Improving Serious Illness Care for Black Patients: Steering Committee Members

CAPC is grateful to the health equity experts, researchers and program leaders who dedicated their time and guidance to our health equity work.

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Angie Boddie, MPS
Director of Health Programs, National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc.

Karen Bullock, PhD, LCSW
Endowed Professor of Social Work, Boston College

Rev. Cynthia Carter-Perrilliat, MPA
Co-founder, Executive Director, Alameda County Collaborative Care Alliance

Sandy Cayo, DNP, FNP-BC
Vice President of Clinical Performance and Transformation, New Jersey Hospital Association

Zara Cooper, MD, MSc, FACS
Kessler Director, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Kimberly Angelia Curseen, MD, FAAHPM
Director of Outpatient Supportive Care, Emory Palliative Care Center; Associate Professor, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Marisette Hasan, RN, BSN
President and CEO, The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care

Connie Hwang, MD, MPH
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Twin Health

Rev. Dr. Tyrone S. Pitts
General Secretary Emeritus, Progressive National Baptist Convention Inc.; Co-Chair, Equity Task Force, Coalition to Transform Advanced Care

Shirley Roberson (1954-2022)
Patient Advocate, Founder, The Blue Chair Movement

Gloria Thomas Anderson, PhD, LMSW
Founder and CEO, Heart Tones™

Mekdes Tsega, MPH
Program Manager, Equitable Health System Integration, American Medical Association Center for Health Equity

Sharl Azar, MD
Hematologist, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, The Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Center

Karen Bullock, PhD, LCSW, FGSA, APHSW-C
Endowed Professor of Social Work, Boston College

Joan Cain, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner, Adjunct Faculty, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Zara Cooper, MD, MSc
Director, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Co-Director
Founder, The Center for Geriatric Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Komal Chandra, PhD
Director of Operations for Patient Safety & High Value Care, New York City Health + Hospitals

Sherika Newman, DO
Associate Medical Director, CenterWell Primary Care Anywhere-Georgia

Clyde Oden Jr., OD, MPH, MBA, MDIV
Assistant Director - AC Care Alliance, Advance Illness Care Program

Stella Safo, MD, MPH
Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai

Danetta Sloan, PhD
Associate Research Professor, John Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions

Andrew Esch, MD, MBA
Senior Education Advisor

Rachael Heitner, MPH, MA, CHPCA
Associate Director, Research and Insights

Rayna Ross
Health Equity Program Manager

Chelsea Perez
Education Associate

Melissa Scholl
Senior Director, Marketing and Communications

Stacie Sinclair, MPP
Associate Director, Policy and Care Transformation

Allison Silvers, MBA
Chief Health Care Transformation Officer