Dear Howard Community,

Please rally and support Howard College of Medicine and Howard Medical Center! #HowardMedicineMatters!  

The D.C. Council is positioned to approve legislation next week on December 4^ththat would pave the way for an exclusive deal for a new hospital on St. Elizabeths campus. Howard supports a new East End hospital, but the agreement currently proposed would exclude Howard's faculty physicians; medical students and residents; and nursing; allied health; pharmacy; and dentistry students from providing services and receiving training at the new hospital. As a result, the more than 1,000 health professional students currently being trained at Howard will be in severe jeopardy. We remind everyone that more than 90 percent of these students are from underrepresented minority groups whose predecessors have long demonstrated a willingness to serve citizens of the District and surrounding communities, as well as our Nation.

Without an equal opportunity for Howard physicians and medical residents to practice and train in the new hospital, the proposed deal will decrease revenue and volume at HUH, disrupt the pipeline of 750 minority physicians in training, and threaten the viability of the College of Medicine and the Howard Medical Center.

The Howard University College of Medicine has been a staple in the city’s health care community for more than 150 years.  The HU College of Medicine educates more African-American and minority medical students on an annual basis than GW, Georgetown, and the University of Maryland combined. The College of Medicine also trains the largest number of minority physicians in the D.C. region. Currently, there are 1,700 HU College of Medicine physicians practicing in the D.C. region. The College of Medicine and HUH is a major supplier of minority providers across the nation.

HOW CAN YOU HELP? 

JOIN OUR CONVERSATION ON SOCIAL. USE THE HASHTAG #HOWARDMEDICINEMATTERS 

AND

CONTACT THE MAYOR AND D.C. COUNCIL. 

D.C. RESIDENTS: ALSO WRITE A LETTER, CLICK HERE AND LET THEM KNOW THE FOLLOWING:

• You do not support the current proposal because it threatens the viability of Howard’s College of Medicine and Health Sciences.
• Demand that Howard physicians and medical students be given an equal opportunity to practice and train in the new hospital.
• The current agreement will:
  • Cause a decline in revenue and patients at HUH, causing insufficient volume for training medical students and residents;
  • Disrupt the pipeline of minority physicians training that serves D.C. and the nation;
  • Hinder HU College of Medicine and health science professionals’ academic missions.

PLEASE ACT NOW!!!

MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER

Email: eom@dc.gov| (202) 727-2643

Twitter: @MayorBowser | FB: MayorMurielBowser

CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON                      

Email: pmendelson@dccouncil.us|(202) 724-8032

Twitter: @ChmnMendelson | FB: @ChairmanPhilMendelson 

COUNCILMEMBER ANITA D. BONDS (AT LARGE)                             

Email: abonds@dccouncil.us  | (202) 724-8064

Twitter: @AnitaBondsDC | FB: @AnitaBondsDC 

COUNCILMEMBER DAVID GROSSO (AT LARGE)                   

Email: dgrosso@dccouncil.us| (202) 724-8105                                

Twitter: @CMDGrosso | FB: @CMDGrosso 

COUNCILMEMBER ELISSA SILVERMAN (AT LARGE)                         

Email:  esilverman@dccouncil.us|(202) 724-7772               

Twitter: @TweetElissa | FB: @CMElissaSilverman 

COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT WHITE, JR.  (AT LARGE)                         

Email: rwhite@dccouncil.us| (202) 724-8174                      

Twitter: @RobertWhite_DC | FB: RobertWhiteAtLarge

COUNCILMEMBER BRIANNE NADEAU (WARD 1)                                         

Email:  bnadeau@dccouncil.us| (202) 724-8181

Twitter: @BrianneKNadeau | FB: @BrianneKNadeau

COUNCILMEMBER JACK EVANS (WARD 2)                                                   

Email:  jackevans@dccouncil.us| (202) 724-8058

Twitter: @JackEvansWard2 | FB: @JackEvansWard2

COUNCILMEMBER MARY M. CHEH (WARD 3)                                  

Email: mcheh@dccouncil.us| (202) 724-8062

Twitter: @MaryCheh  | FB: @CMMaryCheh 

COUNCILMEMBER BRANDON T. TODD (WARD 4)

Email:  btodd@dccouncil.us| (202) 724-8052

Twitter: @CMBrandonTodd | FB: @BrandonTTodd 

COUNCILMEMBER KENYAN MCDUFFIE (WARD 5)

Email:kmcduffie@dccouncil.us| (202) 724-8028 

Twitter: @CM_McDuffie  | FB: @KenyanRMcDuffie 

COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN (WARD 6)

Email:callen@dccouncil.us| (202) 724-8072

Twitter: @CMCharlesAllen | FB: @CMCharlesAllen

COUNCILMEMBER VINCENT C. GRAY (WARD 7)

Email:vgray@dccouncil.us(202)724-8068

Twitter: @VinceGrayWard7 | FB: @VinceGrayWard7

COUNCILMEMBER TRAYON WHITE, SR. (WARD 8)

Email:  twhite@dccouncil.us(202) 724-8045

Twitter: @TrayvonWhite | FB: @TrayvonWhite8