Senior Vice President/Inaugural Chief Health Equity Officer
Grady Health System
Dr. Yolanda Wimberly is a distinguished visionary and leader and widely respected healthcare and public health leader, educator, and community advocate who serves as senior vice president and Chief Health Equity Officer at Grady Health System and is a board-certified physician in both pediatrics and adolescent medicine and serves as an adjunct professor of pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine. A leader and nationally respected voice in the health equity movement, her clinical experiences providing medical care to patients with the most need in the Metro Altanta area for the past 21 years combined with her research and administrative experience, has provided her the unique opportunity to have an extensive understanding of all facets of health equity and social determinants of health. As the inaugural Chief Health Equity Officer at Grady Health System since October 2021, Dr. Wimberly leads the integration of comprehensive health equity into all Grady Health System operations. She has led the development of the health equity strategic plan for Grady that serves as the roadmap. The strategic plan incorporates four important pillars: Care Quality, Community Engagement, Cross Cultural Empathy, and Social Justice/Advocacy. Approximately 65% of the work to date has involved community engagement.
Masters of Health Equity: Engagement, Empathy and the Path Forward for Real Change (MSTR5)
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT