Full Biography – Aisha T. Terry MD, MPHDr. Aisha T. Terry (formerly Liferidge) was born and raised in Goldsboro, North Carolina. She graduated with honors from Duke University with a bachelor of science degree in Biology, and minors in Chemistry and Spanish. In 1999, she began her medical training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine on a 4-year full scholarship. While in Chapel Hill, she reaped the benefits of mentorship from great icons in the field of emergency medicine, which led to her completing key research in neurological emergencies as a tender, yet eager medical student. Dr. Terry joined the ranks of the reputable emergency medicine residency program at the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore, Maryland in June 2003. There, she sharpened her clinical acumen and was groomed for leadership in academics and organized medicine.
Dr. Terry was elected President of the national Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) in the fall of 2005. Under her leadership, EMRA’s budget reached an all-time high of $1 million and she spearheaded the implementation of the ACEP/EMRA Mini-health Policy Fellowship in Washington, DC which continues to successfully run today. As she completed her three-year EMRA Presidential term in 2008, she was honored with the American College of Emergency Physician's (ACEP) Heroes in Emergency Medicine Award for commitment to and achievement within the specialty. |
In 2011, she completed her Executive Master of Public Health degree from the esteemed Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York, New York, where her focus was on hospital management and health policy. Her areas of public health and health policy interests include access to care, disparities, and quality in health care.
At present, Dr. Terry serves at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, where she fulfills her passion for clinical practice, teaching, and mentoring as an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Heath Policy at the George Washington School of Medicine and the Milken Institute School of Public Health. In 2012, she was appointed Director of the George Washington Department of Emergency Medicine’s Health Policy Fellowship, which trains physicians to be future public health and health policy leaders. She served in this capacity for nearly 8 years, wherein she provided didactic teaching, fostered professional development, and facilitated fellows’ office placements in Congressional offices, government agencies, and think tanks. She has directly supervised nearly 30 health policy fellows who have gone on to leadership positions in departments of health, in health policy educational programs, and in innovative public health/health policy education programs related to social media, to name a few. In the school of medicine, she serves as a Learning Community Leader for the School of Medicine, directs the Practice of Medicine Coaching Program, and teaches the clinical public health course, Patients, Populations, and Systems.
Dr. Terry is very active in the premiere specialty organization of emergency medicine, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and has been an elected member of its Board of Directors since the fall of 2017. In this capacity, she and her fellow Directors govern and set the advocacy agenda around emergency care and emergency medicine practice for this approximate 40,000-member organization. She additionally chaired ACEP’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, has served 15+ years as an ACEP Councilor, and served as a member of the ACEP Public Health and Injury Prevention committee wherein she chaired the Disparities in Emergency Medicine Subcommittee and the Sobering Centers Subcommittee. She was additionally appointed as chair of ACEP’s Associate Membership Task
Force in 2008, shortly after completing her residency training.
At the state level, Dr. Terry is a past President of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. As President, the Chapter’s activity level significantly increased and its revenue more than doubled. From 2007 to 2012, she served two terms on the Maryland College of Emergency Physicians Board of Directors and was a member of its public policy committee. She is the chief executive officer of the Minority Women in Science Foundation (MWSF), a non-profit organization that empowers the dreams of future leaders with interest in science careers. The MWSF provides mentorship, tangible resources, networking opportunities, and career-long support to its beneficiaries.
Dr. Terry is a published author who has co- authored peer reviewed journal articles about access to care, diversity and inclusion, bias in clinical practice, emergency care, subarachnoid hemorrhage management, national first-time seizure guidelines, and sobering centers, to name a few. She has given numerous local, state, national and international lectures and speeches on topics such as implicit bias in clinical practice, access to quality care, payment reform, coordinated and integrated health care, and innovative physician health policy education. Dr. Terry has also led health policy and stroke research efforts, partially through grant funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH).
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In 2013, the Foundation provided 13 scholarships ($8,000) to aspiring youth, followed by giving a block grant ($7,000) to Sister Mentors through EduSeed which funded SAT preparatory courses for 10 high school juniors in 2015. In 2016, the MWSF provided academic and merit-based scholarships to 10 rising college freshmen totaling approximately $25,000. In 2017, the Foundation renewed approximately $10,000 in scholarships to prior beneficiaries, based on maintenance of GPA and interest in science fields. In 2022, the Foundation granted a 4-year academic scholarship to a promising future physician entering their undergraduate studies. Each year, the Foundation seeks to exceed its prior giving.
At present, Dr. Terry serves at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, where she fulfills her passion for clinical practice, teaching, and mentoring as an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Heath Policy at the George Washington School of Medicine and the Milken Institute School of Public Health. In 2012, she was appointed Director of the George Washington Department of Emergency Medicine’s Health Policy Fellowship, which trains physicians to be future public health and health policy leaders. She served in this capacity for nearly 8 years, wherein she provided didactic teaching, fostered professional development, and facilitated fellows’ office placements in Congressional offices, government agencies, and think tanks. She has directly supervised nearly 30 health policy fellows who have gone on to leadership positions in departments of health, in health policy educational programs, and in innovative public health/health policy education programs related to social media, to name a few. In the school of medicine, she serves as a Learning Community Leader for the School of Medicine, directs the Practice of Medicine Coaching Program, and teaches the clinical public health course, Patients, Populations, and Systems.
Dr. Terry is very active in the premiere specialty organization of emergency medicine, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and has been an elected member of its Board of Directors since the fall of 2017. In this capacity, she and her fellow Directors govern and set the advocacy agenda around emergency care and emergency medicine practice for this approximate 40,000-member organization. She additionally chaired ACEP’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, has served 15+ years as an ACEP Councilor, and served as a member of the ACEP Public Health and Injury Prevention committee wherein she chaired the Disparities in Emergency Medicine Subcommittee and the Sobering Centers Subcommittee. She was additionally appointed as chair of ACEP’s Associate Membership Task
Force in 2008, shortly after completing her residency training.
At the state level, Dr. Terry is a past President of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. As President, the Chapter’s activity level significantly increased and its revenue more than doubled. From 2007 to 2012, she served two terms on the Maryland College of Emergency Physicians Board of Directors and was a member of its public policy committee. She is the chief executive officer of the Minority Women in Science Foundation (MWSF), a non-profit organization that empowers the dreams of future leaders with interest in science careers. The MWSF provides mentorship, tangible resources, networking opportunities, and career-long support to its beneficiaries.
Dr. Terry is a published author who has co- authored peer reviewed journal articles about access to care, diversity and inclusion, bias in clinical practice, emergency care, subarachnoid hemorrhage management, national first-time seizure guidelines, and sobering centers, to name a few. She has given numerous local, state, national and international lectures and speeches on topics such as implicit bias in clinical practice, access to quality care, payment reform, coordinated and integrated health care, and innovative physician health policy education. Dr. Terry has also led health policy and stroke research efforts, partially through grant funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH).
10/2022
In 2013, the Foundation provided 13 scholarships ($8,000) to aspiring youth, followed by giving a block grant ($7,000) to Sister Mentors through EduSeed which funded SAT preparatory courses for 10 high school juniors in 2015. In 2016, the MWSF provided academic and merit-based scholarships to 10 rising college freshmen totaling approximately $25,000. In 2017, the Foundation renewed approximately $10,000 in scholarships to prior beneficiaries, based on maintenance of GPA and interest in science fields. In 2022, the Foundation granted a 4-year academic scholarship to a promising future physician entering their undergraduate studies. Each year, the Foundation seeks to exceed its prior giving.