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
Khalil C. Alleyne, Plymouth
Damian K. Archer, Essex South
Marie Christine David, Norfolk
Sharma E. Joseph, Norfolk
Cecilia M. Mikalac, Middlesex West
Bisola Ojikutu, Suffolk
Beri O. Songna, Norfolk
S. Ram Upadhyay, Worcester
 
Resident and Fellow:  
Member: Emily Cleveland Manchanda, Suffolk

Medical Students: 
Member: Jennifer Tran, Suffolk
Alternate: Gabriela Gaudier, Suffolk

Alliance Liaisons:  
Member: Margaret Igne  
Alternate: Bonnie Dunlap

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