FALL 2026 ISSUE

The Importance of Medical Philanthropy

By Rebecca E Barchas, MD, DLFAPA

One year after publishing a 2025 paper on stigma, “Electroconvulsive Therapy Highlights the Urgency of Addressing Medical Stigma,” Rebecca E. Barchas, MD, DLFAPA, once again is published in The Lancet Regional Health–Americas with a 2026 paper, “Doctors Paying Forward,” Volume 61; 101552.

The paper was written to inspire much needed medical educational/research philanthropy and to remind us all that we can make more of a difference than we might ever imagine when we actively support the causes that matter most to us. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(26)00182-1/fulltext

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