Please join us for an exciting and timely APPD/APA Virtual Café, Thursday, May 7, from 4-5 PM EST. APPD and the Community Health and Advocacy Learning Community has partnered with APA and the Advocacy Training SIG to host, “Health Equity and COVID-19: How We Engage Residents and Fellows in Addressing Health Disparities.” We will have a panel of experts present about health equity as it relates to COVID-19, and this will be followed by breakout groups to discuss how we can engage our trainees in this important issue.
Expert Panel:
Shaquita Bell, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Washington, Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Center for Diversity and Health Equity, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH
Pediatrician and Child and Community Health Advocate
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Julie Linton, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Dean for Admissions
University of SC School of Medicine Greenville
Moderators include:
APPD Representatives
Michelle Barnes, MD
Program Director
University of Illinois at Chicago
Sarah Garwood, MD
Associate Program Director, Advocacy
Washington University/St. Louis Children’s
APA Representatives
Melissa Klein, MD, MEd
Co-Medical Director of Pediatric Primary Care Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cara Lichtenstein, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s National Hospital
Leora Mogilner, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Pediatric Residency Program Director
Director of Advocacy and Community Pediatrics training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Padma Swamy, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
