MedStar-Georgetown Surgical Disparities Grand Round

Join us on May 26, 2021 from 4:30pm-6pm for the MedStar-Georgetown Surgical Disparities Grands Rounds, presented by Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar Health  featuring Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. as our keynote speaker on surgical disparities. Dr. Pérez-Stable will discuss "Promoting Health Equity in Surgical Care."

 

Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. is Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) and Principal Investigator in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Pérez-Stable's research interests have centered on improving the health of racial/ethnic minorities and underserved populations, advancing patient-centered care, improving cross-cultural communication skills among health care professionals, and promoting diversity in the biomedical research workforce. Recognized as a leader in Latino health care and disparities research, Dr. Pérez-Stable has spent more than 30 years leading research on smoking cessation and tobacco control policy in Latino populations in the United States and Latin America.

 

Dr. Pérez-Stable has received many honors and awards throughout his career, including UCSF's Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Society of General Internal Medicine's John M. Eisenberg National Award for Career Achievement in Research, and election to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine) of the National Academy of Sciences. He was honored with the UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award in July 2015. Dr. Pérez-Stable was born in Cuba and grew up in Miami, Florida. He earned his B.A. in chemistry from the University of Miami and his M.D. from the University of Miami School of Medicine. He completed his primary care internal medicine residency and research fellowship at UCSF.

We wish to extend our sincere gratitude for the hard work of our steering committee including Doctors: Angela Thomas, Deliya Wesley, Patrick Jackson, Jennifer Rosen, and David Stein.

We are honored to host Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) and Principal Investigator in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Please join us on Wednesday May 26th, 2021, 4:30-6pm Eastern Standard Time. 

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On behalf of,

Neil J. Weissman, MD   Chief Scientific Officer, MedStar Health   Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University	Moshe Levi, MD   Interim Dean for Research  Georgetown University Medical Center
David H. Song, MD, MBA, FACS   Physician Executive Director, MedStar Health   Integrated Surgical Services   Professor and Chairman   Department of Plastic Surgery   Interim Chairman, Department of Surgery   Georgetown University	Waddah B. Al-Refaie, MD, FACS   Regional Chief of Surgical Oncology   John S. Dillon Professor of Surgery   Georgetown University and MedStar Health