The TMA Board of Trustees assembled the TMA JEDI Task Force to study, report, and recommend actions to mitigate the effects of racism, inequality, and lack of diversity and inclusion.
The JEDI Task Force is committed to creating useful, evidence-based resources for physicians. The JEDI Task Force acknowledges the timely and essential opportunity TMA leadership has provided to work in the space of health equity and racism and commits to the production of robust, evidence-based work products to assist our members.
The task force is co-chaired by Kimberly Monday, MD (Neurologist, Houston) and Kevin H. McKinney, MD, FACE (Endocrinologist, Galveston).
Dr. Monday is an associate professor in the Department of Neurology at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and serves as the vice-chair of clinical operations for the Department of Neurology. Prior to joining McGovern Medical School's Department of Neurology, she was in private practice at the Houston Neurological Institute, which she cofounded.
Dr. McKinney is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Director of the Division of Endocrinology at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and the Stark Diabetes Clinic. He serves as the Co-Director of the second-year Endocrine and Reproduction course and is the Endocrinology Fellowship Program Director.
Members of the TMA JEDI Task Force are:
- Kevin H. McKinney, MD – Galveston (Co-Chair)
- Kimberly Monday, MD – Houston (Co-Chair)
- Kimberly C. Avila Edwards, MD - Austin
- Lindsay Botsford, MD, MBA - Houston
- Wendy M. Chung, MD, MSPH – Dallas
- M. Brett Cooper, MD – Plano
- Sandra Esquivel, MD - Weslaco
- Cynthia Jumper, MD, MPH - Lubbock
- Carla F. Ortique, MD - Houston
- Ronald Rodriguez, MD, PhD – San Antonio
- Linda M. Siy, MD – Fort Worth
- Tsola Andrew Efejuku - Galveston
Task Force Charge
1. To examine the effects of the lack of equality, diversity, and inclusion, and the presence of racism in the healthcare setting on the public health of patients in Texas and what role physicians can play to mitigate disparities, inequities, and other related concerns.
2. The establishment of a code of conduct for internal use within the House of Delegates, TMA Councils, Committees, Task Forces, and all other member experiences with TMA.
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