Join us for the next National Health Equity Grand Rounds panel discussion to learn how health systems invest in their communities to address vital conditions and improve financial and population health over time.
During this panel discussion, health care leaders from rural and urban health systems will share real-world solutions, including how hospitals can use existing resources to partner with their communities as conveners, employers, and investors—creating pathways for job growth, wealth-building, improved standards of living and better health outcomes for all.
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Speakers & panelists
Keynote speaker
- Ruth Thomas-Squance, PhD, MPH: Co-executive director, Build Healthy Places Network
Panelists
- David Ansell, MD, MPH: Senior vice president for community health equity, Rush University Medical Center
- Ayesha Jaco: Executive director, West Side United
- Thea James, MD, MBA: Vice president of mission and associate chief medical officer, Boston Medical Center
- Bridget Lamme: Vice president of human resources, Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Moderator
- Emily Cleveland Manchanda, MD, MPH: Director for social justice education and implementation, American Medical Association Center for Health Equity
Event access
The session will be live streamed on the National Health Equity Grand Rounds website starting at 2 p.m. Central on Oct. 14, 2025.
Free CME and CE available
Continuing Medical Education (CME)* and Continuing Education (CE)** credit is offered at no cost to attendees.
Collaborators
The National Health Equity Grand Rounds series is developed by the American Medical Association, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education and Disability Belongs with support from the ABIM Foundation, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, American Epilepsy Society, American Society of Addiction Medicine, American Society of Nephrology, Boston Medical Center, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, HealthBegins, Kaiser Permanente, MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, Medical Society of Delaware, Minnesota Medical Association, Rush University Medical Center, Sinai Chicago, Social Mission Alliance, The Hastings Center and The Joint Commission.
Additional events in this series
- Nov. 21, 2024: Rewrite the Script: Narrative Transformation for Equity in Health
- May 30, 2024: Advancing Health Equity Through Resistance: A State of the Union on Threats and Opportunities
- Oct. 10, 2023: Creating Accountability Through Data: From Racism and Neglect to Transparency and Repair
- Aug. 8, 2023: Breaking Down the Ivory Tower: Building the Health Care Workforce America Needs
- May 9, 2023: Follow the money! Understanding structural incentives for inequity in health care and beyond
- Feb. 7, 2023: History of racism in U.S. health care: Root Causes of Today’s Hierarchy and Systems of Power
CME disclosure statement
*The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The AMA designates this Other (Blended Live and Enduring) activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:
- 1.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
- 1.5 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery's (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
- 1.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
- 1.5 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology's (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
- 1.5 credit towards the CME Requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program
It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.
CE disclosure statement
**In support of improving patient care, this activity is being planned and implemented by the American Medical Association and the National Center Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development (National Center OICPD). The National Center OICPD is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
As a Jointly Accredited Provider, the National Center OICPD is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center OICPD maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
The National Center OICPD (JA#: 4008105) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs).
This activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners who request it will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
