Sheryl Heron, MD, MPH
Emory University School of Medicine
Biography
Sheryl L. Heron MD, MPH is a Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty Equity, Engagement, and Empowerment in Emergency Medicine, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, the Associate Dean for Community Engagement, Equity and Inclusion, and Associate Director of Education and Training for the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE) at Emory University School of Medicine (SOM).
She is an HBCU graduate of Howard University College of Medicine and the Martin Luther King Jr/Drew Residency program in Emergency Medicine. She was recruited as the first fellow at the Emory Center for Injury Control in 1996. She was a Vice Chair for the Georgia Commission on Family Violence, a Board member for the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence, a member of the Domestic Violence Task Force in Dekalb County, the Public Health Committee, and an inaugural member of the Diversity Inclusion Health Equity section the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). She has received several awards including the Partnership against Domestic Violence’s HOPE Award, the Woman in Medicine Award from the Council of Concerned Women of the National Medical Association, the Gender Justice Award from the Commission on Family Violence, and was named a hero of Emergency Medicine by ACEP. In 2012, she was named the inaugural President of the Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. She is an editor of two textbooks in Emergency Medicine on Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care (2016 &2019).
She was awarded the SOM’s inaugural Excellence in Diversity Award. Dr. Heron has lectured extensively on Wellness and Well-being in medicine and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in healthcare. She served for two years as the American Association of Medical Colleges, Group on Diversity, and Inclusion (AAMC- GDI) Southern Regional Representative and is currently the Chair-elect for AAMC-GDI. She is anchored by her faith, and family, and is proud of her Jamaican heritage.
She is an HBCU graduate of Howard University College of Medicine and the Martin Luther King Jr/Drew Residency program in Emergency Medicine. She was recruited as the first fellow at the Emory Center for Injury Control in 1996. She was a Vice Chair for the Georgia Commission on Family Violence, a Board member for the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence, a member of the Domestic Violence Task Force in Dekalb County, the Public Health Committee, and an inaugural member of the Diversity Inclusion Health Equity section the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). She has received several awards including the Partnership against Domestic Violence’s HOPE Award, the Woman in Medicine Award from the Council of Concerned Women of the National Medical Association, the Gender Justice Award from the Commission on Family Violence, and was named a hero of Emergency Medicine by ACEP. In 2012, she was named the inaugural President of the Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. She is an editor of two textbooks in Emergency Medicine on Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care (2016 &2019).
She was awarded the SOM’s inaugural Excellence in Diversity Award. Dr. Heron has lectured extensively on Wellness and Well-being in medicine and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in healthcare. She served for two years as the American Association of Medical Colleges, Group on Diversity, and Inclusion (AAMC- GDI) Southern Regional Representative and is currently the Chair-elect for AAMC-GDI. She is anchored by her faith, and family, and is proud of her Jamaican heritage.
