Marcia Perry, MD
Associate Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Director of House Officer Programs for Office of Health Equity and Inclusion
Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
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Available to mentor

Marcia Perry, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
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    Dr. Marcia Perry, graduate of Albert Einstein School of Medicine in the Bronx, NY, received her Emergency Medicine Training at the University of Michigan Medical School. Since graduation, she has been on the faculty at the University of Michigan, and currently serves as Assistant Professor and Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of Emergency Medicine. In addition to providing compassionate clinical care, Dr. Perry continues to teach at the University of Michigan. From 2007 to 2019, she also served as an Assistant Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and provides clinical care and teaching at the University of Michigan.

    In addition to her faculty role in the Doctoring Program within the University of Michigan Medical School, she has an appointment in the office of Health Equity and Inclusion(OHEI). In OHEI, she is the Director of House Officer Programs, the Director of the Health Equity Visiting Clerkship, and the Director of the Health Equity and Quality Scholars Program. Her commitment to eliminating Healthcare disparities include planning and developing the annual Michigan Medicine Health Equity Leadership weekend leadership with an aim to develop leaders and change agents for health equity. In this leadership role, Dr. Perry has played an integral role to advancing Quality Improvement in Healthcare Disparities, as part of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Pursuing Excellence Healthcare Disparities Collaborative. Dr. Perry has served as a champion in identifying opportunities and addressing challenges of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Emergency Department, and in identifying foundational elements for engaging new clinicians in quality improvement efforts to eliminate health care disparities.

    Dr. Perry believes in the importance of strong teams, and the value in building and supporting diverse talent pipelines, and thus serves as a mentor for minority medical students and residents, aids in recruiting new faculty talent, and as a faculty advisor.

    Dr. Perry is currently on active board member on the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and the Chair of the Awards Committee for the Academy of Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine.

    Administrative Contact
    Anna LaMont
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    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Identifying the prevalence and characteristics of diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders in academic emergency medicine.
      Tsuchida RE, Mbele N, Chopra Z, Moll J, Burkhardt JC, Hekman DJ, Perry MA. AEM Educ Train, 2024 Apr; 8 (2): e10965 DOI:10.1002/aet2.10965
      PMID: 38525368
    • Presentation
      Simfest: Ultrasound Basics
      2024 Mar 29;
    • Presentation
      EM & IM DEI Town Hall: Pain Management: Is it Black and White?
      2023 Apr 17;
    • Journal Article
      Creating opportunities to engage with prospective historically marginalized trainees with clinical simulation.
      Mmeje O, Perry M, Andreski P, Haggins A, Brown DJ. J Natl Med Assoc, 2023 Apr; 115 (2): 127 - 133. DOI:10.1016/j.jnma.2023.01.005
      PMID: 36707366
    • Journal Article
      Cultural Humility Curriculum to Address Healthcare Disparities for Emergency Medicine Residents.
      Tsuchida RE, Doan J, Losman ED, Haggins AN, Huang RD, Hekman DJ, Perry MA. West J Emerg Med, 2023 Mar 6; 24 (2): 119 - 126. DOI:10.5811/westjem.2023.1.58366
      PMID: 36976587
    • Additional Scholarship
      Emergency Medicine Clerkship DEI Lecture on the Impact of Stigmatizing Language; University of Michigan
      Chao S, Perry M. 2023 Jan;
    • Journal Article
      The MedConnect Program: Symptomatology, Return Visits, and Hospitalization of COVID-19 Outpatients Following Discharge From the Emergency Department.
      Bayly BL, Kercheval JB, Cranford JA, Girgla T, Adapa AR, Busschots GV, Li KY, Perry M, Fung CM, Greineder CF, Losman ED. Cureus, 2022 Jul; 14 (7): e26771 DOI:10.7759/cureus.26771
      PMID: 35967167
    • Additional Scholarship
      Key Factors in Designing the Health System–Community Pathways Program for African American/Black Children and Young Adults
      Jackson J, Berri N, Wilson N, Nazia W, Adzemovic T, Tsuchida R, Newton M, Burkhardt J, Perry M, Schulson L, Abir M. RAND Coporation Published Research Report, 2022 Apr 14;