The White House Monday appointed four physicians to its class of 2016-17 Fellows.
Participants are selected for the highly competitive fellowship based on their professional achievements, leadership experience and commitment to public service. White House Fellows have a unique opportunity to participate in national affairs and government through an education program and community service projects throughout the one-year fellowship in Washington, D.C.
Here are the four physicians who were selected as fellows for this year's program.
1. Robert Accordino, MD, is a psychiatrist whose work focuses on healthcare for children with developmental disabilities. He is the founder of the charity Music for Autism, where he also served as executive director. He holds a medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. He graduated with Distinction in Research and Medical Education and as a member of the Arnold Gold Humanism in Medicine Society.
2. Lindsey Ross, MD, is a senior neurosurgical resident physician at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She is studying how neurological disease develops and can be managed surgically. Dr. Ross is also heavily involved in serving disadvantaged populations through mentorship and advocacy to reduce disparities in care. She completed her medical degree at University of California Los Angeles.
3. Tina Shah, MD, is a pulmonary and critical care physician-scientist and trustee for the Chicago Medical Society. During her clinical fellowship at the University of Chicago, Dr. Shah redesigned the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care cycle and significantly reduced readmissions, according to a press release. She has also been involved in evaluating value-based care delivery with the UChicago Innovations Grant. Dr. Shah completed an accelerated, six-year undergraduate and medical school degree program at Pennsylvania State University and Jefferson Medical College.
4. Bryant Cameron Webb, MD, is a physician and lawyer. Dr. Webb works in the general internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, where he also serves as an assistant professor. His work extends beyond the hospital to social justice in medicine. He is also the founder and CEO of EquityRx, an organization that aims to address the social determinants of health through research, education and advocacy. He completed his medical degree at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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