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This year’s Black History Month theme is Black Resistance, which gives us the opportunity to reflect on how African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression.
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The formation of a Department of Psychiatry Diversity Committee was inspired by the creation of a hospital-wide Diversity Committee.
There have been a number of important milestones since the Committee's formation:
The Department of Psychiatry was the first, and for many years the only, department at Mass General to create a formal committee dedicated to diversity issues. Over the last 15 years, the Department of Psychiatry diversity initiatives have been a model for others within the hospital and community.
The transition to a Center for Diversity—led by founding members Dennis Norman, EdD, ABPP; Ranna Parekh, MD, MPH; Jerry Rosenbaum, MD; Estee Sharon, PsyD; Barb Siftar; Chet Pierce, MD; Deb Washington, RN, MSN; and Albert Yeung, MD—expanded on the previous mission of the Committee to include intercultural education, mental health disparities research and wider collaborations in the hospital and community. The Center was awarded the “Partners in Excellence Team Award” in December 2011 for this work.
Former leaders of the Diversity Committee have included David Henderson, MD (1998-2002), Jerry Rosenbaum, MD (2002), Gregory Fricchione, MD (2002-2007) and Ranna Parekh, MD, MPH (2007-2015), who oversaw the transition from Committee to Center. Nhi-Ha Trinh, MD, has served as Director of the Center for Diversity since 2015.
Members of the Psychiatry Center for Diversity. Front row (l to r): Ricardo Vela, MD; Nhi-Ha Trinh, MD, MPH; Katia Canenguez, PhD, EdM; Lisa DuBreuil, LICSW; 2019 Bonner Award Recipient Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD; Carol Bonner, MSW, MBA, EdD; Dale Murphy; Michele Morris. Back row (l to r): Derri Shtasel, MD, MPH; Aisha Usmani, PhD; Anne Emmerich, MD; Sheila O’Keefe, EdD, Laurie Ball, MM; Stan Saulny; and Paul Murphy.
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This year’s Black History Month theme is Black Resistance, which gives us the opportunity to reflect on how African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression.
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Massachusetts General Hospital is proud to announce that Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH, senior vice president for Equity and Community Health and Sumner M. Redstone Chair in Health Equity, is being recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2022’s Top Diversity Leaders.
Mass General has received a revolutionary gift of $50 million from Robert K. Kraft and The Kraft Family Foundation to address healthcare disparities caused by race, ethnicity, geography, and economic status.
Olivia Okereke, MD, MS, inaugural director of the newly established Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry’s Center for Racial Equity and Justice, is leading anti-racism efforts in the department, the psychiatry field, psychiatric research and more.