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.

2024-2025 JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE
	Co-Chair David J. De La Zerda, MD  PCCM Training Program Director Jackson Memorial Hospital
	Co-Chair Debasree Banerjee, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Brown University
	Rosemary Adamson, MBBS PCCM Associate Program Director Associate Professor University of Washington
	Lauren Blackwell, MD PCCM Associate Program Director Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Assistant Professor Mount Sinai Beth Israel
	Cait Clancy, MD, MSHP PCCM Associate Program Director Vice Chief for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Perelman School of Medicine
	Melanie Garbarino, MD Physician Henry Ford Hospital
	Aanchal Kapoor, MD, MEd CCM Associate Program Director Assistant Professor of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Foundation
	Dharani Narendra, MD CCM Training Program Director Assistant Professor Baylor College of Medicine
	Hetal J. Patel, MD PCCM Training Program Director Associate Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
	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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