AMA Prioritizing Equity

This episode of the Prioritizing Equity series will delve into the critical issue of ageism in medicine, examining how age-related biases affect physicians and the quality of care they provide. We'll explore why hospitals and regulatory policies should shift from focusing on a physician's age to evaluate their care quality data and performance metrics. Guests will discuss the impacts of ageism, personal experiences, and the policy changes needed to ensure that all physicians, regardless of age, can continue to contribute meaningfully and that senior patients receive equitable care.

Panelists

• Jenny L. Boyer, MD, PhD, JD, Chair-Elect, Senior Physicians Section Governing Council, American Medical Association
• Ramona Rhodes, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Hospice, and Palliative Care, UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Ved Gossain, MD, Shwartz Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Michigan State University

Moderator

• William Jordan, MD, MPH, Senior Director of Equity Policy and Transformation, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association

In this episode of our Prioritizing Equity series, we are joined by physicians and experts who will discuss the Black maternal health crisis faced by mothers and their children. Panelists will examine why Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women in addition to the various factors that contribute to these inequities. In addition, panelists will discuss how social determinants of health prevent many racially and ethnically marginalized and minoritized people from having equitable opportunities for physical, mental, and emotional health. Lastly, panelists will explore the solutions needed to transform the maternal health care system.

Panelists

• Denise Pines - Co-Founder and CEO of Women in the Room Productions and President of Osteopathic Medical Board of California
• Ebony Marcelle, DNP, CNM, FACNM, Director of Midwifery at Community of Hope
• Elaine Batchlor, MD, MPH, CEO of MLK Community Healthcare

This episode will inform physicians and medical trainees about the critical intersection of incarceration, voter rights, and health outcomes. It will explore how disenfranchisement during and after incarceration affects the health and well- being of impacted individuals and communities. Through expert insights, the episode will delve into the broader implications for medicine and public health, highlighting the role physicians can play in advocating for voter protections and deepening patient support.

Panelists

• Charles D. Lee, MD, JD, MBA, American College of Correctional Physicians
• Ronald F. Day, PhD, MPA Senior Vice President, The Fortune Society

In this week's edition of our Prioritizing Equity series, we will discuss the AMA's "Embedding Equity in Crisis Preparedness and Response in Health Systems Guide," which was released earlier this year. This guide was created in partnership with national health equity and racial justice leaders, organizations and physicians. Partners came together during the COVID-19 pandemic to develop the guide to support health care organizations in ensuring equity and racial justice lens guides those preparing and responding to crises.

Panelists

• Mitch Stripling, MPA, Director, NYC Pandemic response Institute Columbia University. @mitchstripling
• Christa-Marie Singleton, MD, MPH, FACPM, Chief Medical Officer, Healthcare and Insurance, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Moderator

• Fernando De Maio, PhD, Health Equity Data and Research, American Medical Association Center for Health Equity

In this episode of our Prioritizing Equity series(Released on July 22nd, 2024), we are joined by international medical graduate (IMG) physicians who will discuss their experience in medicine. Panelists will reflect on their journey from medical school outside of the United States to practicing in the U.S. Physicians will also discuss the barriers IMGs experience and the policies that they are currently advocating for to make medicine more equitable for healthcare workers and patients.

Panelist

• Natalia Solenkova, MD, PHD, MLS intensivist physician and Chair of the International Medical Graduate Section (IMGS) Governing Council
• Luis Alberto Isea Mercado, MD, Assistant Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency at AdvenHealth Central Orlando and delegate of the International Medical Graduate Section (IMG) Governing Council

Moderator

• William Jordan, MD, MPH, Senior Director of Health Equity Policy and Transformation, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association

In this week's episode of our Prioritizing Equity series, we are joined by physicians and scholarly leaders who are advocating for equitable climate action to remedy the disproportionate burden of health harms climate crisis puts on historically marginalized communities. Speakers will examine climate justice policy and the role of the medical community and experts in leading society toward a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels (or towards renewable energy). In addition, panelists will discuss what actions physicians and medical professions can take to address climate change harms.

Panelists

• Cheryl Holder, MD Associate Professor and Faculty Director of Panther Communities at the Florida International University
• Jerry P. Abraham, MD MPH CMQ, Director & Chief Vaccinologist, CDU-KEDREN Mobile Street Medicine; President, Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA
• Aru Shiney-Ajay, Executive Director of Sunrise Movement
• Kyle Hill, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

In this episode of the Prioritizing Equity series (Released on May 21st, 2024), panelists will share the importance of teaching, implementing and adapting culturally responsive communication models for addressing health inequities. Physicians will reflect on and share examples from their personal and professional experiences of designing curriculum, developing screening practices, and investigating barriers and facilitators of culturally responsive communication utilizing health justice frameworks

Moderator

• William Jordan, MD, MPH, Senior Director of Health Equity Policy and Transformation, American Medical Association Center for Health Equity

Panelists

• Lalit Narayan, MD, MBBS, MA, Primary Care Internist, GW Medical Faculty Associates, Assistant Professor of Medicine, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences

  Leon McCrea, II MD, MPH, FAAFP, Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Drexel University College of Medicine

  Chavon Onumah, MD, MPH, MEd, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine Division, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

  Maranda C. Ward, EdD, MPH, PI, Two in One Model and Assistant Professor and Director of Equity, Department of Clinical Research and Leadership

This week's episode of Prioritizing Equity series brings together the physicians featured in "Our Legacy in Practice: A Physician's Story" videos. Today, panelists will discuss the importance of identity concordance for aspiring physicians and take a closer look at some of the themes highlighted in the videos. Each physician will take a deeper dive into their medical school experience and reflect on an experience in medicine that has impacted their career thus far.

Panelists

• Ciciley Littlewolf, MD
• Javier Guevara, MD, FAAFP
• Nicole Riddle, MD, MSHI, FCAP, FASCP

This edition of the Prioritizing Equity series follows recent policy adopted at the AMA's House of Delegates meeting in June 2022 as panelists will discuss gender equity in medicine and how COVID-19 has exacerbated experiences for people identifying as women. The episode will also explore both historical and present inequities in medical education, employment, and leadership opportunities.

Panelists

• Dr. Tania Jenkins is an assistant professor in the department of sociology at the University of North Caroli both historical and present inequities in medical education, employment, and leadership opportunities. na-Chapel Hill and a faculty research fellow at UNC's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Twitter: @TaniaMJenkins

• Jasmine Brown is a 4th year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania, a Rhodes Scholar and the author of TWICE AS HARD: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians from the Civil War to the 21st Century.

• Dr. Deena Shin McRae, MD, is the Associate Vice President of Academic Health Sciences for University of California and serves as a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at UC Irvine School of Medicine

Moderator

• Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, Chief Health Equity Officer, Senior Vice President, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association - Twitter: @DrAlethaMaybank

This week's episode of Prioritizing Equity will discuss how the recent affirmative action ruling undermines policy dedicated to increasing physician diversity, which is vital to the healthcare ecosystem and will have negative implications towards increasing medical career opportunities for marginalized and minoritized people as well as for patients and communities.

Panelists

• Jessica Faiz, MD, MSHPM, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCLA, Core Investigator with the VA Center for the Study of Healthcare, Innovation, Implementation, and Policy @im_jesssayinn

• Merlin Chowkwanyun, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor for Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University, @merlinc2

• David Henderson, MD, VP Equity, Diversity and Belonging in Medical Education American Medical Association

Moderator

• Fernando De Maio, PhD, Vice President of Health Equity Data and Research, American Medical Association, Center for Health Equity and Professor of Sociology, DePaul University - Twitter: @fernandodemaio