The New England Journal of Medicine article, The Pathophysiology of Racial Disparities in Healthcare” articulates the experiences of Black providers and how their experiences affect patient care and outcomes.

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This article was written by our panelist, Dr. Amanda Calhoun. Dr. Calhoun is a Yale Psychiatry resident in the Albert J. Solnit Integrated Adult/Child Psychiatry Program. She received her BA in Spanish from Yale University and her MD and MPH from Saint Louis University. Dr. Calhoun currently leads the Yale Resident Spanish initiative and is co-Vice Chair of the Diversity Council of the Yale Resident Fellow Senate. She writes for the Connecticut Psychiatric Society newsletter (recent piece published entitled “Looking through A Dual Lens” and AAP Council on School Health (recent piece published entitled “You want to talk about trauma? Let’s talk about racism.”) She has authored over 10 publications and oral presentations in numerous conferences.

Joining Dr. Calhoun is Dr. Yvette Miller, the Executive Medical Officer for the American Red Cross. She has had a long career with Red Cross, serving in various leadership capacities including regional Medical Director and Director of Automated Collections and Clinical Services. As the Executive Medical Officer, she oversees donor eligibility determination, product management and donor management. Dr. Miller’s areas of expertise include donor recruitment and retention in the African American community to support the transfusion needs of patients with Sickle Cell Disease, equitable access to blood donation for all underrepresented communities and leading conversations on addressing structural racism and bias and the impact of access to healthcare, economic development and education.

Dr. Augustus Parker, III currently serves as the Medical Director for Novant Healthcare’s Women’s Urgent Care Centers. He is an OB/GYN Physician and a Community Ambassador and Facilitator in Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity. He was recently appointed to the Faculty Leadership for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Branch Campus in Charlotte, North Carolina. In addition, he is the City Coordinator for the African American Wellness Initiative for Charlotte, and a published author who recently released his book, “Mining Diamonds”.

This conversation will be moderated by Leslie Council, the Manager of Marketing and Sales for the Department of Continuing Professional Development and organizational Equity Consultant at MAHEC. Leslie is thoroughly involved in our community here in Asheville and serves on the Board of Directors for the Western North Carolina Medical Society, Co-Chairs the AHEC Statewide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee, Medical Minority Mentoring Program Steering Committee, and owns the local nonprofit My Sistah Taught Me That.

This session will take place on Friday, February 11th from Noon to 1pm on Zoom and Facebook Live.

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Asheville, North Carolina made national headlines on major news outlets in July 2020 as City Council members voted to pass a reparation bill to black residents. The Asheville City Council apologized for the city’s historic role in slavery, discrimination and denial of basic liberties to black residents and voted to provide reparations to them and their descendants.

Within all the topics of reparations, healthcare has been named a Public Health Crisis. Major insurance corporations including Medicare have begun integrating social determinates of health as a way of incentivizing providers and healthcare organizations to better secure the health and well-being of black patients.

Today we are dedicating our discussion around a conversation that stems from the New England Journal of Medicine article entitled “Reparations as a Public Health Priority – A Strategy for Ending Black-White Health Disparities”. This article very clearly articulates opportunities for repairing the unfortunate circumstances our black patients have endured over centuries of time. Our conversation today will further provide education on how reparations can affect patient care and outcomes.

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Our panelists include Dr. Amanda Calhoun, Yale Psychiatry Resident, Dr. Yvette Miller, Medical Director of the American Red Cross, and Dr. Augustus Parker, III, Medical Director of the Women’s Urgent Care Centers of Novant Healthcare System. The moderator of this discussion is Leslie Council, Manager of Marketing and Sales for the Department of Continuing Professional Development and organizational Equity Consultant at Mountain Area Health Education Center.

This session will take place on Friday, May 13th from Noon to 1pm on Zoom and Facebook Live.

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This conversation will include address healthcare guidelines that directly impact patients based on their race. The journal article we are reviewing from the New England Journal of Medicine is titled “Hidden in Plain Sight – Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms”. This article exposes race based medical guidelines that impact healthcare in many different specialties including Cardiology, Nephrology, and Obstetrics/Gynecology.

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Our panelists include Dr. Yvette Miller, Executive Medical Director of the American Red Cross, Dr. Augustus Parker, III, Medical Director of the Women’s Urgent Care Centers for Novant Healthcare, and Frederick Murphy, LCMHC, Psychotherapist and Founder of History Before Us, LLC.

The moderator of this discussion is Leslie Council, Manager of Marketing and Sales for the Department of Continuing Professional Development at Mountain Area Health Education Center, and incoming Director of Health Careers and Diversity Education for the Center of Health Professions Education.

This conversation will take place on Friday, August 19th from Noon to 1pm on Zoom and Facebook Live.

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