Overview

• Pernell warned on CNN that chronic venous insufficiency can progress to deep vein thrombosis and cause ulcers if left untreated.
• Her career shifted immediately after a Johns Hopkins preventive medicine residency into diversity, equity, and inclusion roles with no record of patient care.
• She now leads the NAACP’s Center for Health Equity after drafting her former Newark hospital’s first equity and inclusion strategy.
• Pernell serves as an apostle at the Bet Hashem YHWH church whose leader has labeled Trump the “antichrist,” prompting questions about bias.
• White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated there is no evidence of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease in the president’s diagnosis.