Diversity & Inclusion
Contact
1025 Walnut Street
College Building, Room 119
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Thomas Jefferson University is committed to building and expanding a diverse educational community founded on mutual respect and appreciation for each other.
Bernard L. Lopez, MD, MS, CPE Associate Provost, Diversity & Inclusion, Thomas Jefferson University; Senior Associate Dean, Diversity & Community Engagement, SKMC; and Professor, Emergency Medicine
We aspire to create a diverse and inclusive environment, knowing that the creative energy and innovative insights that result from diversity are vital for our intellectual rigor and social fabric. As a scholarly community, we are people of all racial, ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, national and international backgrounds. We welcome diversity of thought, pedagogy, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and disability. Our shared responsibility is to enhance the quality of life for all members of the Jefferson community, providing a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment in which to learn, work and grow.
Diversity is the richness in human differences. At the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC), we promote and cultivate an inclusive environment that values and cherishes the diversity of our people. SKMC believes that a diverse and inclusive environment is key to achieving excellence in our missions of patient care, education and research. We believe that our mission and values create and nurture the physicians who provide compassionate and culturally-sensitive care to the patients that they serve.
SKMC Council on Diversity & Inclusion
The SKMC Committee on Diversity & Inclusion is the main organization within the medical college that drives diversity and inclusion. It is chaired by the Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Community Engagement and is composed of representatives from senior leadership, department chairs, faculty, residents and students. The Committee is advisory to the Dean of the Medical College and is charged with creating and updating the vision for diversity and inclusion, performing an ongoing assessment progress and makes recommendations on initiatives, curriculum, policies and resources needed to achieve desired outcomes. It has the authority to enact action items to assure that we achieve our missions in patient care, education and research to ensure that we best serve the health and health care needs of the public
Counsel Members
| Shruti Chandra, MD | Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Ashley Coleman | Pre-clinical Student, SKMC Class of 2026 |
| Gretchen Deimer, MD | Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education, SKMC |
| Christine Eischen, PhD | Faculty, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Cancer Biology |
| Abdulmojeed Ekiyoyo, MD | Resident, Department of Medicine, Divsion of Internal Medicine |
| Andres Fernandez, MD | Faculty, Department of Neurology |
| Krys Foster, MD | Faculty, Department of Family & Community Medicine |
| Christopher Garrick | Clinical Student, SKMC Class of 2025 |
| Ron Hall, MD | Assistant Dean, Diversity & Student Diversity Programs, SKMC |
| Steven Herrine, MD | Interim Dean; Vice Dean for Education |
| Lydia Komarnicky-Kocher, MD | Residency Program Director, Department of Radiation Oncology |
| Bernie Lopez, MD | Senior Associate Dean, Diversity & Community Engagement, Thomas Jefferson University |
| Alisa LoSasso, MD | Senior Associate Dean, Admissions |
| Jerry McCauley, MD | Faculty, Department of Medicince, Division of Internal Medicine |
| Shilpi Mittal, MD | Faculty, Department of Neurology |
| Karen Novielli.MD | Vice Dean, Faculty Affairs, Thomas Jefferson University |
| Dimitrios Papanagnou, MD | Associate Dean for Faculty Development |
| Damaris Pena Evertz, MD | Faculty, Department of Medicine |
| Charles Pohl. MD | Vice Dean, Student Affairs, SKMC |
| Mindy Rabinowitz, MD | Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology |
| Matthias Schnell, PhD | Chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Mihir Shah, MD | Faculty, Department of Urology |
| Tara Uhler, MD | Residency Program Director, Department of Ophthalmology |
| Devin Weber, MD | Faculty, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease |
| Annina Wilkes, MD | Faculty, Department of Radiology |
| Steve Williams, MD | Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine |