{"id":404742,"date":"2020-12-22T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T19:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=404742"},"modified":"2020-12-22T14:37:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T19:37:29","slug":"fifth-annual-rwjf-award-for-health-equity-presented-by-the-nafc-awarded-to-dr-maurice-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/fifth-annual-rwjf-award-for-health-equity-presented-by-the-nafc-awarded-to-dr-maurice-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth Annual RWJF Award for Health Equity Presented by the NAFC Awarded to Dr. Maurice Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alexandria, VA, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) presents the Fifth Annual Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Award for Health Equity to Dr. Maurice Lee,\u00a0Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director of St. Vincent de Paul\u2019s Virginia G. Piper Medical & Dental Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor decades, Free and Charitable Clinics and Pharmacies, their staff and their volunteers have been providing access to care and have been building a culture of health care equity for all individuals throughout the country,\u201d NAFC President and Chief Executive Officer Nicole Lamoureux said.\u00a0\u201cIt is Dr. Lee\u2019s passion for ensuring the uninsured are able to access affordable quality care that made him a perfect candidate for this award which highlights the successes of practitioners in changing systems that impact health outcomes among the medically underserved population.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Lee holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Arizona State University and a Doctorate of Medicine and Masters of Public Health degree from the University of Arizona. Prior to medical school he served two years in the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Ecuador. During his family medicine residency, he started and operated a free clinic out of the Chris-Town YMCA. After residency Maurice worked for a Phoenix Federally Qualified Health Center and joined St. Vincent de Paul full time in 2014, shifting the clinic from a sick-urgent care specialty-based clinic to one that focused on quality primary care utilizing evidence-based medicine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2016 Dr. Lee\u00a0founded the Arizona Safety Net, a collaboration among 40+ Phoenix-area free and low-cost clinics aimed at improving health equity for Arizona\u2019s uninsured through collaboration, quality improvement, and improved access to care. As Founder and President of the Arizona Safety Net, Dr. Lee also used his position as the Chief Medical Officer at St. Vincent de Paul to create an uninsured specialty referral system that gives primary clinics access to over 20 free specialty services through a simple referral form. Dr. Lee opened the door to accessible and quality specialty care which did not exist prior to creating the Arizona Safety Net referral system.<\/p>\n

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation \u2014 the nation\u2019s leading philanthropy on health and health care \u2014 developed this award program to find and honor individuals who are using systems changes to advance health equity within their communities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Previous winners of the RWJF Award for Health Equity presented by the NAFC include:<\/p>\n

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