Vice Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Carolinas Atrium Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
Dr. Cortlyn Brown is an emergency medicine physician at Atrium Health Carolinas. Dr. Brown graduated with honors from the University of Chicago and matriculated to the Yale School of Medicine where she received the Parker Prize given to the graduating student who has shown the best qualifications for a successful physician and the Grannum Prize given to an African American graduating student who has shown excellent academic achievement. She completed the NIH Howard Hughes Medical Research fellowship and received a certificate in Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) from Cornell University and is currently completing a Masters in Clinical Operations from Harvard University School of Medicine. Her research has affected change at the national level for patients who are primarily non-English speaking. She completed her residency at the University of California San Francisco where she served as Chief Resident and was awarded the Chancellor Award for Dr. Martin Luther King, JR., one of the highest institutional honors that is given to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to the ideals of DEI.
Dr. Brown currently serves as assistant professor and Vice Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as well as Clerkship Director for the Healthcare Disparities in EM rotation at Atrium Health Carolinas Department of Emergency Medicine. She has held multiple national leadership positions including Student National Medical Association National Vice President and Strategic Planning Council Member and National Chair of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident and Student Association Diversity and Inclusion Committee. In addition to her DEI focused leadership roles, she also serves as the Section Editor for the WestJEM.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Sunday, April 24, 2022
1:40 PM – 2:25 PM EST