Stanford Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine | MSDCI and SMADIE
Stanford Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine | MSDCI and SMADIE
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Resident Physician, Orthopedic Surgery
Stanford University
Dr. Claire Rushin is a resident physician in the Stanford Department of Orthopedic Surgery, with an interest in musculoskeletal care for people with disabilities. She graduated from Harvard AB ’19 and MD ’24, where she served as a leader of Harvard Medical School’s Disabilities in Medicine and Dentistry Working Group, a role in which she helped develop a novel disability curriculum experienced by all medical students at the school. She also co-developed a photojournalism initiative called This Is Me that toured through local hospitals to celebrate the role that people with disabilities play in our healthcare system at all levels. She is the co-editor of Inclusive Care for Patients with Disabilities: A Practical Guide, a textbook advising clinicians how to provide disability competent care across ages, healthcare settings, and disability types. She enjoys educating fellow clinicians how to provide comprehensive, inclusive care for all individuals that meets their unique needs and goals.
Assistant Professor (Voluntary), Department of Family Medicine & Community Health
University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan Medical School
Dr. Hermione Warczak, MD, MPH, MSEd, FAAP is a pediatrician and a voluntary assistant professor for the Public Health & Preventive Medicine Fellowship in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts T.H. Medical School. She is a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine, where she co-founded and led the Rochester Medical Accessibility Coalition (RMAC), the school’s disability inclusion affinity group. She also holds a master’s degree in health professions education from the University of Rochester Graduate School of Education and Human Development.
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Texas Woman’s University
Kristen Blomquist-Liu is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant and Biology student at Texas Woman’s University. Kristen’s advocacy is rooted not only in clinical and lived experience, but also in navigating medical and academic barriers alongside family members with disabilities. During her wife Allison’s recovery from a rare, acute autoimmune disease, Kristen and Allison were lab partners in their classes. They quickly identified numerous gaps in accessibility and awareness within the laboratory environment and worked together to develop solutions. After graduation, Kristen plans to work as a surgical first assist before she and her wife apply to medical school together. Kristen is interested in orthopedics or physical medicine and rehabilitation and hopes to contribute to the research and treatment of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and autonomic nervous system disorders.
