Project Description
Dr. Julia Iyasere is the Executive Director of the Dalio Center for Health Justice at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Iyasere attended Yale University where she graduated with a B.S. in Molecular Biology with a focus in Neuroscience. She spent a year working in cancer cell biology and cell signaling cascades at Harvard Medical School before joining the Columbia community at Columbia College of Physician and Surgeons. She pursued a dual degree with the Columbia Business School, graduating with an M.D./M.B.A in 2008.
After completing her residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia, Dr. Iyasere stayed for a year as Chief Resident before joining the Section of Hospital Medicine in 2012. She completed a part-time fellowship in Medical Simulation at the New York Presbyterian Simulation Center during her first year with the Division. She has since served in a number of roles including Associate Chief Medical Officer for Service Lines and the Co-Director of the Care Team Office, Director of the Leadership Education and Development for Physicians (LEAD) Academy, Associate Designated Institutional Official for Graduate Medical Education at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and the Associate Program Director of the Columbia Internal Medicine Residency Training Program.
Currently, Dr. Iyasere is the Executive Director of the Dalio Center for Health Justice at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The Dalio Center is dedicated to understanding and improving health equity, addressing health justice, and driving action that results in measurable improvements in health outcomes for all. In addition, Dr. Iyasere serves as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and continues to see patients as an internist in the Section for Hospital Medicine.