History of Racism in U.S. Health Care:
Root Causes of Today’s Hierarchy and Systems of Power
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm ET
Event Description
In health care, we are united by our belief in providing the highest quality care to every patient. To do so, we must better understand the past, and work intentionally toward a healthier future.
This inaugural event in the National Health Equity Grand Rounds series will highlight the root causes of present-day health inequities by tracing the social, economic, political, geographic, and environmental forces that shape opportunity for health in the United States. Keynote speaker Harriet A. Washington, MA, author of Medical Apartheid, will explore the history of structural inequities in health care and unethical medical experimentation followed by a panel conversation moderated by American Medical Association (AMA) Chief Health Equity Officer Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, and featuring Rupa Marya, MD, Jack Resneck, Jr., MD, and David Ansell, MD, MPH.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit will be offered at no cost to attendees. This activity has been approved for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ *
Featured Speaker
Keynote
Harriet A. Washington, MA
Award-winning Medical Writer, Ethicist, Author of Medical Apartheid and other books
Harriet A. Washington, MA is a science writer, editor, and ethicist who is the author of Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Informed Consent in Medical Research (2021, Columbia Global Reports); and A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind. She has been Writing Fellow in Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, the 2015-2016 Miriam Shearing Fellow at the University of Nevada’s Black Mountain Institute, a Research Fellow in Medical Ethics…
Additional Speakers
Moderator
Panelists
Rupa Marya, MD
Physician, Activist, Writer, Composer, Founder of Deep Medicine Circle & Co-Founder of Do No Harm Coalition
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Jack Resneck Jr., MD
President, AMA
Professor & Current Chair, Department of Dermatology, UCSF
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David Ansell, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President of Community Health Equity, Rush University Medical Center
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Founding Collaborators
The four Founding Collaborators designed and supported the development of the National Health Equity Grand Rounds series.




Amplification Collaborators
We are grateful for the support of our Amplification Collaborators, each of whom is working to advance health equity in their communities. Amplification Collaborators provide event promotion and outreach through their channels.











Upcoming Events
Additional events in the National Health Equity Grand Rounds series include:
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Follow the Money! Understanding the Structural Incentives for Inequity in Health Care and Beyond
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm ET
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Academic Elitism: Exclusivity and Dominant Culture in Health Education and Training
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm ET
Data and Community Accountability
Making the Invisible Visible through Data: From Racism, Neglect, and Exploitation to Transparency, Accountability, and Repair
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm ET
*Accreditation Statement: The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement: The AMA designates this other (live and on-demand) activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:
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- 1.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
- 1.5 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
- 1.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program; and
- 1.5 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program;
It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.