CHICAGO—Kevin Wake understands all too well the disparities in healthcare that prevail in the United States, especially for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
Those inequities almost killed him, he told attendees at the AMCP 2022 annual meeting.
While living in Chicago, Mr. Wake had his first cerebral infarction related to SCD. The event was a “silent” stroke that affected the part of his brain controlling speech. Strokes, manifesting as both cognitive