Joia Crear-Perry, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

CERTIFICATION

2004 American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology

EDUCATION

1997 MD, Louisiana State University Medical Center

1992 Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

1991 Socio-Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Post-Graduate Training

2001 Residency: Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

1995 Fellowship: NIH Medical Student, David Raines Community Health Center, Shreveport, LA
Established protocol for prenatal care

1994 – 1995 Fellowship: Area Health Education
Evaluated patients in a primary care setting

EMPLOYMENT AND WORK EXPERIENCE

2018 - Present Principal of Health Equity Cypher, Nationally

2015 - Present Founder and President, National Birth Equity Collaborative, New Orleans, LA. Washington D.C.

2014 – 2015           Executive Director, Birthing Project USA

2013 – 2015 Medical Director, Crear Multispecialty Group, New Orleans, LA

2012 Medical Director, Louisiana Healthcare Connections, Baton Rouge, LA

2011 – 2012 Director of Women’s Services, Jefferson Community Healthcare Center, Marrero, LA

2008 – 2010 Director of Clinical Services, City of New Orleans Health Department, New Orleans, LA

2007 – 2008 Medical Director, Women’s Health and Justice Initiative, New Orleans, LA

2006 – 2010 Director/Founder, Medical Reserve Corp for Region One – Office of the Surgeon General

2006 – 2008 Medical Director, Health Start New Orleans, Director of Maternal and Child Services, New Orleans Health Department, New Orleans, LA

2005- Present Medical Volunteer Red Cross Shelter, Monroe Louisiana

2002 – 2005 Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Preceptor for Medical Students, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

2002 – 2005 Preceptor for Medical Students, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2002 – 2005 Preceptor for Nurse Practitioner Students, Loyola University

2002 – 2005 Preceptor for Nurse Practitioner Students, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

2001 – Present Obstetrician/Gynecologist Physician, Private Practice

HONORS AND AWARDS

2017 Planned Parenthood Federation of America Champion for Women’s Health

2015 NYC Urban Professionals Award

2012 Asante Healthcare Leadership Award

2009 Ford Motor Freedom Sisters with Dorothy Height

2006; 2007 Tulane Xavier National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health Honoree

2006 Changing Faces Award; NewOrleansBlack.com

2006 Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust Heroes Award

2001 Isadore Dyer, MD Award for Teaching Excellence
Presented by the Junior Residents to the Senior Resident who most effectively
and unselfishly influenced their learning experience.

1995 NIH Medical Student Fellowship

1993 – 1995 Area Health Education Scholarship

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS AND BOARDS

2012 - Present Region V Chair/ Trustee, representing Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; National Medical Association Board of Trustees

2/2011 – 2013 Community Care 2.0 Quality Committee to advise Louisiana DHH concerning health-care quality, on-going improvement opportunities and adjustments in the pay for performance program

2009 – 2014 Board, Birthing Project USA

2009 – Present Board of Directors, Community Catalyst

2009 – 2014 Board, Louisiana Consumer Healthcare Coalition

2009 – 2013 President, New Orleans Medical Association

2008 – 2010 Medical Home Subcommittee Stakeholder and Quality Measures Plan and Provider Performance Subcommittee, Louisiana Healthcare Quality Forum

2008 – 2010 President, Tulane Obstetrics and Gynecology Alumni Association

2007 – 2008 Board of Directors, Coalition of Leaders in Louisiana Healthcare

2007 – Present Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy Project

2006 – 2007 Chairperson of Workforce Recruitment Subcommittee, Louisiana Healthcare Redesign Collaborative under Sec. of Health Leavitt

2006 Spokesperson, Metropolitan Physicians Council

2006 – Present Board of Directors, New Orleans African American Museum

2005 - 2006 Healthcare Subcommittee, Bring New Orleans Back Committee

2004 –2010 Fellow, American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology

2004 – 2005 Board of Directors, Beautiful Foundation
Dedicated to improve the self-esteem of girls of color

2002 – 2005 Member, Black Women in Medicine

2001 –Present Executive Board Member, New Orleans Medical Association

1997 – 2004 Junior Fellow, American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology

1997 – Present Member, National Medical Association

1996 –1997 President, Student National Medical Association LSUMC

1993 – 1997 Member, Student National Medical Association

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH

  1. Crear, J (2017, Feb.). “Our Quest to Save Mother’s Lives Is Just Beginning”. Linked Local Network, The Women’s Hub.
  2. Crear, J. (2015, Oct.) Domestic Violence and Birth Equity. -Women’s eNews
  3. Crear, J. (2008, Jan.). Building Best Environments for Vulnerable Children and their Families. CityMatCH City Lights 16(3).
  4. Crear, J. (2007). What is the Difference between a Charity Hospital System and a University Hospital System? Journal of the National Medical Association, 99(582).
  5. Palace, E., & Crear, J. (2007). The Effect of Dose Titration and Dose Tapering on the Tolerability of DVS SR in Women with Vasomotor Symptoms Associated with Menopause: Wyeth.
  6. Crear, J., Shervington, D., Richardson, L., Griffin, S., & Haywood, D. (2007). Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy Project: Ford Foundation.
  7. ACOG Region VII Research Presentations, 1st Place. (1999). “Hemoglobin A1C as Screening Test for Pregestational Diabetes.”

PRESENTATIONS

  1. New York State Task Force on Maternal Mortality and Disparate Racial Outcomes, Black Maternal Health Inequities– June 2018
  2. Academy Health  Annual Research Meeting – Structural Racism and Maternal Mortality and Morbidity June 2018
  3. HRSA Maternal Mortality Summit – Promising Global Practices to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes, keynote June 2018
  4. Center for Reproductive Rights State Leadership Summit – Opening Plenary Speaker June 2018
  5. Reproductive Justice Leadership Summit – June 2018
  6. Women’s Health: The Intersection of Research, Policy, and Practice, 500 Women Scientist – speaker, June 2018
  7. Cradle Kalamazoo Equity Project Training - Patient Social Risk Assessment Practice Scenarios – speaker/trainer, June 2018
  8. Center for Reproductive Rights, “Framing Maternal Mortality Review Committees” – speaker, June 2018
  9. Child Safety Convening; Innovative Strategies to Improve Child Safety and Prevention, Casey Family Programs – keynote, May 2018
  10. Prematurity Prevention Summit , Arlington VA, Building a Birth Equity Movement – speaker, May 2018
  11. NYMC Grand Rounds, Westchester Medical Center – speaker, May 2018
  12. National Medical Association Regions III & IV – Racism as the Root Cause of Inequities in Patient Outcomes – speaker, April 2018
  13. 11th Annual Louisiana Parenting Education Network Summit – Social Determinants of Health and Equity in Client Care – training April 2018
  14. California Black Infant Health – The Crises of Black Infant and Maternal Mortality – speaker, April 2018
  15. Cradle Kalamazoo Equity Project – Social Determinants of Health and Equity in Patient Care – speaker, March 2018
  16. Hofstra Birth Equity Framework for Maternal and Infant Health– speaker, March 2018
  17. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Legislative Conference – BMMA – Paving the Way Forward on Black Maternal Health – speaker, March 2018
  18. Annie E Casey Foundation – Using the Racial Equity Lens for Birth Equity – speaker, December, 2017
  19. City Council District of Columbia – Maternal Mortality Review Committee Bill– testified, December 2017
  20. Cradle Kalamazoo Equity Project – professional services and speaker, November, 2017
  21. 2017 Women’s Health Day and Retreat – speaker, November, 2017
  22. Reproductive Justice Congressional Hill Briefing – speaker, October 2017
  23. Baltimore Resilience – Floor, Net, or Trampoline? Building Resilient Systems for Our Families – speaker, October 2017
  24. Tulsa, OK Healthy Start – Putting Birth Equity First for Clinicians and the Community – speaker, October 2017
  25. FIMR and Healthy Start Collaboration – Eliminating Inequities in Infant Mortality – speaker, September 2017
  26. Health Equity and Infant Mortality – Detroit, MI – speaker, September, 2017
  27. Social Determinants of Health Inequities – Michigan FIIMR Network – speaker, September, 2017
  28. Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium – Infant Mortality Workshop – speaker, September, 2017
  29. New York City Regional Healthy Start – Health Equity to Address Black Infant Mortality – speaker, September, 2017
  30. Chicago Regional Healthy Start – Health Equity to Address Black Infant Mortality – speaker, September, 2017
  31. Camp Reimagine March of Dimes – Steps Toward Achieving Birth Equity – speaker, July 2017
  32. Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care Safety Action Series: “Steps Toward Achieving Birth Equity…” – speaker, July 2017
  33. Illinois Health Department – Health Equity to Address Black Infant and Maternal Mortality – speaker, July, 2017
  34. BMMA Congressional Briefing. Washington, D.C.  – Black Maternal Health Matters: Policies to Improve Maternal Health in the U.S. – speaker, June 2017
  35. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting: Structural Racism, Health Systems, and Health Inequities – panelist, June 2017
  36. March of Dimes Perinatal Nursing – Hospital Systems and Policies Impacting Maternal Health - speaker, March 2017
  37. Cradle Kalamazoo Equity Project – speaker, March 2017
  38. NHSA (National Healthy Start Association) 2017 – Black Mamas Matter: Birth Equity and Human Rights – speaker, January 2017
  39. Reframing Infant Mortality to Reach Equity – Cleveland, OH – speaker – November, 2016
  40. Reframing Infant Mortality to Reach Equity – Detroit, MI – speaker – November, 2016
  41. Healing Trough Storytelling: Models to Improve Health for Detroit Women & Children – speaker, November, 2016
  42. United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Utilizing a Human Rights Framework to Improve Maternal Mortality - speaker, September 16, 2016
  43. Maternal Mortality Presentation NYC Urban Professionals – speaker, December, 2015
  44. R.O.S.E. Conference - Breastfeeding and Infant Mortality – speaker, October, 2015
  45. National Minority Quality Forum and Congressional Black Caucus Spring Health Braintrust –– Health Insurance Exchanges and Medicaid, What’s Really at Stake - speaker, April 23, 2013
  46. National Medical Association Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly – Women’s Health – speaker July 30, 2012
  47. SNMA Region 3 Conference – Life after Residency –November 10, 2012
  48. Louisiana State Senate and House Health and Welfare Subcommittees – Hearing on approval of CCN – speaker Pro- January 18 and 19, 2011  
  49. National Health Policy Forum – Transforming Care Delivery: Insights from the New Orleans Safety Net – Speaker – April 16, 2010
  50. Red Tent Event, African American Museum – Women and Girls HIV Awareness Day – Presenter – March 6, 2010
  51. Urban League of Greater New Orleans – College Track Mentoring Program – Speaking Engagement – 2009/2010 bi-weekly
  52. United States House of Representatives – Committee on Oversight and Government Reform – “Post-Katrina Recovery: Restoring Health Care in the New Orleans Region” – Testimony – December 3, 2009
  53. Doula Training (Birth training) – Obstetrics Presentation – October 24, 2009
  54. Healthcare Ministry for Franklin Ave. Baptist Church – Speaker – September 2009
  55. Red Tent Event, Dillard University – August 8, 2009
  56. Louisiana Medical Association Conference – The State of Healthcare in New Orleans – Speaker – June 2009 and June 2011
  57. American College of Surgeons Annual Conference – The Role of “Charity” Hospital in the 21st Century – Speaker – August 2008
  58. National Medical Association Region V Conference – Infant Mortality in Louisiana and Gestational Diabetes – Speaker – May 2008
  59. Fit for a King Weekend, State of Black New Orleans - Speaker – 2007 – 2008
  60. Translating Health Risks and Interventions to Survive through Education – THRIVE: A Wellness Program for Women – Local Chair, Planning Committee and Speaker – April 12, 2008
  61. XVII Annual CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership Conference – Speaker – September 2007
  62. Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Caucus Health Braintrust – Speaker – 2007