Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is a standing committee of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD). The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is committed to promoting the values of inclusion and equity within the APCCMPD by setting a vision and making recommendations and action plans to create and sustain an actively anti-racist and anti-discrimination community/culture, providing a welcoming and enriching environment for all. The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee promotes the goals of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion among the community of pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care fellowship programs through the creation of educational resources and tools that bring about the cultural, and possibly ethical, changes necessary for fellowship education.

2025-2026 JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE
	Co-Chair David J. De La Zerda, MD Faculty University of Miami
	Co-Chair Debasree Banerjee, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Brown University
	Vice-Chair Melanie Garbarino, MD Physician Henry Ford Hospital
	Rosemary Adamson, MBBS Associate Professor University of Washington
	Lauren Blackwell, MD Assistant Professor Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
	Cait Clancy, MD, MSHP PCCM Associate Program Director Vice Chief for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Perelman School of Medicine
	Sherie Gause, MD PCCM Training Program Director Assistant Professor of Medicine Oregon Health & Science University
	Aanchal Kapoor, MD, MEd CCM Associate Program Director Associate Professor of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Foundation
	Roma Mehta, MD PCCM Associate Program Director University of Alabama at Birmingham
	Mirna Mohanraj, MD PCCM Associate Program Director Associate Professor of Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Morningside-West)
	Dharani Narendra, MD CCM Training Program Director Assistant Professor Baylor College of Medicine
	Hetal J. Patel, MD PCCM Training Program Director Associate Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
	Hafsa Safdar, MD PCCM Fellow University of Alabama at Birmingham
	Board of Directors Liaison Geneva B. Tatem, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Value Statement

The Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD) believes that diversity with respect to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identities and expressions, and disabilities is vital to advancing pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care fellowship education and the next generation of medical educators.

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