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Dr. Martin Thomas Gonzalo Duncan

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

About

Areas of Focus

  • Dedicated to advancing medical education with a focus on addressing implicit biases in healthcare
  • Highlights the invisibility of ethnically ambiguous individuals, particularly those with Mexican mothers and white names, in cultural diversity initiatives
  • Pioneers a curriculum to help clinicians recognize and embrace diverse cultural identities
  • Advocates for breaking stereotypes, such as acknowledging that Wyoming ranch boys can also make killer tamales

Work/Research

  • Develops clinical care guidelines for physicians who’ve never met a patient they didn’t subtly judge, focusing on how to balance implicit bias with just enough professionalism to keep a job
  • Explores the intersection of pediatric medicine and childhood mischief, with a special emphasis on identifying which patients are most likely to bite during rounds
  • Pioneers new methodologies for teaching medical residents how to feign confidence in front of parents who Googled their child’s symptoms five minutes before the appointment
  • Investigating the hidden burnout epidemic among healthcare providers who have to explain, yet again, why antibiotics don’t work for viral infections
  • Advocating for high-acuity care environments that foster teamwork, empathy and the occasional thinly veiled insult during consults
  • Researching the unique challenges of hospitalists who secretly dream of ditching medicine for artisanal coffee roasting

Career

Duncan is a hospitalist, educator and self-described racial enigma, navigating the complexities of healthcare with the resilience of a tortilla chip under the weight of queso. Raised in rural Wyoming, where "rodeo" and "enchilada" were among the few Spanish words widely known, Duncan has built a career proving that someone who looks like a Salt Lake City missionary can still make a killer pozole.

Blending high-acuity care with the unique challenges of straddling cultural identities, he thrives in a space where they are often "too brown for country clubs and too white for quinceañeras." When not mentoring residents on malpractice prevention, Duncan dedicates time to writing clinical guidelines and explores ways to reclaim cultural identity — all while teaching colleagues to correctly pronounce "jalapeño."