Globetrotting for health care equality
Q&A with Dr. Mark Ryan
About 33.2 percent of all legal and non-legal immigrants did not have health insurance compared to 12.7 percent of native-born Americans, according to a study by the Center for Immigration Studies in 2007. One VCU professor and alumnus is striving to improve statistics like these.
Dr. Mark Ryan, 34, is the assistant clinical professor for the Department of Family Medicine in the VCU Health System. He works to provide health care to underprivileged populations and teaches medical students. For his efforts in the field, Ryan received a service award from the Medical Society of Virginia Foundation last semester.
Ryan’s crusade for improved affordable health care is not being fought alone.
