Chavon Maria Onumah

Chavon Onumah, MD, MPH, MEd, FACP is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the General Internal Medicine Division at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is a board-certified general internist, HIV specialist, and medical educator with clinical and scholarly interests in preventive medicine, HIV prevention and treatment, women’s health, health equity, and equity in medical education.

Dr. Onumah is a graduate of the GW SMHS Master Teacher Leadership Development Program and currently serves as the internal medicine residency program director and is a former clerkship director. She has served on and led several institutional initiatives and committees as well as national committees in the Society of General Internal Medicine and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. She has been an invited speaker locally and nationally on various topics in clinical medicine, medical education, and health equity.  She has been recognized for her leadership with awards and honors such as the ACP Sol Katz Teaching Award, the GW SMHS Diversity & Inclusion Award, and the GW Department of Medicine Distinguished Achievement in Health Equity.

Training

Residency:

• University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 2006 - 2009
  Chief Resident, 2009 - 2010

IDSA-HIVMA Clinical Fellowship:

• Howard University, 2010 - 2011

Expertise

• Primary Care
• HIV Medicine
• Medical Education
• Curriculum Development
• Assessment
• Health Equity
• Implicit Bias instruction
• Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Presentations

• Onumah C, Haywood Y. Bias, -Isms, Microaggressions, Oh My! – Strategies for Effective Management. Invited workshop facilitator for American Medical Association Resident Diversity Leadership Forum
• Prasad K*, Krishnamurthy S*, Jeon S*, Onumah C, Torres-Deas L. The Future is Bright: Preparing Tomorrow’s Health Equity and Advocacy Leaders (Future HEALers) for Success. Invited workshop facilitator, Society of General Internal Medicine
• Onumah C. Strategies for Advancing Equity in Frontline Clinical Assessment. Academic Medicine. Macy Foundation Annual Conference: Mitigating Harmful Bias in the Assessment of Clinical Learners. Invited presenter
•  Lai C, Onumah C, Osman N, Pincavage A. Actionable approaches to promote equity in the clinical learning environment. Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Invited facilitator
• Onumah C, Alexandraki I. Assessment strategies to improve equity. Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Annual Meeting Pre-course. Invited facilitator
• Onumah C, George P, Hauer K, Heron S, Hammoud M. “Uprooting Structural Racism Embedded in Medical Curriculum”. Invited presenter for American Medical Association Accelerating Change in Medical Education Webinar. Invited speaker
• Onumah C. Beyond Theory: Putting Intersectionality into Practice. Invited Speaker for Washington University – St Louis, Forum for Women in Medicine and Science Conference
• Cioletti A, Hemrajani R, Onumah C. “Moving the Mountain: Creating and Navigating Effective Change.” Academic Alliance in Internal Medicine’s Annual Academic Internal Medicine Week Primary Meeting, Seminar. Invited workshop presenter

Research

Recent research activities include:

• Medical Education
• Community-based Colon Cancer Screening Risk Reduction

Community Service

• Healing Clinic volunteer attending
• Community mentor for high school and college students
• Walk 2 End HIV, Suicide Prevention
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc

Leadership/National Membership

• Society of General Internal Medicine
  • Health Equity Commission (prior Chair), Women in Medicine Commission
• Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
  • Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine
  • Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine
  • Advisory Group for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Chair)
• American College of Physicians
• National Medical Association
• GW Clara Bliss Hinds Society for Women in Medicine and Health Sciences (co-founder and inaugural Vice Chair)