Center for Multicultural and Minority Health
The Center for Multicultural and Minority Health (CMMH) was newly chartered and opened in January 1999 at the outpatient branch of the Department of Medicine, the Cornell Internal Medicine Associates.The Center is under the direction of Susana Morales, MD and Carla Boutin-Foster, MD, both highly experienced in multicultural and minority health.
Director's Welcome
We at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are strongly committed to high quality training for a bright and diverse housestaff providing care to the most international city in the world. There is abundant data that low income and minority Americans suffer disproportionately poor health and premature death. Racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care and health care quality exist even when economic and insurance factors are controlled for. Minorities remain underrepresented in health professions, as medical researchers, and in academic medicine. The Institute of Medicine in its 2001 report ěThe right thing to do, the smart thing to do: enhancing diversity in the health profession promoted enhanced diversity in medical education for several reasons: the enhancement of educational and civic outcomes; building social capital and trust, and enhancing cultural competence in health care. The Center for Multicultural and Minority Health strives to be a focal point of efforts to enhance medical education, minority faculty development, community involvement and advocacy, and research to enhance the quality of health care of the underserved.
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Susana Morales, MD Director, The Center for Multicultural and Minority Health Associate Chairman of Educational Affairs, Associate Program Director and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Associate Attending Physician, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center |
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Carla Boutin-Foster, MD, MS Associate Director, The Center for Multicultural and Minority Health Assistant Professor of Medicine Weill Medical College of Cornell University Assistant Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center |
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Diversity in Health Care, Education, and Research
Diversity: Why it's important
Academic health science centers stand on three pillars; patient care, education, and research. The highest quality of patient care, research endeavors, and educational programs cannot be achieved unless an institution recruits and sustains a diverse and culturally representative medical community.Our Patients and Our Community
New York City is the most diverse city in the world. We serve Manhattan and patients from each of the other four boroughs (Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island). Our residents serve a wide range of economic, social, and ethnic backgrounds.
Contact
Dr. Morales at [email protected] or call (212) 746-9661.
Dr. Boutin-Foster at [email protected]
