
Jessica Faiz, MD, MS
@im_jesssayinn
Jersey raised, proud Brunonian, Bronx made, @BMC_EM trained. Assistant Clinical Professor @UCLA sharing musings, mainly abt racism, health equity & diversity.
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🚨 New in JAMA Network Open, co-led by myself and Trisha Santos, MD, MS, examining #AsianAmerican representation in medicine! jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… 🧵 1/9 While the group is often seen as overrepresented, our disaggregated analysis reveals stark disparities for Southeast Asians.




En route to DC for my first AcademyHealth Dissemination & Implementation conference! Agenda is looking 🔥 for implementation science and health equity topics

Strong words from new leader of AcademyHealth Dr Aaron Carroll. We must: Reimagine what we define as success - not just abt publishing Ask hard qs - how & why do we fail, who benefits & who gets left behind? Speed up the process w/o sacrificing quality or equity. #DIScience24




Attending Region I #RMEC this year? Make sure you say hi to some of our residents who will be present at the recruitment fair and also giving a few lectures throughout the weekend Student National Medical Association, Inc (SNMA) UCLA Health David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

We loved having Max Jordan Nguemeni for UCLA (RR/OV) EM Residency grand rounds! Shared important evidence for racial bias in acute pain management, historical perspectives on OUD treatment disparities rooted in racism, and empowered us to rx buprenorphine in the ED #BlackHistoryMonth


Written with people I love and borne from our personal experiences - proud of this piece and hope it informs and pushes training programs moving forward! 🙌🏽Boston Med Center EM UCLA (RR/OV) EM Residency Rose Diaz, MD, MPH Alden Landry Tanesha Beckford, MD Sandra Coker onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ae…

Questions about NCSP or the application process? Join our virtual info session with current faculty and scholars on May 15th! Focus on nurse applicants; all applicants welcome! Register: tinyurl.com/2025NCSPInfoMa… NCSP at UCLA NCSP at UCSF Nat’l Clinician Scholars Program at U-M IHPI NCSP at Penn NCSP at Yale NCSP at Duke





Just 21 NIH diversity supplements over 10 yrs in EM across 7 sites & 14 grants. A clear call to action: we need intentional investment in URiM clinician-scientists at every career stage. From early exposure → K awards → beyond. AnnalsofEM sciencedirect.com/science/articl…