Our Panelists
Dr. Glenn Martinez, PhD MPH, Interim President and co-founder of National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS)
Dr. Glenn Martinez is professor of Spanish, bicultural/bilingual studies and public health and dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Martinez also serves as interim President for the National Association of Medical Spanish and has developed Spanish language instruction for medical and nursing students at institutions across the country. His work has been funded by the US Department of Education, the National Institutes of Health, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. He is the author of Spanish in Healthcare: Policy, Practice and Pedagogy in Latino Health as well as dozens of articles on Spanish in healthcare settings
Dr. Daniel Yawman, MD MPH FAAP, Director of Latinx Health Pathway at the University of Rochester Medical Center
Dr. Daniel Yawman graduated from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Buffalo School of Medicine. He subsequently returned to his hometown of Rochester to complete his residency in pediatrics and subsequent MPH studies at the University of Rochester. He has received several teaching awards including an Alpha Omega Alpha award in 2013. Dr. Yawman is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics who works in primary care pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. He has had a long-standing interest in serving the LatinX population. He has taught the Latino Culture, Health, and Language course for 18 years, and has directed the LatinX Pathway for 4 years, at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Although he is a native of Rochester, he has family roots in Costa Rica and has worked clinically in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Belize, and Costa Rica.
Dr. Olga Rodriguez, MD, PhD, Director of Medical Spanish Initiative at Georgetown University Medical Center
Dr. Olga C. Rodriguez, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology in the Georgetown-Lombardi Cancer Center and Co-Director of the Preclinical Imaging Research Laboratory. She works in the application of modern imaging technologies to advance oncologic, neuroscience and other biological research. Her research focuses on the effects of chemotherapy on cognitive decline in relation to age and genetics. She is heavily involved in initiatives seeking to address health disparities such as increasing representation in the Georgetown medical school curriculum and the establishment of the Medical Spanish program, among others.
Barbara Diaz, Spanish teacher in Philadelphia, PA who has worked with SKMC at Thomas Jefferson University
Barbara Martinez de Díaz or Barbara Diaz was born and raised in Santiago,
Dominican Republic. The daughter of a dedicated Family Medicine physician and a loving
businesswoman. At the end of the 80’s she met her husband, a Family Medicine physician himself and moved to New York. In the 90’s they moved to Philadelphia and became parents of three remarkable sons. From preschool teacher to Spanish teacher to private Spanish tutor, as well as being part of the Multicultural Family Network at La Salle College High School and a member of the Patient & Family Advisory Council at Jefferson University Hospital and most recently collaborating with several chapters of the Latino Medical Student Association in Washington DC and Philadelphia. Teaching Spanish gave her the tools to pave the way for others to see our children and people who look like us and can validate our experiences for the betterment of our society while creating a new partnership between our cultures and health care.
Macri Diaz, MS3 at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth who created a Medical Spanish course
María Cristina Gil Diaz, who goes by Macri grew up in Caracas, Venezuela. Macri went to college at the University of Rochester, where she studied Neuroscience, German and Psychology. Macri is an MS3 student at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She is the former LMSA president at Geisel, a medical education committee representative, Urban Health scholar and just got elected as chair of academics for Geisel Student government. She spearheaded the creation of the Medical Spanish pathway of excellence at Geisel, approved in August 2022.
Dr. Glenn Martinez is professor of Spanish, bicultural/bilingual studies and public health and dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Martinez also serves as interim President for the National Association of Medical Spanish and has developed Spanish language instruction for medical and nursing students at institutions across the country. His work has been funded by the US Department of Education, the National Institutes of Health, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. He is the author of Spanish in Healthcare: Policy, Practice and Pedagogy in Latino Health as well as dozens of articles on Spanish in healthcare settings
Dr. Daniel Yawman, MD MPH FAAP, Director of Latinx Health Pathway at the University of Rochester Medical Center
Dr. Daniel Yawman graduated from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Buffalo School of Medicine. He subsequently returned to his hometown of Rochester to complete his residency in pediatrics and subsequent MPH studies at the University of Rochester. He has received several teaching awards including an Alpha Omega Alpha award in 2013. Dr. Yawman is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics who works in primary care pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. He has had a long-standing interest in serving the LatinX population. He has taught the Latino Culture, Health, and Language course for 18 years, and has directed the LatinX Pathway for 4 years, at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Although he is a native of Rochester, he has family roots in Costa Rica and has worked clinically in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Belize, and Costa Rica.
Dr. Olga Rodriguez, MD, PhD, Director of Medical Spanish Initiative at Georgetown University Medical Center
Dr. Olga C. Rodriguez, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology in the Georgetown-Lombardi Cancer Center and Co-Director of the Preclinical Imaging Research Laboratory. She works in the application of modern imaging technologies to advance oncologic, neuroscience and other biological research. Her research focuses on the effects of chemotherapy on cognitive decline in relation to age and genetics. She is heavily involved in initiatives seeking to address health disparities such as increasing representation in the Georgetown medical school curriculum and the establishment of the Medical Spanish program, among others.
Barbara Diaz, Spanish teacher in Philadelphia, PA who has worked with SKMC at Thomas Jefferson University
Barbara Martinez de Díaz or Barbara Diaz was born and raised in Santiago,
Dominican Republic. The daughter of a dedicated Family Medicine physician and a loving
businesswoman. At the end of the 80’s she met her husband, a Family Medicine physician himself and moved to New York. In the 90’s they moved to Philadelphia and became parents of three remarkable sons. From preschool teacher to Spanish teacher to private Spanish tutor, as well as being part of the Multicultural Family Network at La Salle College High School and a member of the Patient & Family Advisory Council at Jefferson University Hospital and most recently collaborating with several chapters of the Latino Medical Student Association in Washington DC and Philadelphia. Teaching Spanish gave her the tools to pave the way for others to see our children and people who look like us and can validate our experiences for the betterment of our society while creating a new partnership between our cultures and health care.
Macri Diaz, MS3 at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth who created a Medical Spanish course
María Cristina Gil Diaz, who goes by Macri grew up in Caracas, Venezuela. Macri went to college at the University of Rochester, where she studied Neuroscience, German and Psychology. Macri is an MS3 student at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She is the former LMSA president at Geisel, a medical education committee representative, Urban Health scholar and just got elected as chair of academics for Geisel Student government. She spearheaded the creation of the Medical Spanish pathway of excellence at Geisel, approved in August 2022.
| Barbara Diaz's Medical Spanish PowerPoint |
