Voices: My son died by suicide while in his medical residency. We must work together to create a health care system that values its caregivers.
By pushing for change, we can ensure that his life sparks a transformation that saves others.
(Lisa West) William Ballantyne West Jr. was in his third year of surgical ophthalmology residency at George Washington University when he died by suicide. His mother, Lisa West, writes in an op-ed for The Salt Lake Tribune that “we owe it to those who care for us to make sure they’re cared for, too.”