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Idalid Franco, MD, MPH (she/her/ella)

Attending Radiation Oncologist, Director of Equity Access and Inclusion
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Radiation Oncology
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Idalid “Ivy” Franco, MD, MPH, is an attending Radiation Oncologist and the Director of Equity, Access, and Inclusion at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)/ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI). She is also Vice-Chair of the Health Equity Education Committee at the ASTRO HEDI (Health Equity Diversity and Inclusion) Council. Dr. Franco has a long trajectory of championing initiatives to decrease structural barriers and increase equitable access to high-quality care in underserved communities. She has a strong commitment and passion to serve her patients, community, and profession, through clinical, academic, and policy driven work that engages, empowers, and educates communities. She has served a key role in the creation and implementation of novel and innovative approaches to increase workforce diversity and deliver patient-centered care both inside and outside the hospital. Dr. Franco’s clinical interests are in addressing cancer health disparities, particularly in patients diagnosed with gynecologic malignancies. She has a goal to increase inclusive practices in clinical trial development and to expand the scope of clinical trial participants to be more reflective of the population of the United States as a whole. Dr. Franco has received several honors and awards including the Luther Brady educational grant from the American College of Radiation Oncology, the Eleanor Montague Distinguished Resident Award in Radiation Oncology from the American Association for Women in Radiology, Faculty Award for the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee, and is also a recipient of a Minority Faculty Career Development Award from the BWH Center for Diversity and Inclusion and ASTRO-RTOG NRG Health Equity Fellowship to increase representation in gynecologic clinical trials.

Disclosure(s): Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Diversity and Inclusion: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); NRG Oncology: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

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