What Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Means To Us

Emergency Medicine believes that our dimensions of difference unify us.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine

The Department of Emergency Medicine is dedicated to advancing a diverse and inclusive workforce that can lead clinical, educational, research, and service excellence and drive equitable care for our diverse patient populations.

Land Acknowledgement Statement

The UNM Health Sciences Center Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion recognizes the need to acknowledge the land that we work on.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Profiles

Beatrice Rushing

Marvin Gouch, EMT-P

T. Carson Wright, MD

Allison Gordon, MD, FAWM, DiMM

Diane Rimple, MD

Tijana Marjanovic, MD Resident Physician

Justin Baca, MD

Arram Noshirvan, MD

Angela Martz, Senior Lecturer

Darryl Macias, MD

Nathaniel Link, MD

Michael Lauria, MD

Janet Veesart, MD

JP Sanchez, MD

Bianca Alvarez, MD

Natasha James, MD

Linda Hodes-Villamar, MD

Chris Bossart, MD

Benny Chen, MD

Cameron Crandall, MD

Jessica Evanswall, MD

Jon Femling, MD

Audrea Garcia

Naomi George, MD

Kelley Grassham

Margaret Greenwood-Ericksen, MD

Christopher Guest, MD

Mateo Garcia, MD

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Related Education Projects and Opportunities

The department is working on threading DEI-related content throughout our medical school clerkship and residency and fellowship programs. Themes of particular interest include:

Gender discrimination in the work environment
Indigenous health
Anti-racism
Border and migrant health
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender health/Sexual and Gender Minority Health
Health advocacy
Language concordant care

You can view some of the department’s contributions through the following MedEdPORTAL Publications:

Addressing Interpersonal Violence as a Health Policy Question Using Interprofessional Community Educators - Amy Clithero, MBA, Danielle Albright, PhD, Elena Bissell, MD, Gabe Campos, JB, MBA, Karen Armitage, MD, Brian Solan, MD, Cameron Crandall, MD

Beyond Men, Women, or Both: A Comprehensive, LGBTQ-Inclusive, Implicit-Bias-Aware, Standardized-Patient-Based Sexual History Taking Curriculum - Jacob J. Mayfield, MD, Emily M. Ball, MD, Kory A. Tillery, MBA, Cameron Crandall, MD, Julia Dexter, J. Michael Winer, BA, Zachary M. Bosshardt, Jason H. Welch, Ella Dolan, Edward R. Fancovic, MD, Andrea I. Nañez, MD, Henning De May, Esmé Finlay, MD, Staci M. Lee, MD, Carl G. Streed, MD, Khizer Ashraf

Social and Structural Determinants of Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Health: A Case Study in Los Angeles

Andrea N. Garcia, MD, MS, Monique C. Castro, MS, LMFT, John Paul Sánchez, MD, MPH

Recent Submissions

Mistreatment in Residency: Intervening with the REWIND Communication Tool- Joyce Pang, MD, Natasha Navejar, MD
COVID-19 Education for Clinicians Caring for Spanish-Speaking Patients- Anibelky Almanzar, MD, Derek Martinez, MD, Miguel Lopez, MD, Edgar Vega, MD

Emergency Medicine DEI - Related Academic Medicine Writing Fellowship, Sponsored by the Department of Emergency Medicine

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Upcoming Diversity, Equity Inclusion Events

Please visit the following link to view the Celebrating Diversity months activities and events.
https://hsc.unm.edu/diversity/celebrating/

DEI Alignment with National Organizations

UNM EM Faculty are participating in the LMSA Mentorship Program to help support LMSA members in exploring emergency medicine careers.

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