Dr. Ali is in his final year of residency in the Warren Alpert Medical School’s Department of Emergency Medicine of Brown University. He is the first-ever Chief Resident of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Brown Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Ali has been honored in his last year of residency with a “4 Under 40” award for his work as Brown Emergency Medicine’s first-ever Chief Resident of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In this role, he has helped develop and implement an educational curriculum focusing on microaggressions and racism in the work environment, and on advocating for improvements in care delivery to patients of color, patients with language barriers, and patients experiencing substance use disorders. Dr. Ali’s work has included establishing a link between emergency medicine physicians and department community health workers to reduce barriers to care, improve access, and decrease Emergency Department recidivism among patients experiencing homelessness, patients with low financial means, and other underserved populations. Through his work, Dr. Ali has pioneered the first Social Emergency Medicine elective for Brown Emergency Medicine residents, which will serve as a way to improve the impact Brown Emergency Medicine residents have on the Rhode Island community for years to come.