Thank you for your interest in the Inaugural Diversity Week Lecture Series. Please register by completing the form below. You can direct any questions to Madeline Ebanks at 1-718-430-3091. Meals will be served at in-person events on 4/26 and 4/27. If you wish to attend the in-person events and you do not have an Einstein/affiliated hospital ID, you must also register to enter the campus at
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 8:00 am - 9:00 am, Robbins Auditorium and Zoom Meeting ID 982 4342 0341
9th Annual Roger Duvivier, MD, FACOG Lecture
Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Obstetrics and Gynecology: the Role of Positionality in Academic Medicine
Camille Clare, MD, MPH, CPE, FACOG, Chair and Tenured Professor, OB/GYN
Downstate Medical Center
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Price 551 and Zoom Meeting ID 9117 948 0671
The Impact of a Key Social Determinant on My Career as a Thoracic Surgeon
Raja Flores, MD, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ames Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm, Lubin Hall and Zoom Meeting ID 9365 589 2013
Applying the Scientific Method to a Winding Biomedical Career Path
Courtney Ferrell Aklin, Ph.D., Acting Associate Deputy Director of National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Senior Advisor, Immediate Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Price 551 and Zoom Meeting ID 9299 151 4181
Advancing Equity in Clinical Care
Yvette Calderon, MD, MS
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Mount Sinai Downtown
Dean and Vice-President for Equity in Clinical Care, Mount Sinai Health System
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm, Lubin Hall and Zoom Meeting ID 9712 423 4233
Using Big Data to Advance Medical Science
Dr. Hassan Tetteh, MPA, MBA, MS
US Navy Captain
Heart and Lung Transplant Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Director of Clinical Informatics and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Navy
Warfighter Health Mission Initiative Chief, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
