Committee on Diversity in Medicine

Works to promote diversity within the medical profession and heighten awareness of disparities in health care access and treatment. The Committee meets 4 to 6 times a year on weekday evenings. 

Committee Members
Simone S. Wildes, Norfolk South, Chair
Fidencio Saldana, Norfolk, Vice Chair
Milagros E. Abreu, Middlesex West
Damian K. Archer, Essex South
W. Michael Byrd, OS
Marie Christine David, Norfolk
Cecilia M. Mikalac, Middlesex West
Bisola Ojikutu, Suffolk
Arlene B. Reed-Delaney, Middlesex
Purnima R. Sangal, Middlesex North
So-Fai Tsang, Norfolk
S. Ram Upadhyay, Worcester

Resident and Fellow:  
Member: Emily Cleveland, Suffolk

Medical Students: 
Member: David Velasquez, Norfolk
Alternate: Megan Harper, Suffolk

Alliance Liaisons:  
Member: Margaret Igne
Alternate: Open

Advisors:
Alice A. Tolbert Coombs, Norfolk South
Ronald W. Dunlap, Norfolk South
Lenny Lopez, Norfolk

MMS Staff Liaison
Robyn Alie ( ralie@mms.org)

Committee Activities and Additional Resources: 

• 2014 Public Health Leadership Forum: The Impact of Health Care Reform on Health Care Disparities -  View presentations 
• Information about Health Disparities
  
• MMS Testimony in Support of Senate 1114, An Act to Eliminate Health Disparities in the Commonwealth Before the Health Care Financing Committee - March 22, 2016