Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is a standing committee of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD). The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is committed to promoting the values of inclusion and equity within the APCCMPD by setting a vision and making recommendations and action plans to create and sustain an actively anti-racist and anti-discrimination community/culture, providing a welcoming and enriching environment for all. The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee promotes the goals of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion among the community of pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care fellowship programs through the creation of educational resources and tools that bring about the cultural, and possibly ethical, changes necessary for fellowship education.

2026-2027 JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE
	Chair Melanie Garbarino, MD PCCM Core Faculty Henry Ford Hospital
	Katie Adib, MD PCCM Fellow The Ohio State University
	Immediate Past Co-Chair Debasree Banerjee, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Brown University
	Timothy J. Barreiro, DO Professor of Internal Medicine Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
	Benjamin Claxton, MD, MPH PCCM Chief Fellow Johns Hopkins University
	Immediate Past Co-Chair David J. De La Zerda, MD PCCM Faculty University of Miami
	Sherie Gause, MD PCCM Training Program Director Assistant Professor of Medicine Oregon Health & Science University
	Yolanda Hidalgo-Hernandez, MD PCCM Fellow Henry Ford Hospital
	Roma Mehta, MD PCCM Associate Program Director Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham
	Mirna Mohanraj, MD PCCM Associate Program Director Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
	Hafsa Safdar, MD PCCM Fellow University of Alabama at Birmingham
	Board of Directors Liaison Geneva B. Tatem, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Value Statement

The Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD) believes that diversity with respect to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identities and expressions, and disabilities is vital to advancing pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care fellowship education and the next generation of medical educators.

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