Dr. Sheryl Heron is a Professor and Vice Chair of Administrative Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine, the Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Student Affairs on the Grady Campus and Associate Director of Education & Training for the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE) at Emory University School of Medicine. She is a Past Chair of the Emergency Medicine Section of the National Medical Association. She has received several awards including the Partnership Against Domestic Violence’s HOPE Award, the Woman in Medicine Award from the Council of Concerned Women of the National Medical Association, the Gender Justice Award from the Commission on Family Violence and was named a hero of Emergency Medicine by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). In 2012, she was named the inaugural President of the Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and is currently on ACEP’s Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity task force. She is an editor of the first textbook in Emergency Medicine on Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care (2016) and the recently published 2nd edition, Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care – Your Story/Our Story (2019). Dr. Heron has lectured extensively on Wellness & Well-Being in medicine, Diversity, Equity & inclusion in Medicine as well as the medical response to Intimate Partner Violence.
Dr. Sheryl L. Heron, MD, MPH, FACEP
Specialties
- Emergency Medicine
Board Certifications
- ABMS Emergency Medicine
Fellowships
- American College of Emergency Medicine
Affiliations
- Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
- Internship: Martin Luther King, Jr.,/Drew Medical Center
- Residency: Martin Luther King, Jr.,/Drew Medical Center
Honors & Awards
Deans Teaching Award – Emory University School of Medicine, 2011
Champions for Change – Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence, 2011
American College of Emergency Physicians National Faculty Teaching Award, 2012
Visionary Educator Award – Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine – Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2012
Spirit of Leadership Award – President’s Commission on Race & Ethnicity, Emory University School of Medicine, 2012
Howard University College of Medicine – Honors & Oath Principle Speaker Class of 2013
MVP of the Week – Grady Memorial Hospital Leadership Team, 2014
Hamilton Holmes 10th Anniversary Speaker – Emory University School of Medicine, 2014
Outstanding Women in Medicine – Emory University School of Medicine, 2015
Inaugural Wes Curry Executive Leadership Award in Diversity and Inclusion – Vituity – 6th Annual Emergency Medicine Executive Summit - 2018
Inaugural Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award – Emory University School of Medicine – 2018
Keynote Addressant – Martin Luther King Jr, 27th Community Service Awards Program – 2019
2019 - AACEM/ADIEM Chair Development (CDP) Scholarship