A Conversation with Dr. Italo Brown: Anchoring Health Equity in our Emergency Care Delivery

Sponsored by the Althea Alexander African Heritage IRG, with support from the B.L.A.C.K. Med ERG.

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Italo M. Brown, MD MPH (Morehouse College ’06, Boston University ’08, Meharry Medical College ’15) is a Board-certified Emergency Physician, an Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, and Health Equity & Social Justice Curriculum Thread Lead at Stanford University School of Medicine. Throughout his career, Italo has been at the frontlines of social medicine and health equity. He is the Chief Impact Officer of T.R.A.P. Medicine, a barbershop-based wellness initiative that leverages the cultural capital of barbershops to address the physical and emotional health of Black men and boys. Italo also serves as a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant for organizations like Google and YouTube, has contributed health equity and wellness commentary to The New York Times, NPR, USA Today, GQ, Men’s Fitness, and Bloomberg.