“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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to Register! November 4-5, 2021 - Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC 2021 National Caucus Addressing
Musculoskeletal Health Disparities

Elevate the Message

Distinguished Speaker

Daniel Dawes, JD

Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine
Co-Founder, Health Equity Leadership and Exchange Network (HELEN)
Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventative Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine
Author, The Political Determinants of Health; 150 Years of Obamacare

Elevate the Message

Distinguished Speaker

MD, MPH, FACP, FACC

Garth Graham

Director and Global Head of Healthcare and
Public Health, Google/YouTube

Former Vice President & Chief Community Health Officer, CVS Health;
President, Aetna Foundation; US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Obama and Bush Administrations;
Assistant Dean, Health Policy and Chief of Health Services Research, University of Florida School of Medicine

Elevate the Message

Distinguished Speaker

MD, MPH, MBA, MACP

Wayne J. Riley

President, The State University of New York (SUNY)
Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Health Policy & Management
Downstate Health Sciences University

Broaden The Audience

Distinguished Speaker

Harvard Medical School

Leonor Fernández, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Advisor on Health Equity, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Director, Patient Engagement, Healthcare Associates, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Broaden The Audience

Distinguished Speaker

Lt. Governor, State of Hawaii

Josh Green, MD

Broaden The Audience

Distinguished Speaker

Mayor-President, City of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Sharon Weston Broome, MA

Broaden The Audience

Distinguished Speaker

Coletta C. Barrett,
RN, MHA, FAHA, FACHE

Vice President, Mission Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Chairman of The Board, Mayor's Healthy City Initiative - HealthyBR

Broaden The Audience

Distinguished Speaker

Elvis Lionel Francois,
MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon
Humanitarian

Due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic all attendees will be required at on-site registration to provide proof of vaccination, or a negative COVID-19 test result within 3 days of the start of the meeting to attend.

Masks are required at the 2021 Movement is Life Caucus.

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISPARITIES
THREATEN THE HEALTH OF THE NATION

Our Vision

Movement is Life is a multi-disciplinary coalition seeking to eliminate racial, ethnic and gender disparities in muscle and joint health by promoting physical mobility to improve quality of life among women who are African American, Hispanic/Latina or live in rural communities.

Caucus Chair

Mary I. O’Connor, MD
Chair, Movement Is Life Caucus
Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer, Vori Health
Professor Emerita of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic
Past Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine
Past Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Care, Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health

Our Mission

Decrease musculoskeletal health disparities among women and racial/ethnic minorities by raising awareness of their impact on chronic disease management and quality of life. By promoting the importance of early intervention, we seek to slow musculoskeletal disease progression, reduce disability and encourage physical activity and daily movement to improve the overall health of the nation.