Calendar of Events

Dr. Imershein, a locally and nationally renowned women’s health advocate, is being recognized for her service to the profession.  She has a legacy of reproductive health, maternal health, and women’s health advocacy through her vigorous work to drive better health policy. In addition to connecting MSDC, the DC Chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and aligned organizations, she is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the George Washington University.

Dr. Kumar, Chief of the Division for Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, is being recognized for her public service to the community.  During the pandemic, she set an industry standard for COVID response policy and planning with MedStar Health as well as mentorship to medical students and residents at Georgetown University.

Dr. Pineda is being recognized for her service to the Medical Society. When she was installed as President in 2019, she made a promise to address the scourge of moral injury and physician wellbeing. She has kept that promise by creating and helping to secure initial funding for an MSDC wellbeing program, expanding the program with a new app, and helping launch a new foundation—all during a global pandemic. 

Mary’s Center, an innovative community health center with a 30-year history of helping the underserved patient population, is being recognized for its contributions to improving the health of the District of Columbia, especially during the pandemic. Mary’s Center received one of the first vaccine shipments in the region and immediately got shots in arms, administering over 20,000 vaccines by July 2021 to over 11,000 people, most of whom belong to racial/ethnic minority groups. Because of this success, Mary’s Center has been tapped by the White House in its American Rescue Plan.