Today's show is brought to you by the Essential RX segment with Dr. Lametra Scott. The Sickle Cell Community Consortium powers the VitaminSC3 Podcast. Dr. Lametra Scott, is a board-certified pharmacist, and Michael Smith, is a Cardiovascular Surgeon.
About Our Guest Dr. Michael Smith
Dr. Michael Smith MD, FACC, FACS, FCCP is CEO and Founder of Marti Health and a Board Certified
Cardiovascular Surgeon. With more than two decades of clinical leadership experience including Medical
Director of Oncology and Chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Atlanta Medical Center, Chief
Medical Officer of Heritage Provider Network, Regional Vice-President and Medical Director of Medicare for
Wellpoint’s Central Region, and Deputy Chief Health Equity Officer for CVS Health, Michael has dedicated his
professional life to driving value-based care delivery through the advancement of Health Equity.
In leading Marti Health, Michael and his team, are beginning their health equity mission to drive better care
coordination through patient engagement with Sickle Cell Disease.
Additional bio info:
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiologists
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Fellow of the College of Chest Physicians
- Part of the clinical faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine
- Authored several articles and served as an invited speaker on Health Equity - most recently at the
- Milken Institute Conference
- Led the first lung cancer screening program in GA
- Started the first bloodless Cardiac Surgery program in GA (2 nd in the Southeast)
- Submitted a patent for an evidence based comprehensive care coordination model for chronically ill individuals.
Keypoints within the conversation Sickle Cell Disease and Health Equity
- Social determinants (Timestamp 05:30)
- Addressing the real needs of the Sickle Cell Community (Timestamp 13:13)
- The app should allow patients to share their combined experiences on how they are treated. (Timestamp 13:39)
- Community based participation (Timestamp 23:00)
- Sickle Cell Guidelines (Timestamp 30:39)
- Bias is a natural occurring fact that exists among humans.(Timestamp 35:30)
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