Dr. Uché Blackstock

Dr. Uché Blackstock is a physician, thought leader, and the Founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity (AHE). A former associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at NYU School of Medicine, she also served as Faculty Director for Diversity Affairs. In 2019, she launched AHE to partner with healthcare organizations, embedding equity into leadership, strategy, and clinical practice. Over the past five years, AHE has helped hospitals, health systems, and companies design strategies to advance equitable care.

Dr. Blackstock is a former MSNBC medical contributor, and her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Scientific American, Chicago Tribune, and New York Magazine. She has been recognized by Fortune as an Innovator Shaping the Future of Health (2023), and by TIME as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Health (2024). Her memoir, LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine, became a New York Times bestseller in 2024.