Seeking Justice and Equity in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Andrea Westby, MD FAAFP- Director for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School

Dr. Andrea Westby is a family medicine physician committed to community health and wellness with a passion for obstetrics, parent, child, and family health, racial equity, and reproductive justice. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical school and Allina Health’s United Family Medicine residency. After residency, she worked as a rural full spectrum family medicine physician in northern Minnesota for 4.5 years. Dr. Westby currently is an assistant professor in the University of Minnesota’s Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and the North Memorial family medicine residency at Broadway Family Medicine clinic and North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, MN. She has held the role of Director for Equity Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health since February of 2020 and was named the inaugural chair holder of the Josie Robinson Johnson Endowed Chair in Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in October of 2020.

The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School is committed to advancing the work of justice and equity in health and community, a commitment which was solidified with the creation of the Josie Robinson Johnson Endowed Chair for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (or JEDI) in October of 2020. This presentation will discuss the goals for JEDI work in medicine and healthcare (particularly in family medicine in Minnesota), current initiatives, opportunities and future directions.