COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ALUMNI NEWS U.S. Postage P A I D Permit 94 Gainesville, FL Non-Profit Organization F A L L 2 017 2017 Diversit Sparking discussion and reflection By TYLER FRANCISCHINE Tof Medicine’s first annual Celebration of held April 3-8, attracted alumni and leaders in academic medicine to participate in discussions on the health care. Maude Lofton, MD ’79, who traveled to Gainesville from Littleton, Colorado, was struck by the talk she heard from Dr. Ibram X. Kendi on American medicine’s racial history. The former assistant professor of African American history at UF and 2016 National Book Award winner for “Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America” explained how racist ideas can lead to health inequity through inferior care and a lack of resources for minority populations. Lofton said Kendi tells it like it is. “We often don’t address the truth of history as it unfolded in this country,” she said. “Race relations play a key role in the development of medicine and our health care system. We have to deal with that in a sober, somber way if we’re going to move forward and improve.” The week’s discussions, led by an impressive list of leaders in academic medicine, including several from UF, recognized the detrimental effects of implicit biases in the relationship between health care professional and patient, as well as among members of the aca demic medicine community. UF department of emergency medicine chair J. Adrian Tyndall, MD, leads the college's diversity committee, which organized the Celebration of Diversity program. Tyndall said the intention was to stimulate conversation and action across the college. continued on page 10 BY MINDY C.Ibram X. Kendi, PhD, former UF assistant professor and 2016 National Book Award winner. IN THIS ISSUE: Physician-scientist in training | 3 Traumatic brain injury doesn’t stop this doctor | 4 PA school’s Ralph Rice retires | 6 2017 Diversity Week | 10 Q&A with Cullen Banks scholar | 11 P.O. Box 100253, Gainesville, FL 32610-0253 Diversity Celebration of Diversity events honor inclusion and multiculturalism in academic medicine “race relations play a key role in the development of medicine and our health care system.” he UF College ofM Diversity Week, he medi effects of bias in health from medic prof and Sta Hist how throu m Lo W it l PHOTO BY MILLER — Maude Lofton, MD ’79
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