Health Disparities Month Events
Health Disparities Month Kick Off
Date:
Tuesday, November 3, 2009Time:
6:00-8:30 p.m.Location:
Annenberg G15Northwestern graduate Dr. Charles Modlin is a transplant surgeon in Northeastern, Ohio. Dr. Modlin is an advocate for the issue of healthcare disparities experienced by minority patients in the United States. Minority patients suffer a disproportionate burden of disease in many areas, such as prostate cancer, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and need for kidney transplantation. To this end, Dr. Modlin has developed a dedicated Minority Men’s Health Center and Center for Health Equity at Cleveland Clinic. The center conducts dedicated research into elimination of minority healthcare disparities and provides community outreach as well as direct patient care and public education to minority patients.
