Working Group for Racial Justice

In partnership with Georgetown University Medical Center, the MedStar Health Academic Affairs Working Group for Racial Justice was created to address the negative impact of systemic racism in our MedStar Health academic community. The focus audience of this working group is MedStar Health residents, fellows, and teaching faculty. This effort consists of a Steering Committee and six Subcommittees, or working groups, focused on the development and implementation of sustainable positive change in our clinical learning environments.

MedStar Health EI&D Steering Committee

Working Group for Racial Justice: EI&D Entity Council,

MedStar Health Academic Affairs

Leadership Team

Dean Jamie Padmore

Vice President, Academic Affairs
WGRJ Executive Sponsor

About Jamie Padmore

Jamie S. Padmore is vice president of Academic Affairs at MedStar Health. In this role, she has strategic and operational oversight for Graduate Medical Education (GME), continuing medical education, faculty development, medical staff credentialing and physician well-being at MedStar Health. She serves as the Designated Institutional Official (DIO) for the MedStar Health GME Consortium, which includes more than 1,100 residents and fellows enrolled in more than 90 clinical training programs.

In addition, Padmore is the senior associate dean for medical education at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) and principal liaison for medical student clinical education at MedStar Health’s clinical sites. She is the founder and co-director of the MedStar Health Teaching Scholars Program, and established Georgetown’s Office of Educational Scholarship. She holds the rank of professor in the GUMC Department of Surgery.

Nationally recognized for her published research on academic remediation and due process, clinical competence assessment and the clinical learning environment, Padmore is often sought after as a consultant in medical education. She was honored as the inaugural recipient of Georgetown University’s designation of Distinguished Educator.

Padmore received her Bachelor of Science from the Ohio State University College of Medicine, and her Master of Science and Doctor of Management from the University of Maryland. She is a 2007 Harvard-Macy Scholar, and also holds a certificate in leadership from Georgetown University and a certificate in medical education research from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Padmore has held leadership roles on several national organizations, including the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Educational Advancement, Group on Resident Affairs, and served three elected terms as AAMC’s national section chair for Graduate Medical Education. She also has served as an officer and board member for the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers. She is an active member of the Association of Medical Educators in Europe. Locally, Padmore serves as faculty with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Program Director Training Course, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Deans’ Committee and Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission.

Megha Shah Fitzpatrick, MD, FAAP

WGRJ Chair

About Dr. Fitzpatrick

Dr. Fitzpatrick currently serves as Vice Chair for Education in the department of Pediatrics and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics. She also serves as the director of Pediatric Medical Education at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. She graduated from the Drexel University College of Medicine in 2003 and went on to complete her Pediatric Residency and Internship at the Children’s National Medical Center from 2003-2006 and her Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Children’s National Medical Center from 2006-2009. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care by the American Board of Pediatrics.

As a clinician educator and mother, racial justice and health equity are incredibly important to Dr. Fitzpatrick as she looks towards the next generation of physicians and her children’s generation of Americans. As a woman of color and an ally to our Black faculty, residents and students, Dr. Fitzpatrick has heard from them and witnessed first-hand the barriers they have faced at every step of the way because of the racism within society and within academic medicine. She strongly believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion lead to excellence. Dr. Fitzpatrick is passionate about ensuring that MedStar Health, as an academic health system, creates and sustains a clinical learning environment that is diverse, inclusive and equitable. An environment that supports and helps all faculty, students and trainees thrive and excel; especially those in groups that are traditionally under-represented in medicine. Furthermore, creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive clinical learning environment will help MedStar Health become an academic medical system that continues to promote health equity for all of the patients and communities we serve. Dr. Fitzpatrick is looking forward to collaborating and innovating with leaders, faculty, and trainees across our health system to promote and sustain diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in our clinical learning and practice environment. She is humbled and honored to be a part of this important work as we strive to make change for a better future of academic medicine and a better future for her children’s generation of Americans.

Yewande Rukayat Alimi, MD

WGRJ Co-Chair

About Dr. Alimi

Yewande Alimi, MD, is a general surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Alimi received her medical degree from the Emory University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at MedStar Georgetown/MedStar Washington and her fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Alimi is board certified in surgery.

Iman Mohammed, PMP, SPHR

HR Representative

About Iman Mohammed

Iman Mohammed, PMP, SPHR is the Director of Project & Program Management, HR Operations. Prior to her current position, she has held various roles in Human Resources at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Mohammed received her Bachelors of Arts and Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Maryland.

Executive Committee

Entity Council Sub-Committees

Awareness and Communication, Dr. Megha Shah Fitzpatrick (Chair)
Education and Development, Dr. Keisha Bell (Chair)
Community Involvement, Dr. Yewande Alimi (Chair)
Health Equity (Research and Education), Dr. Philippa Soskin (Chair) and Karey Sutton (Co-Chair)

Legacy Sub-Committees

Wellbeing, Dr. Selena Briggs (Chair) and Dr. Heather Hartman-Hall (Co-Chair)
Recruitment and Retention of Black/URIM Trainees and Faculty, Dr. Jamie Hill-Daniel (Chair) and Dr. Colin Stewart (Co-Chair)

Our Partners

As partner organizations, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity is a top priority for both MedStar Health and Georgetown University across our academic health system.

Georgetown University Medical

House Staff Diversity Council

The House Staff Diversity Council is a self-governing and representative body within academic affairs of Medstar Health. The purpose of the committee is to promote diversity and inclusion within Medstar Health by championing and supporting initiatives that foster community engagement, mentorship and sponsorship, and scholastic achievements. The council is in its inaugural year and will have events and initiatives that are forthcoming. If you are interested in getting involved, please reach out to Yewande Alimi.