VALENCIA P. WALKER, MD, MPH, (She/Hers) serves as Vice Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion at Geisinger College of Health Sciences. A physician leader within organized medicine, Dr. Walker is an Executive Committee member for the AAP’s Council on Health Equity and Inclusion (CHE) and former Program Chair for CHE. In 2022, she was elected to the Administrative Board for the AAMC’s Council on Faculty and Academic Societies after previously serving as the Central Region Representative for the AAMC’s Group on Diversity and Inclusion. As a practicing neonatologist, Dr. Walker champions the elimination of health inequities for pregnant people and their infants. This includes her position as co-founder and president for Birthing the Magic Collaborative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Black birthing people with the knowledge and confidence to navigate pregnancy, the birthing experience and infant wellness. Dr. Walker completed her undergraduate studies at Florida A&M University then obtained her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine. She finished her Pediatrics residency at University of Tennessee – Memphis, before completing a Neonatology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She also holds an MPH in Health Policy from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
