Tamara Duclaire, MD
Global Health and Equity Director, Anderson EM Residency
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital
Tamara Duclaire, MD, is a board-certified emergency physician and the Global Health and Equity Director for the Mercy Anderson Emergency Medicine Residency Program in Cincinnati, OH. She completed her EM residency at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit and a Global Health Fellowship with the HEAL Initiative at UCSF, serving on the Navajo Nation and as faculty at Haiti’s first EM residency program, where she developed a critical care rotation for senior residents. She has also worked with trainees in Ghana and maintains a strong interest in global emergency medicine capacity building.
Dr. Duclaire's work focuses on equipping emergency physicians to recognize and respond to structural drivers of health inequities, practice with global insight, and advocate for justice-centered care. She lectures nationally on topics including structural competency, care for incarcerated populations, global health equity, and physician advocacy.
- Define structural competency and distinguish it from cultural competency in clinical care
- Identify structural factors (e.g., policy, housing, systemic racism) that impact patient outcomes and ED decision making
- Examine parallels between global health challenges and health inequities in underserved U.S. populations
- Describe principles of ethical global health engagement and sustainable partnership
Dr. Duclaire is also available to speak on topics such as care for incarcerated patients, advocacy in emergency medicine, bias and identity in clinical care, and implementing health equity curricula in residency training. Talks are tailored to the needs of the audience.
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