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Focusing on Healthcare Equity on Women’s Equality Day

Women’s Equality Day is a time to remember all the equality women have achieved over the years– social, civil, economic, political and legal. It is also a time to raise awareness for all those we still lack or have lost in that same time. Commemorating days like this calls for all women to fight for each other, especially those women who may not be like them.

Reflecting on LGBTQ+ Pride Month

By Marilyn McLeod, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, Facility Medical Director, Emergency Medicine   Pride Month gives us the opportunity to celebrate our successes, grieve our failures and plan for our future work. We have made so much progress in improving recognition for fairness and understanding for the LGBTQ+ community. Yet, too often the headlines we see...

Reflecting on Juneteenth 2022

By Candace Nall, MD, Physician, Emergency Medicine   When I reflect on what Juneteenth represents to me personally, it elicits a sense of pride. As I celebrate this day, I am mindful that each generation of Black women in my family have experienced the same healthcare system inequalities. Despite our change in income and privilege,...

Black Maternal Health Week: Acknowledging our Bias

By Efua Erbynn, MD, Facility Medical Director, OB/GYN Hospitalist, Inova Loudoun Hospital   Black Maternal Health Week occurring April 11 – 17, 2022, is a time of celebration, awareness, activism, amplification and visibility for Black maternity. In recognition of the week, Dr. Efua Erbynn participated in a question and answer session to discuss the persistent...

Black Maternal Health Week: Honoring our Humanity

By Djuna Jones, DO, Facility Medical Director, OB/GYN Hospitalist, Piedmont Henry Hospital   April 11 – 17, 2022, is Black Maternal Health Week. Officially recognized by the White House for the first time last year, the week is a time of celebration, awareness, activism, amplification and visibility for Black maternity. In recognition of the week,...