On Black Health Featuring Dr. Jayne Morgan
Dr. Jayne Morgan, M.D., creator of the Stairwell Chronicles and CNN Medical Contributor, updates us on our current Covid pandemic status, what monkeypox is, and explains how poverty/systemic racism creates a health disparity in America. In the second half, I do my best to explain the Inflation Reduction Act that's making its way through Congress.
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Dr. Jayne Morgan, M.D.
Jayne Morgan is a Cardiologist and the Executive Director of the Covid Task Force at the Piedmont Healthcare Corporation in Atlanta, GA, the largest healthcare system in Georgia.
Within this role, she serves as the system Covid vaccine expert.
Additionally, she serves as a CNN medical expert contributor and is the owner and creator of The Stairwell Chronicles - a social media series directed towards addressing questions surrounding Covid vaccines and other medical topics in a conversational format.
Further, Dr. Morgan has been named to the committee of the Department of Health in its series of “Ask The Experts”.
Previously, Dr. Morgan was the System Director of Research and Innovation, and the Director of Cardiovascular Research where she oversaw all clinical trials and set the strategic growth of the Piedmont Research Institute.
Dr. Morgan has served as the Chief Medical Officer of the American Chemistry Council, CEO of Forty Million Beats, LLC - with clients such as Novartis, Abbott, and Moderna – the Cardiology advisor to the MitraClip Team at Abbott Labs, the World Wide Director of the Cardiorenal Drug Development program at Solvay Pharmaceuticals and the Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.
Currently, she is the adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine, Board Member of the National Diversity and Inclusion team at the American Heart Association and the current Health Equity Advisor for Moderna.
