POPULATION HEALTH FORUM

 Medicare at 50: Its Effect on Disparities 

Join us on Wednesday, April 12th for our Forum, 8:30am - 9:30am, featuring featuring Edith P. Mitchell, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology; Director, Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities; Associate Director Diversity Affairs, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson.

In this session Dr. Mitchell will provide a history of Medicare and its impact on civil rights. She will discuss key milestones, review recent changes and what the future holds.

Following her talk, we invite you to stay for an in-depth discussion, from 9:45-10:30 am with Dr. Mitchell and special guest, Ronald E. Myers, DSW, PhD, Professor, Director of the Division of Population Science, Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Sidney Kimmel Medical College. This session is sponsored by JCPH's Grandon Society. 

Drs. Mitchell and Myers will talk about Reducing Cancer Disparities by Engaging Stakeholders (RCaDES) Project which aims to form a new “collective impact learning community” to advance the identification, adaptation, and use of evidence-based interventions that reduce cancer screening disparities in health systems.

Please vsit the Grandon Society page on our website for membership information.

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Dr. Mitchell is a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology and Program Leader in Gastrointestinal Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University. In addition, she holds the positions of Associate Director of Diversity Programs for the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson and Director of the Kimmel Cancer Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities. Dr. Mitchell received a B.S. in biochemistry "with distinction" from Tennessee State University and her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. In 1973, while attending medical school, Dr. Mitchell entered the Air Force and received a commission through the Health Professions Scholarship Program. She entered active duty after completion of her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Meharry Medical College and a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Georgetown University. 

Dr. Mitchell is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Medical Association, the National Medical Association, Aerospace Medical Association, Association of Military Surgeons, and the Medical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania. She also belongs to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, and the Philadelphia Society of Medicine. 

Dr. Mitchell's research in pancreatic cancer and other GI malignancies involves new drug evaluation and chemotherapy, development of new therapeutic regimens, chemoradiation strategies for combined modality therapy, patient selection criteria, and supportive care for patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Dr. Mitchell travels nationally and internationally teaching and lecturing on the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies. 

Dr. Mitchell has authored and co-authored more than 100 articles, book chapters, and abstracts on cancer treatment, prevention, and cancer control. As a distinguished researcher, she has received 21 Cancer Research and Principal Investigator Awards, and serves on the National Cancer Institute Review Panel and the Cancer Investigations Review Committee.

General Mitchell has been awarded over fifteen military service medals and ribbons including the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Achievement and Commendation Medals, National Defense Service Medal, and Humanitarian Service Medal. Dr. Mitchell was selected for inclusion in America's Top Oncologists.