Skip to main content

Diversity & Inclusion Committee (EDIC)

Contact Our Committee Members

Anika Backster, MD, MSCR, Diplomate ABEM

Co-Chair

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Anika Backster

Randy Wallace, MD

Co-Chair

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

No photo

Sheryl Heron, MD, MPH

Advisor

Professor & Vice Chair of Faculty Equity, Engagement & Empowerment
Associate Dean, Community Engagement, Equity & Inclusion
Assistant Dean, Clinical Education/Student Affairs
Associate Director for Education & Training, Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE)

Sheryl Heron, MD, MPH

Michelle Lall, MD, MHS, FACEP

Director, Well-Being, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Associate Professor
Director, Medical Education Fellowship

 

Michelle Lall, MD, MHS, FACEP

Eliot Blum, MD, FACEP

LGBTQ+ Initiatives Subcommittee Chair

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Blum, Eliot

Louis Singleton, PA-C

APP Chair

singleton-louis

Megan Henn, MD, FACEP

Women in Emergency Medicine Promoting Wellness, Research, Diversity, and Professional Development (WEM-PWRDD) Co-Chair

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Assistant Clerkship Director

Dr. Megan Henn

Nabil Abazaid, MD

Resident Co-Chair

Nabil Abazaid, MD

Camille Beecher, MD

Resident Co-Chair

Camille Beecher

Geovonni Bell, MD

Secretary

 

Geovonni Bell

Awards

  • Dr. Sheryl Heron was awarded the inaugural "Wes Curry" Executive Leadership Award in Diversity and Inclusion during the 6th Annual Executive Diversity Summit at ACEP sponsored by Vituity
  • Dr. Sheryl Heron was awarded the Inaugural Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award – Emory University School of Medicine – 2018
  • Dr. Heron's book, Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care - 2nd edition – Your Story/Our Story, was endorsed by Tony Award-winning Director and Producer Kenny Leon, our 17th Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona and Immediate Past President of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine and Past President of the African Federation of Emergency Medicine, Lee Wallis
  • Dr. Jennifer (Jae) Goines was awarded the In-Training Professionalism Award at the Georgia Emergency Medicine Leadership & Advocacy Conference (GEMLAC) - 2019
  • AWAEM Department of the year -2016