Queen Angela

In this final episode of a series highlighting some of the foot soldiers of the AAO's Task Force on Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care, I speak with Dr. Angela Elam, the first author of the white paper that headlined the compendium of articles and commentaries produced by the Task Force. She is a glaucoma specialist at the University of Michigan and played an essential role in this group's work. Dr. Elam is humble and soft-spoken, but as you speak to her you can feel the passion and fire she has for health equity work burning under the surface with a strong, consistent intensity. Her life’s mission is to take her passion and make things right for those who haven’t always been on the right side of health care access and outcomes. Angela Elam, MD, MPH - https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/ophthalmology/angela-r-elam-md The White Paper - Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care Social Justice in Healthcare