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Martha Alicia Medrano, MD — education (teaching), psychiatry (child and adolescent)

Courtesy Martha Alicia Medrano, MD, MPH

Dr. Martha Medrano (b. 1954) is a pioneer in medical education who wants to be remembered for her efforts to make medical students more culturally competent. She describes herself as a “community psychiatrist“ and is involved in Redes En Acción (Networks in Action), a network that assembles organizations nationwide in a major initiative to foster cancer prevention, training, and research among Hispanic populations.

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