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Sarah A. Stewart de Ramirez, MD MPH MSc

Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Clinical Innovation

Director, Equity Innovation Medicine, Associate Professor

Contact

Office Phone:

309-671-8402

About

Education

Undergraduate: Miami University, OH

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Awards/Recognitions

1995
Golden Key Scholar, Golden Key International Honor Society

1996
Undergraduate Research Scholar, Miami University

1997
Scholar Leader, Miami University

1998
Distinguished Student Award, Miami University

1998
USA Today’s All-Academic Team “Top 20 Best and Brightest Undergraduates in the Nation”, USA Today Newspaper

1998
Phi Beta Kappa, The Phi Beta Kappa Society

1998
National Harry S. Truman Scholar for Public Service, Harry S. Truman Foundation

1999
Joana Jackson Goldman Prize, Miami University & Jackson Goldman Endowment

1999
US Fulbright Scholar, United States Department of State

2000
British Marshall Scholarship for Public Service, Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission

2001
Highly Commended dissertation Prize for Outstanding Work, London School of Economics

2003
Global Health Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2006
Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Scholarship, Sarnoff Foundation

2008
Berny Jelin “91 Prize for International Community Service, Harvard Medical School & Endowment of Bemy Jelin

2008
SAEM Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award, Harvard Medical School

2008
Presidential Scholars Award for Community Service, Harvard University

2010
Emergency Medicine Global Health Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University

2010
Emergency Medicine Research Day Award, Johns Hopkins University

2011
Global Health Resident Fellow, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2012
Outstanding Research of the Year in Emergency Medicine 2011-2012

2015
JHH SOM Synergy Research Fellowship Grant Recipient

2018
Fellow American Academy of Emergency Physicians (FACEP)

2018
Women to Women Community Leader Award for Health Care/Wellness

2019
VIC Curricular Innovation Award: Innovation in Rural Global Medicine

Research, Scholarly and Academic Interests

She is an Emergency Medicine physician and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria where she created and directs the Innovation in Global Rural Health program. This program is geared at training future clinicians in the tools of innovation to address health disparities. Her expertise is in the fusion of innovative population health approaches with the science of health care delivery to optimize health outcomes for the most vulnerable patient populations.

Licensure and Certifications

Board Certified in Emergency Medicine

Publications

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