Empowering Future Doctors Through Mentorship with Dr. Marshala Lee-McCall and Dr. Kristyn Mitchell

Choosing your profession can be difficult no matter what path you choose. But when medical school is part of that path, life can get a little more complicated.

Sometimes fate can step in, in the form of a mentor. On this week's episode of For the Love of Health, Dr. Marshala Lee-McCall, Director of the iREACH Harrington Community Partnership Fund, and ChristianaCare OB/GYN resident Dr. Kristyn Mitchell share how their mentor/mentee relationship became so much more and discuss how mentorships are important for achieving equity and representation in healthcare

Marshala Lee-McCall, M.D., MPH serves as the Harrington Trust Physician Scholar and Director of iREACH's Harrington Community Partnership Fund. In this role she is responsible for strengthening community partnerships and developing new models of patient-centered health care delivery and methods for addressing the social determinants of health.

Kristyn Mitchell, M.D. is a first year resident in ChristianaCare's Obstetrics & Gynecology program. 

Links

• ChristianaCare News - Mentorship Matters: Kristyn Mitchell, M.D., Returns to ChristianaCare to Serve Her Neighbors
• ChristianaCare Mentorship and Teamwork
• ChristianaCare Institute for Research on Equity and Community Health
• ChristianaCare Underrepresented Minorities in Medicine
• ChristianaCare Office of Inclusion and Diversity
• Contact the Harrington Trust: [e-mail]

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