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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Roundtable Members and Workshop Presenters
Pages 61-92

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From page 61...
... Laurencin has been named to ­ merica's Top Doctors for more than 15 years. He is a fellow of A the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a fellow of the American ­ Orthopaedic Association, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the American Surgical Association.
From page 62...
... Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute, dedicated to addressing Health Disparities, and served as its founding chair.
From page 63...
... He is also an alumnus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Medical Fellows Program, a recipient of the National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) , and a Young Physician Scientist Award from the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
From page 64...
... Bright, M.D., FACP, is the associate dean for admissions, interim associate dean for diversity affairs and a full professor of internal medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Golden Fleece, and served as the 112th president of the National Medical Association from 2011 to 2012.
From page 65...
... Glaser Distinguished Teaching Award, which is given by the Association of American Medical Colleges in conjunction with Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He was honored by the Association of Surgical Education with its lifetime achievement award -- the Distinguished Educator Award -- given annually to one person considered by his peers to be a true master.
From page 66...
... At the 2015 annual meeting of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Britt was bestowed the unique honor of being recognized as a "Master of Critical Care Medicine" by the American College of Critical
From page 67...
... Britt to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia. In addition, the Southern Surgical Association awarded Dr.
From page 68...
... Willis Hurst Award for Best Clinical Teacher in 1991 from Emory, and in 2004 he was named the Emory University School of Medicine Resident Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award winner. For the past 10 years he has been named one of the nation's top cardiologists in "The Best Doctors in ­ merica." In 1986, while at Emory University, he was also named A Most Outstanding House Officer, made an honorary Morehouse Medical School class member, and he received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Medical Faculty Development Award.
From page 69...
... Theodore Corbin is vice chair for research and an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Drexel University College of Medicine. He also serves as the medical director of the "Healing Hurt People" Program, an emergency department–based, trauma-informed intervention strategy that identifies victims of intentional injury.
From page 70...
... He was a founding executive committee member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, served as president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (2007-2008) , and anchored the special task forces that produced the society's guidelines for stem cell research and clinical translation (2006, 2008, 2016)
From page 71...
... Dr. Frederick is a member of surgical and medical associations, including the American Surgical Association and the American College of Surgeons.
From page 72...
... Federal Coordinating Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research, the Institute of Medicine Board on Population Health, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Associational National Quality Oversight Committee, the American College of Cardiology/­ merican Heart Association A Task Force on Clinical Data Standards and many others.
From page 73...
... in physics from Spelman College. In 2010 she was appointed to President Barack Obama's Board of Advisers on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and in 2014 to the President's Commission on Excellence in Higher Education for African Americans.
From page 74...
... in zoology from Howard University, graduated from Temple University School of Medicine and completed her residency in emergency medicine at the Jacobi/Montefiore Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She is a practicing emergency department physician at Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, NY.
From page 75...
... , Society of Academic Emergency Visionary Educator Award (2008) , Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader (2009)
From page 76...
... Board of Health, and the National Board of Public Health Examiners. She is also actively sought as a contributor to national efforts to eliminate health disparities and achieve health equity, including as a faculty member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Pursuing Excellence in the Clinical Learning Environment collaborative addressing Health Care Disparities, as a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and as a project advisor and on-screen expert for the groundbreaking film series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
From page 77...
... He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Critical Care Medicine, and the American College of Chest Physicians, and member of the Society of University Surgeons and the American Surgical Association. In 2014 the Society of Critical Care medicine bestowed him the Master of Critical Care medicine distinction.
From page 78...
... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institute of Medicine's Committee on Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st Century. He has served on the boards of directors for the Public Health Foundation and National Quality Forum, as president of the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians and the Society of Teachers of Emergency Medicine, and as speaker and board of director's member of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
From page 79...
... from the University of Illinois School of Public Health. He was the first African American trained in emergency medicine in the country after completing his residency at the University of Chicago.
From page 80...
... In 2008 the American Sociological Association recognized her many contributions with the Johnson-Cox-Frazier Award, and the Wisconsin Alumni Association honored her with its Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012. She is a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Wisconsin-­ Madison College of Letters and Science.
From page 81...
... Montgomery Rice held faculty positions and leadership roles at various health centers, including academic health centers. Most notably, she was the founding director of the Center for Women's Health Research at Meharry Medical College, one of the nation's first research centers devoted to studying diseases that disproportionately impact women of color.
From page 82...
... Montgomery Rice holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a medical degree from H ­ arvard Medical School, and an honorary degree from the University of M ­ assachusetts Medical School and Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree from Rush University; all reflect her lifetime commitment to education, service, and the advancement of health equity. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Emory University School of Medicine and her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Hutzel Hospital.
From page 83...
... In 2002, as president of the Association of Black Cardiologists, she led the initiative to implement the landmark African American Heart Failure Trial, whose findings led to a change in practice guidelines for the treatment of heart failure in African Americans. Over the past 17 years, she has led the growth of the clinical research infrastructure and training programs at Morehouse School of Medicine with awards totaling more than $150 million, including serving as the founding director of the U54 center of clinical research excellence, the community physicians network, the U54 Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI)
From page 84...
... The Association of American Medical Colleges awarded her a Special Recognition Award for exceptional leadership over a 40-year career. She has received numerous honors and recognitions, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine)
From page 85...
... She is a past chair of the National Academy of Medicine's Interest Group 08 on Health of Populations/Health Disparities.
From page 86...
... Dr. Sullivan served as chair of the President's Commission on Historically Black Colleges and Universities from 2002–2009 and was cochair of the President's Commission on HIV and AIDS from 2001 to 2006.
From page 87...
... in 2003 in its cardiovascular medicinal chemistry group. He spent 11 years doing small molecule lead optimization primarily focusing on cardiovascular disease targets.
From page 88...
... , Davis School of Medicine, where he served as senior associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion and associate vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion, and chief diversity officer for UC Davis Health System. He previously served as the first chief diversity officer at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where he established the Center for Equity, Diversity, and ­ Inclusion, and was the founder of the UW School of Medicine's Center for
From page 89...
... , and the Advisory Committee to the Director of the NIH, as well as chair of the NIH Cardiovascular Disease Advisory Committee and the Association of Academic Health Centers, among other leadership positions. He is the recipient of many honors, including 10 honorary doctorates.
From page 90...
... Secretary of State. In this capacity, he advised the Secretary of State and other senior State Department officials on international environment, science, emerging technology, and health matters affecting the foreign policy of the United States.
From page 91...
... The book won the National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Award, a PEN award, 2007 Gustavus Myers Award, and Nonfiction Award of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.


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