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People of Campbell Medicine Eddie McCray, Class of 2022 Edwin (Eddie) McCray, Class of 2022, has been accepted as a research fellow for clinical neurosurgery at Duke University. He is taking a gap year between his 3rd and 4th year of medical school to complete the fellowship and to get a Master’s in Healthcare Administration. Student Doctor McCray's research is mostly related to spinal cancer or other types of cancer that have metastasized and spread to the spine and various factors that may lead to disparities in outcomes. TELL US ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH: We’re looking at multiple myeloma, which is a type of cancer that often presents itself in the spine. That [type of cancer] is normally treated with chemotherapy or radiation, but if that’s not working over time you’re prone to your spine collapsing because the bone is becoming damaged. You would have to have surgery get rods and screws put in to stabilize your spine. Looking at the outcomes after those surgeries, there’s actually a lot of disparities based on gender, race, insurance status – whether you have private insurance, Medicaid or no insurance. We look at the data and use statistical analysis to determine if there’s a difference between the subgroups. This allows you to be aware of how you may have some type of intrinsic bias that you’re not aware of that is causing you to treat one group of people different than others. Sometimes it’s not something you’re doing – so, is there something in the system? This allows you to try and mitigate those issues to try and have equal outcomes. TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF:
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Eddie and his wife, Chelsea McCray. 2 FALL 2020 | AUGUST - OC TOBER
I’m a North Carolina native, the oldest of 3 children, and married to first-year Campbell medical student, Chelsea McCray. I am interested in neurosurgery, particularly in spinal deformity and trauma. Outside of school most of my free time is consumed with gardening and entrepreneurship.
