#  Equity Through Empathy: The Human Side of Health Leadership 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 21, 2025** 

 02:30PM - 03:30PM EDT 

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 **Waterhouse Room, Gordon Hall**  

 [25 Shattuck Street  
Boston, MA 02115  
United States



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**Speaker**:

**Wayne A.I. Frederick, MD, MBA**

Interim President and Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery, Howard University

Surgical Oncologist, Howard University Hospital

President Emeritus, Howard University

Former Interim CEO, American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

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**About the speaker**:

Wayne A. I. Frederick, MD, MBA is president emeritus of Howard University, having served as the institution’s 17th president from 2014 to 2023. Under his leadership, Howard University made significant strides in student opportunity, academic innovation, public service, and fiscal stability.

  
From 2023 to 2024, Dr. Frederick served as interim CEO of both the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). In that role, and alongside the organization’s Board of Directors, he guided both organizations – and their more than 3,000 team members and 1.3 million volunteers – toward a vision to end cancer as we know it, for everyone.

  
Dr. Frederick remains a practicing cancer surgeon at Howard University Hospital, where he continues to see patients and perform surgeries. He was appointed by the Howard University Board of Trustees as the distinguished Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery.

  
In addition to his academic and medical work, Dr. Frederick serves on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards, including Humana Inc., Tempus, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Mutual of America.

  
An accomplished scholar, Dr. Frederick has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, abstracts, and editorials, and is a widely recognized expert in the fields of health care disparities and medical education. His medical research focuses on reducing racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in cancer care outcomes, with a particular emphasis on gastrointestinal cancers.



 

 

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