AMWA Diversity Dialogues

Dr. Jessica Kremen, Pediatric Endocrinologist at Boston Children's Hospital, shares about her work with transgender children and adolescents. With so many recent legislations directed at transgender youth, how do we navigate separating politics from patient and family autonomy?

Mentioned In This Episode:

BE-U https://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/programs/a-_-e/be-u 

New graduates, Aimen Vanood MD and Aryana Sharrak MD, discuss how they were able to adjust to the new procedures and protocols of the residency matching process, successfully. In this candid conversation we discuss how to navigate the virtual experience as well as fielding questions that may be appropriate when it comes to Diversity issues. 

Dr. Allison Empey, General Pediatrician and citizen of the Confederated Tribes Of Grand Ronde, shares with us her first hand knowledge of the disparities of health within Native American communities and how this has led to distrust in healthcare as a whole. Innovations and representation are playing an important role in the efforts to bridge these gaps and create a pathway for better outcomes. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

Northwest Native American Center Of Excellence https://www.nnacoe.org

Tribal Health Scholars https://www.nnacoe.org/tribal-health-scholars

Health Pathway Coaching https://www.nnacoe.org/health-pathway-coaching

We continue our conversation with Emily Phelps, joined by Johanna Balas who has expanded on the project by including CNAs who interact with patients with dementia on a more consistent basis. The experience and insight gained has shown them how important this work is and how much more there is to be done. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

http://bit.ly/EmbodiedLabs

http://bit.ly/EmbodiedLabsCaseStudy

http://bit.ly/AMWADiversityDialogues

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html

Abstract by Johanna Balas https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2021-01/health-systems-science-impact-challenge.pdf

With the recent events in Atlanta on the forefronts of our minds, Dr. Yuemei Zhang, Anesthesia Resident at University of Washington - Seattle, talks with us about her personal experience with increasing racially charged violence aimed at Asians and Pacific Islanders. There is a history of violence based in stereotypical ideology that needs to be addressed and erased, but awareness is the first step. 

Mentioned In This Episode

https://stopaapihate.org - Stop AAPI Hate

https://www.csusb.edu/hate-and-extremism-center - Center For The Study of Hate and Extremism

Our Chief Diversity Officer, Dr. Neelum Aggarwal facilitates a conversation with Kevin Hull, lawyer, who works closely in Veterans' health and other issues where advocacy is essential. At any level, regardless of the field of work or interest, anyone can get involved at the community level to move the issues forward towards solutions. 

Rural Health issues span so many domains and there are so many definitions that have been assigned. Dr. Sameer Vohra joins the conversation highlighting the impact of differing cultural backgrounds on the specific needs of certain communities. Dr. Vidhya Prakash is back to enhance the conversation with her experience in the field. 

Mentioned In This Episode

https://www.beyondflexner.org Beyond Flexner Alliance

https://nhsc.hrsa.gov National Health Service Corps.

Emily Phelps, student leader, is here to discuss how she used Virtual Reality technology to create programing for students to understand Dementia and analyze their own implicit biases. With the help of Embodied Labs, the program continues to develop in ways that have furthered understanding and knowledge around Dementia and its unique experiences for patients. Dr. Neelum Aggarwal facilitates the conversation about the program and the various health disparities highlighted. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

http://bit.ly/EmbodiedLabs

http://bit.ly/EmbodiedLabsCaseStudy

http://bit.ly/AMWADiversityDialogues

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html

Meet Alexandra Alondra Alvarez and Anna Vardapetyan, student leadership of AMWA's Pre-Med Student Division. If you needed some additional inspiration to pursue your passions or refuel your drive, these future physicians have enough enthusiasm and motivation to go around. Here about what the division is doing to make a difference in their own way. 

Mentioned In This Episode

https://www.amwa-doc.org/pre-medical-students/

https://www.facebook.com/Premedical-Division-American-Medical-Womens-Association-507969396057502

Instagram: @amwapremed

Dr. Laurel Waters, President- Elect of AMWA, discusses with Dr. Patricia Robertson the issues faced by the LGBTQ community surrounding reproductive health and their rights. 

Mentioned In this Episode 

Women In Medicine  https://womeninmedicine.org

American Medical Association https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/lgbtq-course

GLMA & Lesbian Health Fund http://www.glma.org

LAMBDA Legal https://www.lambdalegal.org

National Center For Lesbian Rights https://www.nclrights.org

Williams Institute UCLA School of Law https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/visualization/lgbt-stats/?topic=LGBT&area=4#density