Mini-Ep07: COVID-19 in Chicago Communities | Garth Walker, MD, MPH

SkinnyTrees: Lift Health for All

This episode was recorded on May 4, 2020. Thank you for joining us on SkinnyTrees: Lift Health for All. We like many of our fellow Chicagoans, are staying home and practicing social distancing to flatten the curve. We are here to present a mini-series: COVID-19 in our Chicago communities. This episode features our co-host, Rabih Dahdouh, interviewing Dr. Garth Walker, MD, MPH who is an emergency medicine attending physician at the Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs Hospital. Dr. Walker is post-doctoral trainee at our Center for Health Equity Transformation working with the Northwestern Medicine Emergency Department and Northwestern Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics investigating social determinants of health in firearm injury recidivism and healthcare disparities related to opioid mortalities. Dr. Walker is also co-founder, chief medical officer and head of innovation for Clinify Inc. A tech platform that utilizes social determinant of health indicators to improve patient engagement, healthcare outcomes and reduce healthcare cost for vulnerable populations. More info here: https://www.clinifyhealth.com/