Reede Scholars Live

Welcome to "Reede Scholars Live!" hosted by Dr. Mary E. Fleming. In this episode, Dr. Fleming sits down with Dr. Cory D. Mitchell, D.Bioethics, MA, HEC-C, the first African American system ethicist in the history of Catholic health care. Dr. Mitchell's work delves into the intersections of organizational ethics, clinical ethics, social policy, and practice, exploring their impact on...

🎙️ Welcome to Reede Scholars Live Podcast with Dr. Mary Fleming! In this episode, Dr. Mary Fleming sits down with the renowned American and Canadian physician, healthcare executive, and innovator, Dr. Marc-David Munk. With a reputation as a thought leader in the realms of value-based, consumer-facing healthcare, and global health, Dr. Munk brings a wealth of experience to the conversation. 🏥 Expe...

🎙️ **Reede Scholars Live Podcast: Let’s Talk Health Equity, Health Plans, and AI Join us for a compelling episode of Reede Scholars Live, hosted by the brilliant Dr. Mary Fleming. In this episode, Dr. Aisha Rahim, an accomplished Internal Medicine Doctor and Health Care Executive at John Hopkins Health Plans, shares her inspiring journey and commitment to advocating for health equity. 🤰 **Navigat...

Join us on an inspiring journey as Dr. Mary Fleming hosts the dynamic duo, Kelajah and Candace Shepard, on Reede Scholars Live. Kelajah, a former soldier turned entrepreneur, discovered his passion for entrepreneurship and doula work after the joyful news of expecting their rainbow baby in 2020. This transformative experience prompted Kelajah to embark on a mission to fill the gap in childbirth ed...

In this episode, we are joined by Reagan Portis, Madison, Mississippi resident, and current 9th grader.  In addition to excelling at her schoolwork, Reagan is an artist, an author, a photographer, and the owner of a mixed media technology company, Rea and Ray Productions.  Her book, Just for Girls Coloring and Activity Book: Building Confidence in Black Children was created to uplift the confidenc...

In this episode, we are joined by Jeff McKinney, founder of One2Gration.  Originally from Texas, Mr. McKinney traveled to Nashville, TN to attend Fisk University and study computer science.  Mr. McKinney’s career has since traversed Corporate America into entrepreneurship.  He describes his challenges with micro and macro aggressions of racism in the workspace and its effect on his mental health....

In this episode, Annelle Primm, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist and Senior Medical Advisor of The Steve Fund, joins us.  Dr. Primm has a long-standing commitment to serving vulnerable populations and has previously served as Deputy Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine...

In this episode, we are joined by Gerald Onuoha, MD, an internal medicine hospitalist in Nashville, TN and founder of Everybody vs Racism.  Prompted by the death of George Floyd, Everybody vs Racism’s mission is to Eradicate Racism by providing awareness, education, and resources to communities, organizations, and businesses in the private and public sector about social injustices, systematic...

In this episode, we are joined by Joe Betancourt, MD, MPH, an internal medical physician and current Senior Vice President for Equity and Community Health at Mass General Hospital in Boston, MA.  Dr. Betancourt will be the new President of the Commonwealth Fund in New York, New York starting January 2023. We discuss the changing landscape of health equity and how lived experience and prepared...

In this episode, we are joined by Zerita Buchanan, DDS, fourth generation dentist, owner of the private practice Dental Dreams, LLC in Lithonia, GA, and the current Joseph L. Henry Oral Health Fellow at The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  Dr. Buchanan completed her undergraduate degree at Spelman college and her dental degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Scho...

On this episode we are joined by Dr. Sr. Priscilla Busingye and Sr. Gertrude Kabanyomozi, both members of the Religious Institute of the Daughters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus (commonly known as the Banyatereza Sisters).  Sr. Dr. Priscilla is also the 2020 African Mission Healthcare (AMH) Gerson L’Chaim Prize recipient, the first woman and the first African to receive this award. They ha...

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Charlene Collier, an obstetrician and gynecologist who currently lives with her family in Jackson, MS.  After finishing her medical training, Dr. Collier completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Fellowship Program at Yale University School of Medicine.  On June 24, 2022, the Dobbs v. Jackson decision changed the landscape of reproductive h...

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Bex Eliot Canner, a family medicine physician currently living in New Zealand.  Originally from Baltimore, Dr. Canner studied in the rural northeast before practicing for several years in Montana.  They moved to New Zealand about 10 years ago and have worked in rural, underserved and urban settings. Dr. Canner describes themselves as an Advocate for...

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Muyibat Adelani, an Orthopedic Surgeon in St. Louis, MO.  Originally from the area, she trained in Tennessee and California before returning to academic medicine and teaching residents.  Currently, Dr. Adelani works for community practice and supports other physicians as a Physician Coach. We discuss Dr. Adelani’s journey to Orthopedics, the differen...

On this episode, we are joined by Ms. Aurora Washington.  Originally from Mississippi she attended Tougaloo College before matriculating to Brown University where she is a PhD candidate in Biotechnology. We discuss the unique challenges of black and brown students in graduate education especially as they relate to  microaggressions, inclusivity, belonging and retention in the academic sp...

On this episode we are joined by Chelsea Dade, a Health Communication Specialist and Community Engagement Management for the Kaiser Family Foundation, and creator of Communicate for Health Justice. We discuss the importance of health communication to public health and clinical healthcare, health literacy and messaging on social media.   Her platform, Communicate For Health Justice (CFHJ)...

On this episode we are joined by Marsha McDougal, food & lifestyle blogger and breast cancer survivor who resides in Nashville, TN.  Diagnosed with breast cancer after her second pregnancy, Mrs. McDougal shares her journey publicly on YouTube. As a part of our breast cancer awareness series, we discuss diagnosis and treatment before the age of screening.  As a wife, mother and advoca...

In this episode, we are joined by Elizabeth Dale, MD, Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon and Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. As a part of our breast cancer awareness series, we explore options and challenges for surgery and reconstruction after a breast cancer diagnosis.  Dr. Dale shares with us her journey into the field of Plastic Surgery and her personal and family history...

In this episode, we are excited to host our first-panel discussion of three Reede Scholars from the class of 2000.  We are joined by Dr. Kimberly Wyche, who will be the new Senior VP for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at ASHTO,  Dr. Dora Hughes, Senior Advisor at CMS/CMMI, and Dr. Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee, Chief Health Officer at Accenture. These dynamic women share their professional...

In this episode, we are joined by Olan Soremekun, MD, MBA, an emergency medicine physician and current CEO of Cayaba Care, currently based in Philadelphia, PA. Maternal health disparities and maternal mortality statistics in the US are staggering, especially for black and brown women, with Black women being 3-4 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.  Guayaba...

On this episode, we are joined by Candrice Heath, MD a triple board certified dermatologist currently practicing in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to being a physician, Dr. Heath is a clinical researcher, nationally recognized author, speaker and entrepreneur, recently starting her own beauty line, My Sister’s Beauty. She shares her journey to her dream and perseverance to becoming a dermatologist,...

In this episode, we are joined by Frinny Polanco Walters, MD, MPH, a pediatrician and attending physician at Boston’s Children’s Hospital in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine. As we enter the second school year affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Polanco Walters offers considerations for adolescents, returning to the classroom, vaccinations, and the unintended consequences tha...

In this episode, we are joined by Channon Hudgins, MD, a physician of Hospice and Palliative Care in Southeast Texas. Dr. Hudgins shares her journey through OB/GYN to her current position and what prompted the change.  We discuss the definitions of Hospice vs Palliative care services and the importance of each.  Lastly, with the challenges of COVID-19, we discuss the importance of vaccin...

In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Verbiest, DrPH, MSW, MPH, co-principal director for the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center in Chapel Hill, NC.  She is also Director of the Jordan Institute for Families in the UNC School of Social Work and the Executive Director of the Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health in the UNC School of Medicine. Dr. Verbiest shares with us he...

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Elna Nagasako, MD, PhD, MPH, current Reede Scholar, and former senior consultant to a large healthcare delivery system in the area of health equity where she was the primary driver in initiating equity reporting within the system. Dr. Nagasako shares with us her journey to the health equity space from quantum optics.  We delve into the evolving definition...