Description

On the May 14, 2020, Prioritizing Equity webinar, Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, AMA chief health equity officer, and guests discuss the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Latinx physicians and the Latinx community, highlighting how the public health crisis has deepened preexisting inequities. Topics on this episode include the pandemic's impact on immigrant communities, COVID-19 testing, trends and equity concerns in health care and beyond.

Panel:

• Ricardo Correa, MD, EsD, FACP, FAPCR, CMQ , assistant professor of medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine and the Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown 
• Joaquín Estrada, MD, FASCRS, surgical director, Digestive Health Institute at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical, and the vice president of the Medical Organization for Latino Advancement   
• Luis Seija, MD, resident physician, Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York 
• Erika Flores Uribe, MD, MPH, director of language access and inclusion, Department of Health Services, Los Angeles County, assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine

Moderator: AMA Chief Health Equity Officer Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH

Originally aired May 14, 2020

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