UA cardiologist Khadijah Breathett, MD, will talk at the third and final lecture Feb. 28 in the African American Heritage Month (AAHM) Speaker Series.
Dr. Breathett’s address will be from noon-1 p.m. in Room 2117 at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. Her topic, “Racial and Gender Disparities in Advanced Heart Failure: Change Starts with You!”
You can view RSVP for Dr. Breathett’s lecture and add it to your personal schedule (via iCal, MSOutlook, Google or Yahoo! calendar) at this link. To watch the webcast remotely (live or later), click here. Click the image at left to view, post and share the flyer.
African American Heritage Month Series
She follows talks by the UA Department of Immunbiology Assistant Professor Michael D.L. Johnson, PhD, who spoke Feb. 7, on “From Music to Micro and the Fun Road In-Between,” and Family and Community Medicine Associate Professor Victoria Murrain, DO, who will speak tomorrow, Feb. 21 (same room, same time), on “Meet Them Where They’re At – Filling the Gap One Community at a Time.” 
Dr. Murrain is also assistant dean of Graduate Medical Education and deputy dean of Diversity and Inclusion at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. You can view RSVP for Dr. Murrain’s address and add it to your personal schedule (via iCal, MSOutlook, Google or Yahoo! calendar) at this link. To watch the webcast remotely (live or later), click here. Click the image at left to view, post and share the flyer.
Equalizing Heart Failure Prevention
Joining the faculty in 2017, Dr. Breathett is an assistant professor in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson, Division of Cardiology, a member of the UA Sarver Heart Center and a heart failure specialist with the Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation Team at Banner - University Medical Center Tucson.
She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. In 2018, she also was named a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Her clinical interests include heart failure, cardiac transplantation, mechanical circulatory devices, and women's health. Her research interests include reducing racial/ethnic and gender disparities in advanced heart failure.
Dr. Breathett is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School with distinction in service. She did her training as a resident in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center, and her cardiology and advanced heart failure/transplant subspecialty fellowship at Ohio State University. She completed a postdoctoral research fellowship funded by the National Institute of Health and the American Heart Association, while obtaining a master’s degree in clinical science at the University of Colorado.
Dr. Breathett has developed pilot trials, outcomes studies, observational population studies, and community interventions focused on reducing racial and gender disparities in cardiovascular disease. Her research has been published in high impact journals including Circulation: Heart Failure, JACC: Heart Failure, and The American Journal of Medicine. Her works have received press acknowledgment in Reuters, MedPage Today, U.S. News & World Report, and Business Insider among others. She has been recognized as a Heart Failure Society of America Emerging Leader and selected for the American Heart Association Research Leader’s Academy.
Dr. Breathett maintains a pulse on the community by providing educational presentations, consultations at health fairs, and volunteering at free cardiology clinics. She is passionate about reducing racial/ethnic and gender disparities in heart failure.
A Career in Diversity
Dr. Victoria Murrain is a graduate of the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (now Western University) in Pomona, Calif. After completing the UA Family Medicine Residency Program, she took a position at the South Plains Community Health Center in the panhandle of Texas.
After three years of providing care to migrant and seasonal workers coupled with dodging tornadoes, she returned to the UA Department of Family and Community Medicine as a faculty member. She has since served in a number of roles, including Family Medicine Residency Program director (1995-99), associate medical director (1999-2001), Family Practice Residency associate director (1999-2006), assistant dean of Graduate Medical Education since 2007, as well as deputy dean of Diversity and Inclusion for the UA College of Medicine – Tucson since November 2017.
Dr. Murrain currently serves as the AAMC Western Regional Representative for the Group on Diversity and Inclusion and her special areas of interest are: diversity and inclusion, community medicine, and maternal-fetal medicine. She enjoys maternal-child healthcare provision and developed the rural health obstetrical program, in conjunction with the mobile health clinic. Having grown up in Panama, Dr. Murrain speaks Spanish and enjoys advocating for the provision of health care to the underserved.
You can view the flyer for Dr. Johnson's talk on Feb. 7 by clicking on the image at right.
Diversity and Inclusion
The AAHM Speaker Series is hosted by the UAHS Office of Diversity & Inclusion and African Americans in Life Sciences (AALS). You can learn more about policies, programs and outreach related to ths topic at the college, health sciences and university level at the following links:
- UA College of Medicine – Tucson Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- UA Health Sciences Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- UA Office of Diversity and Inclusion
ALSO SEE:
“Drs. Breathett, Merchant Spotlight DOM Research at 2nd Innovations & Inventions Fair” | Posted Oct. 18, 2018
“Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Heart Failure Care Focus of NIH Award for Dr. Khadijah Breathett” | Posted Aug. 13, 2018
“Drs. Breathett, Ramos Pen ‘Healthy Dose’ Blogposts on Medical Bias, Precision Medicine” | Posted May 9, 2018