Aletha Maybank Chief Health Equity Officer for the American Medical Association

Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH currently serves as the Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President for the American Medical Association (AMA) where she focuses on embedding health equity across all the work of the AMA and leading the Center for Health Equity. She joined the AMA in April 2019, as their inaugural Chief Health Equity Officer. Dr. Maybank previously served as Founding Director for the Center for Health Equity at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (2014) and the Office of Minority Health in the Suffolk County Department of Health Services (2006). She is a nationally recognized speaker, writer and advisor on issues related to health equity, the future of medicine, and public health impact. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University, a Medical Degree from Temple University School of Medicine, and a Master of Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

AMA Health Equity Publications

Organizational Strategic Plan to Embed Racial Justice and Advance Health Equity

Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts

Dr. Aletha Maybank: A Commitment to Advance Health Equity on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOUB6QFsr1k

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