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UCLA Radiology Task Force on Equity Diversity and Inclusion

Kathleen Brown, MD, Chair


Theodore Hall, MD, Vice Chair


Preeti Ahuja, PhD


Natalie Cain, MD


Saima Chaabane, PhD


Ai-Chi Chen, PhD


Tonya Greene


Stephanie Lee-Felker, MD


Justin McWilliams, MD


Michael McNitty-Gray, PhD


Connie Ju, MD

Barbara Kadell, MD


Aarti Luhar, MD


Shabnam Mortazavi, MD


Emeka Okafor, MD


Ben Plotkin, MD


Nancy Pham, MD


Ashley Prosper, MD


Robert Suh, MD


Naomi Walker, MD


Nazanin Yaghmai, MD


David Zucker, MD


DGSOM Statement on Diversity Inclusion

At the David Geffen School of Medicine, the core values of diversity and inclusion are inseparable from our institutional goals of excellence in all tenets of healthcare, research, education, and community engagement. With the active support of its leadership, DGSOM is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, residents, fellows, staff, and faculty from diverse backgrounds who represent the communities served by the University of California.

Our goal is to foster an environment of respect that celebrates the unique perspectives, contributions, and expertise that each individual brings to DGSOM. Through a process of continual reevaluation, reflection, and feedback, we are unwavering in our dedication to achieve justice, equity and diversity inclusion.

Adopted March 2020

"The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it and then dismantle it."
∼ Ibram X. Kendi


Departmental Objectives

Clinical Care

  • To expand clinical care in Interventional Radiology in partnership with Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

Education

  • To create a safe and supportive environment for our colleagues and patients through increased awareness and education about individual and institutional biases and health and health care disparities
  • To foster increased interest in medicine for underrepresented groups through research and workplace mentorship

Recruitment, Retention and Promotion

  • To improve the medical student, resident to faculty pipeline via education and mentorship
  • To increase awareness among URiM medical students and post graduate students of the specialties of diagnostic and interventional radiology and biomedical science
  • To increase awareness among URiM premedical and sciences students of the specialties of diagnostic and interventional radiology

Health Equity Research

  • To evaluate differences in breast cancer screening practices and adherence to guidelines to improve screening processes
  • To evaluate differences in clinical metrics in newly diagnosed breast cancer
  • To increase guidelines-based utilization of LDCT lung cancer screening by collaboration with breast cancer screening in partnership with community clinics

Message from the Chair

Dieter Enzmann, MD
Leo G. Rigler Chair & Professor
UCLA Radiological Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine

"In order for academic medicine, UCLA Health, and UCLA Radiology to remain true to its social compact, we must assume leadership in solving this pressing societal problem. This requires a longterm, action-oriented commitment and UCLA Radiology takes great pride in having applied the talents and skills under its control to work on alleviating this painful aspect of social injustice."

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Radiology EDI Subcommittees

Clinical Care

  • Aarti Luhar, MD
  • Justin McWilliams, MD
  • Ben Plotkin, MD

Education

  • Theodore Hall, MD
  • Connie Ju, MD
  • Justin McWilliams, MD
  • Ben Plotkin, MD
  • Robert Suh, MD
  • Naomi Walker, MD
  • David Zucker, MD

Recruitment Retention Promotion

  • Ai-Chi Chen, PhD
  • Theodore Hall, MD
  • Connie Ju, MD
  • Barbara Kadell, MD
  • Aarti Luhar, MD
  • Michael McNitt-Gray, PhD
  • Justin McWilliams, MD
  • Shabnam Mortazavi, MD
  • Emeka Okafor, MD
  • Naomi Walker, MD

Health Equity Research

  • Preeti Ahuja, PhD
  • Natalie Cain, MD
  • Saima Chaabane, PhD
  • Stephanie Lee-Felker, MD
  • Aarti Luhar, MD
  • Shabnam Mortazavi, MD
  • Ashley Prosper, MD
  • Nazanin Yaghmai, MD
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