2015 Clinical Faculty Development Retreat

Interactive & Practical Sessions with Experienced Speakers Envision, Engage, Employ. Friday, October 9, 2015 • 12:00 pm - 6:30 pm Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Easley Conference Pavilion 1630 Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 Graduate Medical Education Clinical Faculty Development Retreat Session DESCRIPTIONS & OBJECTIVES 12:00pm - 12:30pm Lunch 12:30pm - 12:35pm Welcome - Dr. Ijeoma Azonobi, Clinical Faculty Development Committee 12:35pm - 12:50pm Faculty Promotion - Dr. Erika Brown, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs & Development 12:50pm - 1:20pm Keynote - Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, President and Dean Tracks Education Scholarly Activity Clinical Enterprise Cycle 1 1:20pm - 2:00pm Teaching Through the Scholarship Strategic Plan Alignment Generations Reconsidered 2:00pm - 2:40pm Evaluating Learners I Have a Research Patient Safety/Quality Idea…Now What? Improvement 2:40pm - 3:20pm Keeping Current: Obtaining Funding The State and Stature of MHC Lifelong Learning 3:20pm - 3:30pm Break Cycle 2 3:30-4:10 Teaching Through the Scholarship Strategic Plan Alignment Generations Reconsidered 4:10-4:50 Evaluating Learners I Have a Research Patient Safety/Quality Idea…Now What? Improvement 4:50-5:30 Keeping Current: Obtaining Funding The State and Stature of MHC Lifelong Learning 5:30pm - 5:50pm Post-session Q&A - Various Speakers 5:50pm – 6:00pm Closing - Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education

Education Track

Teaching Through the Generations Dr. Janice Herbert-Carter, Dr. Riba Kelsey-Harris Goal: To discuss how understanding of intergenerational differences can be used to enhance the educational experience for all learners Objectives: 1. Participants will describe intergenerational differences that affect communication, learning, and evaluation. 2. Participants will describe benefits as well as difficulties in intergenerational educational experiences. 3. Participants will list technological innovations and applications useful for educational activities.

Evaluating Learners Dr. Ngozi Anachebe, Dr. Cinnamon Bradley Goal: To provide faculty with the tools to effectively evaluate learners in a clinical setting and for faculty to understand the parallels to patient care. Objectives: 1. Participants will be able to provide effective, brief, and complete evaluations of learners. 2. Participants will describe the relationship between milestones and resident evaluations. 3. Participants will discuss strategies to ensure and perform both formative and summative learner evaluations in a clinical setting. 4. Participants will develop strategies to model professional behavior in the delivery of “tough” feedback. Keeping Current: Lifelong Learning Dr. Dolapo Babalola, Dr. Beverly Taylor Goal: To understand the importance of continued education in enriching the instructional experience in light of the rapid increase of biomedical information. Objectives: 1. Participants will learn the roles of themselves, their department, and the institution in continued education and lifelong learning. 2. Participants will develop a personal plan for lifelong learning.

Scholarly Activity Track

Scholarship Reconsidered Dr. David Levine, Dr. Folashade Omole Goal: To increase development of scholarly products through use of non-traditional academic activities Objectives: 1. Participants will be able to articulate a revised definition of scholarly activity and dissemination. 2. Participants will identify opportunities for scholarly activity in their educational and administrative responsibilities. 3. Participants will be able to identify venues for publication of non-traditional scholarly products.

I Have an Idea…Now What? Dr. George Rust Goal: To advance participants from a research idea to the development of scholarly products Objectives: 1. Participants will learn how to use a model publication to frame their project. 2. Participants will discuss the important of and strategies for using a writing club. 3. Participants will learn how to work with a research mentor.

Obtaining Funding Dr. Kisha Holden, Dr. Sandra Moore Goal: To understand the significance of funding to support scholarly activity Objectives: 1. Participants will describe sources for external pilot project funding. 2. Participants will describe institutional supports for pilot project finding. 3. Participants will understand institutional procedures for submitting a grant application.

Clinical Enterprise Track

Strategic Plan Alignment Dr. Cheryl Franklin, Dr. Arletha Williams-Livingston Goal: To understand how MHC will create and disseminate transformational models of care for vulnerable populations, leveraging the unique strengths of MSM. Objectives: 1. Participants will comprehend the elements of MSM’s strategic plan relevant to clinical activities. 2. Participants will be able to describe elements of two innovative patient care models at MHC. 3. Participants will discuss how an integrated approach to patient care may alter their current clinical practice.

Patient Safety /Quality Improvement Dr. Trudy Darden, Dr. Lawrence Sanders Goal: To improve participant understanding and usage of quality improvement metrics Objectives: 1. Participants will understand the transition from fee for service to value-based practice. 2. Participants will understand an example of an MHC enterprise-wide quality improvement strategy. 3. Participants will identify 3 HEDIS measures to target for improvement in their own practice.

The State and Stature of MHC Dr. Derrick Beech Goal: To demonstrate how MSM’s clinical enterprise will operate as a model to showcase best practices to achieve health equity. Objectives 1. Update stakeholders on the clinical practices’ ability to support MSM’s missions a. MHC P&L b. Strategic shift from fee-for-service contracts to at-risk/shared savings contracts c. Growth in covered lives d. Growth in service lines and clinical affiliations 2. Marketing MHC to become “known in the community for outstanding service, health education and specialized care.” a. Steps to becoming the destination medical care service of choice. Erika T. Brown, PhD Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs & Development

Erika T. Brown, PhD joined Morehouse School of Medicine in February 2013 as the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development. She incorporates her expertise as an academic administrator with her first-hand knowledge and appreciation of faculty matters to this role. She is a member of the AAMC Minority Faculty Educational Advisory Committee and the AAMC Group on Faculty Affairs Professional Development Subcommittee.

Dr. Brown served on the administration and faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) from 2004- 2013. She was a director in the Office of the Provost, and on the research faculty in the Department of Pathology and the Hollings Cancer Center. Her research background involves the study of the BRCA2 protein in the DNA damage response and breast cancer predisposition. She is also engaged in ground-breaking, minority health disparities research examining the frequency of breast cancer SNPs in the Sea Islands population. She has been funded by NIH-NCI and the DOD Breast Cancer Research Program.

Her numerous honors and awards include Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society membership, 2012 ASBMB Minority Scientist Spotlight, MUSC College of Graduate Studies Top 15 Instructors, and 2000 UNCF-Pfizer Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient. She also had the distinction of being a 2014-15 fellow in the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) Program for Women.

Dr. Brown received her B.S. in Biology from and Ph.D. in Medical Genetics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She completed her postdoctoral studies at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Colorado. Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD President and Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine

Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice provides a valuable combination of experience at the highest levels of patient care and medical research, as well as organizational management and public health policy in to her role as president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine. These assets make her an invaluable strategist, influencer and community partner.

Dr. Montgomery Rice is the sixth president of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and the first woman to lead the free-standing medical institution. In addition to president, she also retains the deanship. Dr. Montgomery Rice is a renowned infertility specialist and researcher, and most recently served as dean and executive vice president of MSM, where she served since 2011. In this role, she led MSM’s widespread academic and clinical programs in health sciences and led its strategic planning initiatives for patient care, research and community engagement.

Dr. Montgomery Rice is the founder and former director of the Center for Women’s Health Research at in Nashville, Tenn., where she also served as dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice president of health affairs. The Center for Women’s Health Research is one of the nation’s first research centers devoted to studying diseases that disproportionately impact women of color. Prior to joining Meharry Medical College, Dr. Montgomery Rice held numerous administrative and faculty appointments at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Her dedication to health care research, preventative care and mentoring are manifested in every aspect of her work and life. As such, she has been honored with membership in the following: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and Office of Research on Women’s Health/National Institutes of Health (NIH) advisory councils (2013-); Society for Women’s Health Research board (2012-) and the executive committee (2013); March of Dimes board (2012-); Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Deans Administrative board (2012-); FDA Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs (2011-); American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, board examiner (2007-); Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2006-); President’s Commission on White House Fellowships Regional Panelist Selection Committee (2010); Every Life Matters, Every Dollar Counts Campaign chair, National AIDS Fund board of trustees (2009-2010); National Aids Fund board of trustees (2007-2011), Wal-Mart Healthcare Insights Panel chair (2007-2010); and Wal-Mart External Advisory Board (2006-2008).

Dr. Montgomery Rice has been instrumental in generating multimillion dollar research grants and has received numerous accolades, including the National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Women of Impact (2014); YWCA – Women of Achievement (Atlanta-2014 and Nashville-2007); National Medical Association’s President’s Citation Award (2013); American Medical Women’s Association Elizabeth Blackwell Medal (2011); Working Mother Media Multicultural Women’s Legacy Award (2011); Maternal Infant Health Outreach Program Award (2009-2010); Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) Mentorship Award (2009) and The Links, Inc. Portia Searcy Award (2007).

A Georgia native, Dr. Montgomery Rice holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at School of Medicine and her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Hutzel Hospital in Detroit, Mich. She also completed the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Penn. Ngozi F. Anachebe, Pharm.D, MD, F.A.C.O.G is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. She practices General Obstetrics and Gynecology. She received her medical education, completed internship, and residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. She has been on faculty since after residency in 2002.She is also a registered pharmacist with a Pharm.D degree from Mercer University, Atlanta, GA. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Anachebe’s clinical interests and expertise include Pharmacotherapeutics, Obstetrics, Contraceptive Planning, Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, and Menopausal Care. Her research interests include Disparities in Reproductive Health Outcomes, Cervical Cancer Screening, and Obesity and Adverse Obstetric Outcomes. Other research interests include predictors of undergraduate medical student performance and medical student performance outcomes. Dr. Anachebe serves as the Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs. In this role, she oversees the admissions processes for all degree programs, pipeline initiatives, and student services. Since August 2014, she also serves as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education. She has managed MD program class expansion and expansion of clinical programs to new sites. She is the National Resident Matching Program’s (NRMP) Designated School Official. In this role, she assists senior medical students with specialty selection and the match. She also serves as MSM’s NBME Executive Chief Proctor.

Dolapo Babalola, MD, FAAFP is Clerkship Director of the Family Medicine and Rural Health Clerkship and Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from University of Guyana and completed residency in Family Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. After which she completed three fellowship programs; Longitudinal Primary Care Faculty Development Program at Morehouse School of Medicine, Developing leaders in Cultural Competency Fellowship and Medical Student Educators Development Institute (MSEDI). She takes great delight in the training of resident physicians and students on screening for preventable diseases along with providing care for acute and chronic medical illnesses. To this effect, she was awarded Grady’s Department of Community Medicine Teacher’s award for her Commitment to Teaching and the Future of Primary Care. She has published in peer-reviewed journals on topics relating to medical care and practice improvement. The most recent research project was on Improving the Patient Flow process at the Morehouse Medical Associate Comprehensive Healthcare Center which was presented at the Society of Teachers in Family Medicine Conference for Practice Improvement. She has equally presented at local, regional and national conferences. She also had the honor of participating as a manuscript reviewer for the Journal of National Medical Association. Dr. Babalola is a diplomat of the American Board of Family Physicians She serves on the Institution’s Admission and Curriculum Executive Committees. Her active professional memberships includes; American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Teachers in Family Medicine, and the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians.

Derrick J. Beech, MD, F.A.C.S. is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, he earned his Bachelor’s degree from Duke University with a major in Mathematics. Dr. Beech continued his studies at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree. Following medical school training, he received his residency training in Surgery at Temple University Hospital and Clinics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During his residency training, Dr. Beech developed a strong interest in cancer surgery and the compassionate care required in the care of cancer patients. As such, he went on to complete his fellowship training in Surgical Oncology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Beech has been actively involved in medical education and clinical practice as a faculty at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana and the University of Tennessee at Memphis where he served as Chief of Surgical Oncology and Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs. He previously served as Professor and Chairman of Surgery at Meharry Medical College, and Chief of Surgery at Nashville General Hospital at Meharry. He is currently Professor of Surgery and Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs at Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Beech’s research has focused on cancer prevention and control, novel gene therapy for cancer and large scale clinical trials with a special emphasis on breast cancer, sarcoma and colorectal cancer. He has coordinated prostate cancer prevention programs in western and middle Tennessee. He serves as Deputy Director of the Morehouse Cancer Program. Cinnamon D. Bradley, MD is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. She is a graduate of Duke University where she received a BA Degree in English. Upon completion of her undergraduate studies, she attended the the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine where she received her Doctor of Medicine Degree with distinction. After medical school, she attended a dual residency program for Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Harvard in Boston, MA. Dr. Bradley is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. In 2007, she joined the Morehouse School of Medicine faculty in the Department of Internal Medicine. She is Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program and Co-Director of Morehouse PAP Clinic at Grady Health System. She sees her patients at the Yellow Pod Clinic at Grady. Dr. Bradly has a strong interest in Preventive Medicine/Wellness, Women’s Health and Medical Education. She serves and is an active member of the following committees: Residency Selection Committee, Clinical Competency Committee, Teaching Team Committee, and the Primary Care Center Leadership Team. Amongst a few of the honors and awards that she received are: Guest speaker for the Georgia Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics, June 18, 2015 – Atlanta, GA, Doctor of the Day at the Georgia State Capitol, March 26, 2015, and in 2014, Dr. Bradley was selected as a Fellow into the American College Physicians. She strives and continues to share her wealth of knowledge to educate the students, interns and residents at Morehouse School of Medicine.

Janice Herbert-Carter, MD, MGA, FACP is Chairperson and Associate Professor of Medical Education and Associate Professor of Family Medicine. She is a graduate of Princeton University in Biochemistry, Science in Human Affairs, and Afro-American Studies. She earned her MD from Howard University and completed residency in Internal Medicine at Howard University Hospital. She fulfilled her NHSC obligation serving the underserved at an FQCHC in Baltimore. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and earned a Masters in Health Care Administration from the University of Maryland. She completed a Primary Care Faculty Development Fellowship at Michigan State, the Harvard-Macy Leaders in Medical Education Program, and the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program at Drexel. She teaches Pathophysiology to 2nd year students, small groups for 1st years, and in the MSMS program. She is a preceptor and didactic teacher in Family Medicine and teaches in the NCPC Faculty Development Program. She has published in Academic Medicine, Family Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Ethnicity and Disease, Journal of the Association of Academic Minority Physicians. She has chapters in Primary Care Review for Physician Assistants. She has presented at national meetings: STFM, SGIM, AABHE, NMA, and AAMC. She has been an NBME item-writer for USMLE Steps 1 and 2CK and written IM questions for ACP’s MKSAP.

Truddie Edwards Darden, MD began her career with Morehouse School of Medicine and Morehouse Medical Associates (MMA) in 1989 as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. She soon became an integral part of both organizations and has since led or coordinated numerous programs and events, always demonstrating her strong commitment, dedication and leadership. Dr. Darden was appointed the Interim Chairperson for the Department of Pediatrics in 1993 and held that post until 1996; in 1996 she was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. Dr. Darden served as MMA’s Director of Ambulatory Pediatrics in 1996. She assumed the position of Medical Director for Morehouse Medical Associates, Inc. in 1998 until 2013. She is now the Director of Ambulatory Quality for Morehouse Healthcare. She is a member of several professional organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics, Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Georgia State Medical Association. She formerly served on the Advisory Board of the Johnson and Johnson Pediatric Institute and as a Board member for Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Darden is the recipient of several awards including the Morehouse School of Medicine’s Meritorious Teaching Awards in Pediatrics. She previously received both Outstanding Physician of the Year Award and Outstanding Leadership Award from Southwest Hospital and Medical Center. Dr. Darden earned her Bachelor’s Degree with honors in Biology/Chemistry in 1976 from Livingston University, currently known as University of West Alabama, in Livingston, Alabama, where she also pursued graduate studies in biology. She went on to earn a medical degree in 1981 from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham. Her pediatric residency training was at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1981 to 1984. Cheryl G. Franklin, MD, MPH serves as Medical Director at Morehouse Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia’s 6th largest multispecialty medical group practice which also serves as the clinical practice for the faculty of the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). Cheryl is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at MSM and is a practicing gynecologist with Morehouse Healthcare. Cheryl seeks to address some of the nation’s health disparities, especially those which disproportionately affect African American women. To that end, she engages in population research and is available for clinical trials. As a co-founder and co-investigator of PRISE—Worksite Fitness for African American Women, she was instrumental in its development and implementation as a CDC funded study and intervention. She has designed interdisciplinary, interagency community projects which have promise to impact health disparities and the systems and policies which create them. Cheryl actively seeks ways to coordinate resources to address social determinants of health and to impact public policy. Cheryl is a member of the Atlanta Medical Association, the National Medical Association, the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), the Magnolia Chapter of the Links, Inc., and the Ebenezer Baptist Church. She recently served on the national BOD for the Women’s Funding Network (WFN) based in San Francisco, CA and has served on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP) and Amerigroup Georgia. She also served on the Physician Relations Council of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia as well as the Affiliate Medical Committee of Planned Parenthood of Georgia.

Riba Kelsey-Harris, MD, MSCR is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program at Morehouse School of Medicine. A graduate of Spelman College, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry/Pre-Med, she earned her MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine where she also completed residency training in Family Medicine and served as Chief Resident. She joined the faculty at the University of Maryland after completing her training during which she completed a Teaching Skills Faculty Development Program at Johns Hopkins University and earned the OB Faculty Award for teaching Obstetrics to Family Medicine residents. Dr. Kelsey-Harris joined the faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine in 2003. Since joining the faculty at MSM, while maintaining an active clinical practice, she served as the Director of Medical Student Education for several years; completed the Masters of Science in Clinical Research and NCPC longitudinal faculty development programs. Most recently before assuming the role of Residency Program Director, she served as the Associate Director of Education at the National Center for Primary Care and directed its highly acclaimed Faculty Development Program. She has served on the NBME Family Medicine Task Force and as an item-writer for the NBME Family Medicine Subject Examination. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the recipient of the MSM Family Medicine Residency Program Nelson McGhee Award for meritorious service and commitment to training Family Medicine residents.

Kisha B. Holden, PhD, MSCR is Interim Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute; Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; and Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventative Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). Dr. Holden earned undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees from Howard University in counseling psychology, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in both the School of Medicine and School of Public Health. Also, she earned a Master of Science in Clinical Research from MSM. Dr. Holden has received research funding from several public and private sources, including the American Psychological Association, WK Kellogg Foundation, Aetna Foundation, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She has conducted innovative clinical and translational research concerning depression among African Americans, and the integration of mental and behavioral health care into community-based primary health care settings. Dr. Holden has co-edited two books, published in several peer-reviewed journals, and contributed book chapters to notable publications regarding mental health disparities. Dr. Holden is committed to the creation and advancement of health equity; and to encouraging mental health and well- being among ethnically and culturally diverse families through research, programmatic initiatives, practice, and the development of evidence-based strategies for informing health policies. David A. Levine, MD, FAAP has been on faculty of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA since July 1995. Current activities in the Department of Pediatrics include coordinator of Pediatrics medical school education activities, and general pediatrics service with underserved children and families at Morehouse Healthcare. As a Professor of Pediatrics at Morehouse, he teaches in all 4 years of the MSM MD curriculum. Topics include cultural competence, community- oriented primary care, clinical interviewing, “doctoring”/art of medicine, career and residency planning as well as General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Levine served on the national Committee on Adolescence of the American Academy of Pediatrics from 2009-2015, and is also active in the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, having served as Chair of the Committee on Adolescence for over a decade. He is a resource to GA pediatricians on medical and legal issues that affect the care of teenagers. Areas of special expertise include working with adolescent men and with LGBTQ youth. He was the lead author of the 2013 Policy Statement and Technical Report on Office Care for LGBTQ youth from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Levine did his undergraduate work at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. He received his MD degree from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Levine began his specialty training in Pediatrics at Boston City Hospital/Boston University and finished training at Oakland Children’s Hospital/University of California-Davis. He is board certified in Pediatrics.

Arletha W. Livingston, PhD, MPH, CHES is Director of the Morehouse School of Medicine Innovations Learning Laboratory. She is a graduate of Spelman College, Temple University and Emory University. Dr. Livingston has 15+ years of experience in project management, health innovation project design, research, curriculum design, training, technical assistance and evaluation at the international, federal, state and local levels. She has worked on various capacity-building projects with the National Institutes of Health, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, The National Democratic Institute, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, the Department of Energy and The Centers for Disease Control. She servers on the Board of Directors for several community-based organizations and has done extensive field research and capacity-building work in Ghana, Nigeria, Cuba, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Her life work includes an emphasis on assisting community-based organizations, promoting community empowerment, commitment to social innovation, respect for cultural diversity, and devotion to systems change and policy change as a way to promote health, prevent disease, and address systemic social problem.

Sandra E. Moore, MD is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, GA. She is also the Pediatric Residency Program Director at MSM. Dr. Moore cares for patients at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding (CHOA-HS) in the inpatient unit and is the former director of the pediatric weight management clinic at CHOA-HS. She also cares for well babies at Dekalb Medical Center. Her professional and research interests include graduate medical education (GME) and obesity in pediatric and underserved populations. She completed her Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) at MSM in 2007. She has written several journal articles, as well as authored a book on pediatric obesity in minority children. Dr. Moore graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and African American Studies. She received her Medical Degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMAB) in and completed a Pediatric Internship and Residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Folashade Omole, MD, FAAP is a Professor, Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Associate Residency Program Director at Morehouse School of Medicine. She received her BSc in Physics from the University of Lagos, and her medical degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe, Nigeria; two of the foremost prestigious universities in Nigeria. She completed residency in family medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). Dr. Omole is board certified, and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP); she is also licensed in medical acupuncture. She completed the MSM Faculty Development Program, and later taught Writing 101 and 102 for the same program for several years. Dr. Omole served as a PI on an almost $1M HRSA Residency Training in Primary Care grant (2007-2010), to integrate complementary and alternative medicine modalities into the Chronic Care Model; and also served as a co PI /investigator on several other grants. She has authored and co-authored several manuscripts, with her recent collaboration resulting in the American Academy of otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery clinical practice guideline for Allergic Rhinitis, as well as Tinnitus. She has received several awards including the Bronze, Silver and Gold level Program Director’s recognition awards from the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD). Dr. Omole was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society in 2008, and is also the recipient of the GAFP Educator of the Year in 2006; Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine in 2012; and most recently, in 2015, the MSM President and Deans Service award.

Lawrence Sanders, MD, MBA practices internal medicine and believes that good health is the result of individuals, groups, organizations, neighborhoods and communities working to create the conditions in every neighborhood and community to foster good health. At Morehouse School of Medicine, he teaches internal medicine, business principles and patient safety/quality improvement to residents and medical students. At Grady Health System, he serves as the physician advisor for clinical documentation improvement, care management and hospital throughput. Dr. Sanders is active in professional associations and believes that advocacy provides input to the political processes that share the future of medicine. Dr. Sanders has served as president of the Atlanta Medical and the Georgia State Medical Associations. As member of the National Medical Association, he has served as the speaker of the House of Delegates and as chair of the Committee on Administrative and Financial Affairs in the House of Delegates. Additionally, he serves as a delegate for the Medical Association of Atlanta to the Medical Association of Georgia House of Delegates. Dr. Sanders has served as a member of the steering committee for the Group on Faculty Practice of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). He earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Clemson University. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University Medical School in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Sanders also earned a master of business administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Sanders strives for excellence in teaching, seeks to provide top quality services for his patients and their families and to address critical determinants linked to improved health for all people.

George Rust, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM is a Professor of Family Medicine and Co-Director of the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine, where he has taught and led various programs since 1991. Before that, he served six years as Medical Director for the West Orange Farmworkers Health Association in Central Florida. He is board- certified in both Family Practice and Preventive Medicine. He previously served as board chair of the Atlanta Community Access Coalition, and as co-chair of Georgia’s Minority Health Advisory Council, where he led development of the Georgia Health Disparities Report in 2008. Dr. Rust is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and monographs related to primary care and health equity. He also currently serves as senior scientific advisor to the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ). His career as a family physician and scholar has consistently focused on primary health care and community health for those in greatest need. Beverly Taylor, MD is the Program Director for the MSM Preventive Medicine Residency Program and serves as Chair and Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Taylor has been with the institution since 1984. She has also directed the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program since its inception in 1986. Dr. Taylor completed a joint residency in Family and Preventive Medicine at Meharry Medical College and is board certified in Family Medicine. She served as Health Officer for the Tennessee Department of Public Health, Mid-Cumberland Region prior to joining the faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine. In addition to her teaching and administrative responsibilities at MSM, Dr. Taylor serves on the several local and national committees related to preventive medicine training and funding as well as issues related to health disparities. She is a member of the American College of Preventive Medicine; the Association for Teaching, Prevention and Research; the American Academy of Family Physicians; and the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians. She currently serves on the Residency Advisory Committee of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has served as the Chair of the Physician’s Training Award in Preventive Medicine Review Board of the American Cancer Society. Dr. Taylor is also the recipient of several awards and recognitions including the Distinguished Educator of the Year Award, the Association for Teaching Prevention and Research ; the Dean’s Award for Leadership, Morehouse School of Medicine; the Humanism in Medicine Award, the Jewish Foundation of New Jersey; and an induction into the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism Honor Society.