Wednesday, January 17 | 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm
Keynote Panel: WUSM Leader Panel on MLK, Jr.’s Impact »

Dr. King’s legacy and commitment to civil rights and eliminating inequities has influenced the fields of medicine and public health. At the Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights held in Chicago in March 1955, Dr. King declared: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhumane.” In a 1961 annual report entitled “Equality Now: The President Has the Power,” Dr. King called attention to “a considerable amount of discrimination” with regard to health and hospitalization. Consistent with what we might today describe as an antiracist stance, Dr. King influenced the fields of medicine and public health by being among the voices to suggest and champion specific changes in programs and policies that could reduce racial inequity in social determinants of health and health more broadly. This panel of WashU Medicine leaders will reflect on how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s Legacy has impacted their practice as leaders in medicine and/or biomedical science.

Refreshments will be provided.

Panelists include:

• Eva Aagaard, MD
  Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor of Medical Education
  Senior Associate Dean for Education, Vice Chancellor for Medical Education
  Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
• Opeolu M Adeoye, MD, MS
  BJC HealthCare Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine
  Department Chair of Emergency Medicine
• Michael Avidan, MBBCh, FCA SA
  Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology
  Department Chair of Anesthesiology
• Eric J. Lenze, MD
  Wallace and Lucille K Renard Professor
  Department Chair of Psychiatry

The panel will be moderated by:

• Will Ray Ross, MD, MPH
  Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine, Nephrology
  Associate Dean for Diversity
  Principal Officer for Community Partnerships