"Social Justice and Healthcare" with Maura George, MD

Maura George MD, FACP is an associate professor of medicine at Emory and a primary care internist at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. She completed her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at Princeton University, her medical degree at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and her internal medicine residency at Emory University. In addition to her clinical work at Grady, Dr. George is very involved in the School of Medicine, teaching medical students longitudinally as a small group advisor and as course director for several required and elective courses including Community Learning and Social Medicine (CLSM), an 18-month required course with community and classroom components. She runs the new Health Equity, Advocacy, and Policy (HEAP) Track through graduate medical education for residents and fellows. Her scholarly work focuses on curricular development regarding the social determinants of health, advocacy, and ethics. In addition, Dr. George serves as the co-chair of the Ethics Committee for Grady Memorial Hospital and a faculty fellow of the Emory Center for Ethics. She is a board member for Georgia Watch, a state-wide consumer advocacy organization, and the past chair of the Society for General Internal Medicine's national ethics committee. She has won awards for her teaching and service, including the Evangeline T. Papageorge Distinguished Teaching Award. For more information please visit:Social Determinants of Health:https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/beyond-health-care-the-role-of-social-determinants-in-promoting-health-and-health-equity/ "Ask Me 3":http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/Ask-Me-3-Good-Questions-for-Your-Good-Health.aspx Teach back:https://www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/quality-resources/tools/literacy-toolkit/healthlittoolkit2-tool5.html This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM