How can people be a better bystander to open discrimination? How Adverse Childhood Experiences help doctors understand the behavior of a patient and help them to overcome childhood trauma? What is a trauma-informed approach to healthcare?
In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Stan Sonu, a double board-certified physician in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine. Stan recounts a personal incident of COVID-related racism and explains three powerful ways white people can be better by-standers to discrimination. He also discusses Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and how childhood trauma can affect patients’ emotional and physical health into adulthood.
Dr. Stan Sonu is an assistant professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine. He also serves as an associate program director for the Emory Internal Medicine Residency program. Dr. Sonu obtained his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia, completed his residency in combined internal medicine/pediatrics at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, and did a fellowship at the Cook County Preventive Medicine and Public Health Program, during which he also obtained an MPH at Northwestern University. His research interests include addressing and preventing adverse childhood experiences and integration of trauma-informed care in clinical practice.
Check out his TedTalk: https://tinyurl.com/yxpz7e5j
Learn more about Resilient Georgia: https://www.resilientga.org/
Contact Dr. Stan: stansonu@gmail.com
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