Diversity Leadership

The Department of Medicine diversity leadership teams include these faculty leaders.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Laura Svetkey

Laura Svetkey, MD, MHS
Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Camille Fulbright
Special Assistant To Vice-Chair for DEI

Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee

Ortiz-Melo

David Ortiz-Melo, MD
Co-Chair, Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee 

Vice-Chair, focusing on Latinx Faculty Initiative 

Omobonike Oloruntoba

Omobonike Oloruntoba-Sanders, MD
Co-Chair, Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee

(MRRC) Trainee Liaison

 

Julius Wilder

Julius Wilder, MD, PhD
Vice Chair, Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee, focusing on Black faculty initiative
Vice Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Gastroenterology

Program for Women in Internal Medicine

Daniella Zipkin

Daniella Zipkin, MD
Associate Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Chair, Program for Women in Internal Medicine 

Jennifer Rymer

Jennifer Rymer, MD, MBA, MHS, FAHA, FACC
 Program for Women in Internal Medicine (PWIM) Trainee Liaison

Stepping In 4 Respect

John Duronville

John Duronville, MD
Stepping In 4 Respect Leader

Civility Champions

Jane Gagliardi

  Jane Gagliardi, MD
  Civility Champion Leader

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism (DEIAR) Committee

Julius Wilder

Julius Wilder
Chair Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism (DEIAR) Committee

Vice Chiefs for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

As the VCDEI (Vice Chief for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), they will partner with the division chief and the DEIAR committee to create an infrastructure for DEI within each division. The VCDEI will serve as members of the DEIAR Committee, act as a liaison between DEIAR Committee and their respective divisions, and contribute to a DEI agenda focused on culture, recruitment, retention, education, and training within their division. Find your divisional Vice Chief for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion below.

Vice Chiefs for DEI

Frazier-Mills

 

Camille Frazier-Mills, MD, MHS
Vice Chief, Division of Cardiology

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Bryan Batch

 

 

Bryan Batch, MD
Vice Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
 

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Julius Wilder

 

Julius Wilder, MD, PhD
Vice Chief, Division of Gastroenterology 

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Fatima Syed

 

 

Fatima Syed, MD
Vice Chief, Division General Internal Medicine 
 

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Sonya Patel Nguyen

 

 

Sonya Patel-Nguyen, MD
Vice Chief, Hospital Medicine  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karen Joost

 

 

Karen Jooste, MD, MPH
Vice Chief, Palliative Care

Yoon Hei Kim

 

 

Yoon Hie Kim, MD
Vice Chief, Division of Geriatrics

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Sanghee Hong, MD

 

Sanghee Hong, MD
Vice Chief, Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy 

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Strouse

 

 

John Strouse, MD, PhD
Vice Chief, Division of Hematology 

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okeke

 

 

Lance Okeke, MD, MPH
Vice Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

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Daniel George

 

 

Daniel George, MD
Vice Chief, Division of Medical Oncology 

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Hall

 

 

Gentzon Hall, MD, PhD
Vice Chief, Division of Nephrology 

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Isaretta Riley

 

 

Isaretta Riley, MD
Vice Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine  

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Sophia Weinmann

 

 

Sophia Weinmann, MD
Vice Chief, Rheumatology and Immunology

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