Vice President - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) at Zimmer Biomet (ZB)
Over 3 years ago, we launched a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) strategy at Zimmer Biomet focused on Team Members, Patients, Communities, and Partners. In our Patient pillar, we called out a need to “close health disparities in diverse populations” and began building upon Zimmer Biomet’s long-standing commitment to health equity through its support of Movement is Life™ and the substantial investments of the Zimmer Biomet Foundation in key partnerships like the J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society, Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society, and Nth Dimensions to help build a more diverse pipeline in the specialty of orthopaedic medicine who could champion the work of health equity and understand the role social determinants of health (SDOH’s) play in delivering positive healthcare outcomes in diverse communities. Last year, we deepened our commitment to health equity with the establishment of a new team leading this work at Zimmer Biomet under a platform called Community Centered Care (C3). C3 seeks to increase the access of underserved communities to quality care by working to align the interests and incentives of surgeons, hospitals, and payors to support those efforts. The creation of C3 accelerates the commitments we made in our DEI strategy to patients, and highlights a personal passion of our CEO, Ivan Tornos, to making a meaningful and lasting impact on health equity. Please check out this article from a recent piece in USA Today highlighting our commitment to this critically important work at Zimmer Biomet. https://lnkd.in/gHqPFxSP
Bravo Willard McCloud III great to see you continuing this work. So crucial
PRESIDENT & CEO Board Director Zimmer Biomet & PHC Corporation
4moYour leadership here has been priceless Willard McCloud III !!!