Image: Guests of the Welcome Cocktail Reception, held June 23. see photosImproving Diversity in Academic Medicine
The Einstein/Montefiore Diversity Affairs Committee's mission is to promote cultural diversity among housestaff and faculty of the Department of Medicine.
The Diversity Affairs agenda will be carried out through three major goals:
- Improve minority recruitment, retention, and promotion at the housestaff and faculty levels
- Provide a networking and supportive community to minority housestaff and faculty
- Enhance mentoring opportunities for minority housestaff and faculty
Why is Diversity Important?
As the nation rapidly grows more diverse, underrepresented minority physicians are needed more than ever. With 34% of the U.S. population belonging to a minority group and 47% of children under five coming from minority families, healthcare practitioners are seeing an ever-growing spectrum of languages, cultures, and health issues in patients. Yet even as the demand for ethnic and racial diversity in medicine rises, minority doctors—particularly those in academic medicine—remain few. full article
Events
Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Regional Meeting
February 10, 2013
Location: Einstein College of Medicine
Residency Recruitment Interviews
November 2012-January 2013
- Faculty Participate in Interviews and Call Minority Applicants
Re-Visit Dinner and Day for Minority Residency Applicants
January 31, 2013
Spotlight on Global Health Disparities: Strengthening Research Capacity in the Eastern Caribbean
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds (sponsored by the Diversity Affairs Committee)
September 27, 2012
Marcella Nunez-Smith, MHS, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Assistant Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Faculty, Global Health Leadership Institute
Yale School of Medicine
Annual Welcome Cocktail Party
June 27, 2012
- Welcome to New Housestaff
- Networking for Faculty
See photos
Re-visitation Dinner for Minority Residency Applicants
February 2, 2012
Focus Areas
- Reach out to new Housestaff, Fellows and Faculty
- Active participation in recruitment of minority housestaff
- Encourage housestaff to promote residency program at national meetings (e.g., Student National Medical Association/SNMA, National Boricua Latino Health Organization/NBLHO)
- Partnership and faculty development efforts with Hispanic Center for Excellence and Einstein "Deconstructing Racism" workshop
Committee Meetings
Meetings are currently the 2nd Monday of each month 8-9am alternating between Moses (Division of General Internal Medicine) and Weiler (Department of Medicine). A calling-in option is available.
Committee Members
Irene Blanco, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Manuela Calvo, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
Andrea Card, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Maria del Mar Cirino-Marcano, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Pulmonary Medicine)
Chinazo Cunningham, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Social Medicine
Nichola Davis, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Population Health, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
Mahalia Desruisseaux, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Claudene George, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Cristina Gonzalez, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
Carol Grant, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases)
Sammy Ho, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases)
Aluko Hope, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Critical Care)
Brigid Joseph
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases)
Colette Knight, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Rita Louard, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Hector Medina, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Ileana Pina, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
Julie Ramos, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Marta Rico
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Calie Santana, MD, MHS
Clyde Smith, MD, MPH
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family and Social Medicine
Graciela Soto
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Critical Care)
Clement Tagoe, MB, BCh, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Njeri Thande, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Carlos Torres, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Joel Zonszein, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)