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