Overcoming Implicit Bias:  Our Journey Towards Health Equity

Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and Substance Use  Register for March 11
There is no fee, but advanced registration is required.  Learn more about this event
Registration deadline: March 1.

Registrants will receive advanced materials by email to review and prepare for these discussions. The format will include presentations from our IAFP expert facilitators and small group discussions to produce action steps to implement changes in your communities.  After the live sessions, conversations and progress will continue. 

Lead Facilitator: Javette C. Orgain, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Chair, IAFP Public Heath Workgroup on Health Equity
Past Speaker, American Academy of Family Physicians, Past President, Illinois Academy of Family Physicians
Past President National Medical Association
Medical Director, Longevity Health Plan of Illinois and staff physician at Vitas Healthcare, Inc.

Facilitator: Gender Identity/ Sexual Orientation

Anuj K Shah, MD, MPH (pronouns: he/him/his)
Integrative Family Medicine
Heartland Health Centers-Lakeview

Facilitator: Substance Use

Thomas D. Huggett, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Mobile Health at Lawndale Christian Health Center
Chicago's West Side
Vice Chair, Illinois Medicaid Advisory Council
2018 IAFP Family Physician of the Year