ADVOCACY
STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF SURGEONS TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PLATFORMS TO IMPROVE THE CARE OF SURGICAL PATIENTS.
ENCOURAGE THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TOWARDS ADDRESSING SURGICAL INEQUALITIES.
FACULTY Chair: Advocacy
Lisa Allee, LICSW, MSW
As a clinical social worker and the Director of Injury Prevention and the Community Violence Response Team, the mission and goals of SRS naturally align with mine. I am devoted to ensuring equal access to care and services for those at Boston Medical Center with a focus on serving the underserved. With SRS we can tackle the many social determinants of health as a group and educate the future surgical leaders to continue this work in their own careers.
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Master of Social Work
Northeastern University
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
Resident Chair: Advocacy
Hiba Dhanani, MD, ScM
Medical Student Chair: Advocacy
Kaylee mccord
Aims:
Advocate for patients on a personal level within the doctor-patient relationship.
Engage in meaningful dialogue at the institutional, city, state, and national level to improve surgical equity.
Encourage participation in the formulation and evolution of healthcare policies that address the social determinants of health.
Recent Event: Dr. Thomas Duncan on Surgical advocacy and Family justice centers
ADVOCACY ELECTIVE
The SRS Advocacy Elective was started to instruct medical students on health policy, activism, and civic engagement to make change for patients at a local, state, national level. The curriculum is composed of instruction on the civic process and is complemented by speakers involved in the process themselves. Across their four years of medical school, students will choose a topic of interest and complete a Capstone project.
