Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Leadership
At the University of Maryland Medical System, we understand that to make the changes outlined in our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Roadmap we need a experienced leadership team dedicated to the tasks before us.
Roderick K. King, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer
University of Maryland Medical System
Dr. King oversees equity, diversity and inclusion efforts across the System, working collaboratively with member hospitals to implement the System’s equity, diversity and inclusion strategic plan. Dr. King’s responsibilities include:
- Developing organizational goals for equity, diversity and inclusion
- Building a System-wide infrastructure designed to foster institutional change
- Providing executive-level guidance to integrate equity, diversity and inclusion best practices into our System operations
- Developing and executing an ongoing training and education strategy focused on equity, diversity and inclusion
Dr. King's father, a primary care physician in Brooklyn, worked with his mother for more than four decades, caring for the underserved and helping to address the social determinants of health.
Dr. King earned a BS in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medicine. He completed his pediatric training at Children’s National Medical Center. After working in West Africa, he returned to complete a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard School of Public Health as a Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellow in Minority Health Policy.
Dr. King also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Health in their Department of Health Policy and Management. Prior to his current role, Dr. King served as Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Institute for Health Innovation and in multiple roles at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine including the inaugural Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement.
Dr. King has received numerous national and international honors and previously served as chairman of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Minority Health, New England director for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and as senior advisor for HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health. He co-founded the Massachusetts General Hospital Disparities Solutions Center.