Please join us in congratulating Dr. Maria Lame, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, on being named the recipient of the 2022 Pioneer in Diversity Bruce Laine Ballard, MD Award by the Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) Office of Diversity & Inclusion. The award recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates commitment to improving student life and to fostering a nurturing and supportive environment where students are able to thrive and succeed.
Dr. Lame has played key roles in both the Department of Emergency Medicine and WCM’s many diversity initiatives. She serves as the diversity champion for the Department and was instrumental in the creation of our DiversifiED program. DiversifiED focuses on enhancing awareness and sensitivity to diversity, inclusiveness and belonging for all clinical and non-clinical providers through education, collaboration, and outreach. She has served as a mentor for both WCM’s Diversity Center of Excellence Mentorship Cascades Program and Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) pediatric residents.
Dr. Lame earned her medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, NY and completed her pediatric residency training at Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY. She then subsequently completed a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center.
