Thomas Fisher is a board-certified emergency medicine physician from Chicago. He has worked to improve health care as an academic, health insurance executive, and White House Fellow in the Obama administration. His path includes training as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, being honored as a Crain’s Chicago Business 40 under 40, and inclusion in the Aspen Institute’s Health Innovators Fellowship. He is an epicure and a runner, and for the past twenty years, he has worked in the emergency department at the University of Chicago, serving the same South Side community where he was raised.

Isaiah Selkridge is a rising third-year medical student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Isaiah was born and raised in The Bronx, NY. Isaiah identifies as an Afro-Caribbean and African American male. Isaiah earned his BA in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. He then went on to work as a Technical Specialist at Apple Inc. and as a Senior Research Coordinator at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute. Isaiah has over 10 peer-reviewed publications. Isaiah served as the Co-President of the Student National Medical Association, the nation’s largest organization for Underrepresented Minorities in Medicine. He was also co-director of HPREP, a program run by medical students catered to high school students interested in healthcare as a career.
In addition, Isaiah sat on the board for one of Pritzker’s 5 free clinics, and currently sits on the Community Initiatives Committee for the UChicago Grad Council. His career interests include Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, opening his own free clinics, a fashion podcast, and opening his own school. His research interests include addressing and reducing gun violence in underserved communities, mental health in the Black community, and sports medicine.

Heather Renfro is currently a PGY-2 in Emergency Medicine at the wonderful University of Chicago. She is the co-president of our Housestaff Diversity Committee and the Resident Director of EMS. I enjoy creating spaces where like-minded individuals can fellowship, care-free, especially in today’s climate. She is a member of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine where she is a national committee member of the “Equity and Inclusion” and “Fellowship Approval” committees. She is also currently an At-Large Board Member of AAEM/RSA. In her free time, She volunteers through the University of Chicago’s MedCeep program and teaches sessions on “Emergency Preparedness and Stop the Bleed Training”. She plans to obtain a fellowship in EMS after residency, where she will continue emergency preparedness training and ultimately become a medical director of EMS. She is a vegan, a dancer, and a food enthusiast; catch her on Yelp for her reviews of all of your favorite restaurants!