LeRoi Hicks
@HicksLeroi
Chief Medical Officer of ChristianaCare Wilmington Hospital, Research Leader of iREACH, Immediate Past-President SGIM, Father and Husband, and Comic Book Nerd.
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http://www.christianacare.org 07-04-2022 02:14:23
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Delaware must not go backward in health equity. Read more by Dr. LeRoi Hicks: news.christianacare.org/2024/04/this-i… #LoveOfHealth #netDE #HealthEquity (2/2)
You are more likely to witness a total eclipse of the sun in your lifetime than a Black woman receiving an endowed chair at a US medical school. But yesterday, we did.
Congratulations to my mentor Jada Bussey-Jones, MD, FACP, the new Carter Smith Sr. Endowed Chair. So deserved!
#biggerthanus
Diversity is our strength. It provides us with opportunities and stimulates problem-solving and innovation. MarthaGerrity #medtwitter #meded #ProudToBeGIM #SGIMForum #SGIM23 bit.ly/3NmcocM
You never know who you’ll run into at #SGIM2023 and that’s the beauty of it.
LeRoi Hicks Dan Hunt Toby (He/Him) #DrKapadia #DrFleurant #DrReynolds #DrFitton #SGIM23 SGIM
To be healthy & to provide health… #HousingisHealthcare Reza Rabih Geha Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) #SGIM23 The Clinical Problem Solvers
Minorities are held to higher standards & are promoted less often than non-POC faculty. It is our duty as mentors & leaders to ensure that academia is a safe place where EVERYONE has the same opportunity to thrive #meded #antiracism #blackintheivory #facultydevelopment
Can’t wait for their #SGIM23 plenary! Reza & Rabih Geha inspire me not bec they are geniuses, but because they are kind, generous, & have worked diligently & deliberately at their craft to become great. That’s what makes greatness—sustained & deliberate effort #MedTwitter
SGIM President LeRoi Hicks SGIM #SGIM23 sharing why #HousingIsHealthcare for his pts. #MedTwitter Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH). Come to the booth to share why this matters to you/us/our pts!! Sarah A. Stella, MD Shelly-Ann Fluker Milda Saunders
Want to know why #HousingIsHealthcare ? Hear it from a hero of mine and yours Kimberly D. Manning, MD ! Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) #SGIM23 Thanks Dr Manning for your advocacy and your powerful voice on behalf of
your/our pts ! Sarah A. Stella, MD Shelly-Ann Fluker Milda Saunders LeRoi Hicks Vineet Chopra
#SGIM23 National survey of #DEI programs at US #medschools 67%(103/154) response rate. Scope of programming, magnitude, importance of work not matched by per student investment. We need to do better. @monicavelaw Norma Poll-Hunter UChicago Pritzker School of Medicine Vinny Arora MD MAPP LeRoi Hicks SGIM
Please join us in congratulating Christopher Jackson, MD; Ines Robles Aponte, MD; Evan Shannon, MD; & Lucille Torres-Deas, MD, recipients of this year's ACLGIM Unified Leadership Training in Diversity Award (UNLTD)! Christopher D. Jackson, MD Ines Robles Aponte Evan Michael Shannon, MD, MPH Lucy Torres-Deas, MD, FACP (she/her/ella)
Honestly I thought she already won 🏆 this! It’s about time! Congratulations Lisa A. Cooper, MD!!