201cI saw my family in those patients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Dr. Diaz is a fellow in both geriatric medicine and geriatric oncology at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/\">UNC<\/a>. His research explores the ways that social determinants of health (SDOH) affect people\u2019s well-being. Recently, he was endowed with a grant from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conquer.org\/\">the ASCO Foundation<\/a> to help him identify and address these disparities.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Cancer Conquers, Dr. Diaz spoke more about how his Hispanic and Latino patients inspired him, the current reality for these patients, and how this situation informs his research approach. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conquer.org\/cancer-research\/meet-researchers\/fernando-diaz-md?utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_content=launch060321&amp;utm_source=socialmedia&amp;utm_campaign=ACC21video\">Read the full interview to learn more about Dr. Fernando Diaz and his research.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While working in a primary care setting during his medical residency, Dr. Fernando Diaz observed a striking disparity. He was seeing many older patients with advanced-stage cancer diagnoses. And many of them were Spanish-speaking, foreign-born, and uninsured. 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