Dr. Nathan T. Chomilo is the Medical Director for the State of Minnesota’s Medicaid & MinnesotaCare programs and practices as a General Pediatrician/Hospital Internist with Park Nicollet. He is currently also serving as the State of Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccine equity director. He serves on the boards of the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, the MN chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Reach Out and Read, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School and is a co-founder of the organization Minnesota Doctors for Health Equity. His work has been recognized by the City of Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights which recognized him as a 2019 History Maker at Home recipient and Minnesota Physician which named him a one of the 100 most influential health care leaders in 2020.
In this recorded plenary session at the 2021 Annual Research Meeting, panelists reflect on what the field of health services research has done well or poorly to date, and what can we do as individuals and organizations, as well as collectively, to advance equity.