Charles C. Leighton, MD Memorial Lecture with Said Ibrahim, MD, MBA

Please save the date for this event! A warm buffet lunch will be served after the lecture.

Speaker

Said Ibrahim, MD, MBA

Anthony F. and Gertrude M. DePalma Dean,
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Said Ibrahim, MD, MBA, is an internal medicine physician who has served as a primary care doctor, educator, administrator, and clinician investigator. He is nationally recognized for his efforts to combat health disparities.

Dr. Ibrahim joined Thomas Jefferson University from Northwell Health where he served as senior vice president of Northwell Health’s Medicine Service Line. In that role, he was also chair of the Department of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Previously, Dr. Ibrahim was professor of Population Health Sciences and the founding chief of the Division of Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation at the Department of Population Health Sciences for Weill Cornell Medicine. He was also Weill Cornell’s inaugural senior associate dean for Diversity and Inclusion. 

Prior to his role at Weill Cornell Medicine he served as Chief of Medicine at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center and Vice-Chair of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ibrahim received his Bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and his Medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He also holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from Harvard University’s School of Public Health and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Dr. Ibrahim completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.