Surgical Disparities Grand Round with Dr. Eliseo Perez-Stable, Director of National Institute for Minority Health and Disparities
Surgical Disparities Grand Round
“Promoting Health Equity in Surgical Care”
With Dr. Eliseo Perez-Stable, Director of National Institute for Minority Health and Disparities
May 26, 2021 4:30pm-6pm Eastern Standard Time
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar Health, the Integrated Surgical Services is honored to invite you to attend the MedStar-Georgetown Surgical Disparities Grand Round, featuring Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. as our keynote speaker on surgical disparities.
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 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.
Neil J. Weissman, MD
Chief Scientific Officer, MedStar Health
Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University
Moshe Levi, MD
Dean of 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
Zoom: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/93973228013