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S3 Ep 12: Health Disparities in Cancer Screenings

Last Updated: October 6, 2022

By: Ginger Blackmon, PharmD | Shana O. Ntiri, MD, MPH, FAAFP

 

In this episode, we sit down with Shana O. Ntiri, MD, MPH, FAAFP, to discuss her role within these organizations and health disparities in cancer screening and specifically breast cancer patients.

Dr. Ntiri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.  She serves as the Medical Director for the Baltimore City Cancer Program and the Senior Medical Advisor for Community Outreach and Engagement at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center.   She divides her time between direct patient care, teaching, community-based cancer control efforts and research. Her research interests include health disparities—particularly in relation to cancer screening—and the impact of community and primary care-based cancer screening initiatives upon health outcomes for urban, under resourced patient populations. Dr. Ntiri is the current president of the Maryland Academy Family Physicians and serves as a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness in Family Medicine.

 

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