Resa E Lewiss MD is a professor of emergency medicine. A TEDMED speaker and TimesUp Healthcare founder, she’s an internationally renowned point-of-care ultrasound educator and champion for diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces. She attended college at Brown University, medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, research at the NIH through the Howard Hughes Scholars Program, Emergency Medicine residency at Harvard, and fellowship at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Roosevelt. Her design focus has been devices, workflows, and the built environment e.g. hospitals. As host and founder of the Visible Voices Podcast, she’s interviewed over one hundred subject matter experts in healthcare, equity, and current trends. Her writings are published in the popular press and scientific journals, such as Harvard Business Review, Slate, Nature, and Fast Company. Her new book, MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact is forthcoming from HarperCollins in 2024.
Sub-specialties:
Healthcare Design and Healthcare architecture
Emergency medicine, Global Health, and Telehealth
The written word, authorship and writing
The spoken word, speaking, and podcasting
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