Supporting diversity, equity and inclusion at the systemic, institutional and individual levels – Daniele Ölveczky, MD

09.30.2024

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Episode 87 | Duration: 35:34

Daniele Ölveczky, MD, attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she obtained an MD and a master’s degree in neuroscience. She completed her residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) followed by a geriatrics fellowship at BIDMC and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Ölveczky is a hospitalist at BIDMC where she works primarily as a nocturnist. She served as the founding director of the Geriatrics Inpatient Fracture Trauma Service (GIFTS) which serves to improve care for frail elders admitted with a hip fracture. She is also the Director of the Center for Diversity Equity and Inclusion at BIDMC and co-director of the Harvard Medical School Health Equity and Anti-Racism curriculum (HEAR) and is in the process of implementing and studying upstander/micro-aggression response training for all faculty and trainees, institution wide. She has won numerous awards including the American College of Physicians Massachusetts Chapter, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. 

In this episode of Caring Greatly, Daniele talks about the small and large actions that create diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at the structural, institutional and individual levels. She shares the ways that privilege, in any form, can be leveraged to undo structural inequities and to create safety for individuals. She outlines the ways that BIDMC reaches out to the surrounding community to create pathways toward health equity as well as representation in healthcare careers. Daniele shares that equity and inclusion are rooted in healthcare data, and she closes with all of the ways to find hope and rise above political divisions toward inclusive service.

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