Heidi Carpenter

May 1, 2024 | visiblemagazine.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown |Heidi Carpenter

On April 30, 2023, I received a text from my close friend from medical school, Heidi Carpenter: George Washington University Hospital (GWUH) residents successfully unionized in a landslide vote of 253-16. A first-year Obstetrics and Gynecology resident at the time, she (and others) strained under low salaries and systems-level changes out of their control.