This webinar session will 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.
Our panelist Dr. Yvette Miller, is 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”.
Frederick Murphy is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. He is a graduate of Tennessee State and Bethune Cookman University. He has a masters degree in Transformative Leadership and serves on the board of the James K. Polk historic site in Pineville, NC, and the Slave Dwelling Project in Ladson, SC. He owns and operates a private practice as a psychotherapist in Charlotte, NC. He is also the founder of History Before Us, LLC, a project centered on capturing, preserving, and advocating influential history. His first film, the award-winning “The American South as We Know It”, explores the lives of survivors of Jim Crow – the courageous individuals who didn’t make the headlines. His second documentary entitled “The Other Side of the Coin: Race, Generations & Reconciliation”, is a collection of experiences and thoughts addressing the complexities of race in America. Mr. Murphy finds joy in helping people achieve and retain an optimum level of functioning by focusing on their holistic health.
This session 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.