HealthIMPACT Live Presents: Welcome & Keynote - Combating Health Inequities and Improving Care for Patients with Disabilities - A Vision for a Digitally Enabled Inclusive Healthcare System

Originally Published: Apr 7, 2022

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/brw1cQA2b5w 

Dr. Poullos is a native of Stockton, California. He attended Santa Clara University, then received his M.D. degree at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He did an Internal Medicine residency at the University of California-San Francisco, finishing in 2002. He stayed at UCSF as a Gastroenterology fellow but, after a spinal cord injury, he decided to retrain in Radiology. He did his Radiology residency at Stanford University, where he also completed a fellowship In Body Imaging in 2009. Dr. Poullos is now faculty in both the departments of Radiology, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition, which he founded in 2018. He currently serves on the Stanford School of Medicine Faculty Senate and the School of Medicine Diversity Cabinet. He also has a strong interest in medical education and enjoys the opportunity to teach medical students, residents, and fellows. HealthIMPACT is honored to have him join us to discuss: 

• Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity work and how it has shaped Stanford’s policies around people with disabilities 
• How organizations can combat inequity by better meeting patients where they are and the importance of inclusive innovation when conducting a structural assessment of your institution’s readiness for doctors and patients with disabilities 
• Healthcare digital transformation and combatting the unintended consequences of digitization 
• Physician burnout, mindfulness, and how organizations can truly support clinician mental health 
• A vision for a digitally enabled inclusive healthcare system

Peter Poullos, MD, Founder and Director, Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity

Shahid Shah, Publisher and Chief Editor, Medigy.com