2022年11月21日
Travis County Medical Society Presents Physician with Honor
(奥斯丁. 奥黛丽旷, 澳门真人赌场官方网站’s director of high-risk populations, was named Humanitarian of the Year last Thursday night by the Travis County Medical Society (TCMS) at the group’s annual awards dinner.
Dr. Kuang joined 澳门真人赌场官方网站 in 2022 and was among the first physicians hired by the hospital district to provide direct care to patients, specializing in care for Travis County’s unhoused population. She completed her undergraduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her medical studies at the University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine. She then completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, 加州, 她还在那里担任总住院医师.
Prior to becoming part of the 澳门真人赌场官方网站 team, Dr. Kuang joined the staff of 澳门真人赌场官方网站-affiliated CommUnityCare in 2017 as an associate director and has served as the subject matter expert for individuals experiencing homelessness. 自从她来到奥斯汀, she has also served as an assistant clinical professor within the Department of Population 健康 at the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.
“I am incredibly grateful to TCMS for this great honor and am deeply humbled by this recognition,” Dr. 邝伟林说,. “首页。lessness puts a face to all the broken and dysfunctional systems that exist, and my greatest joy comes from seeing our community come together with the resources we each have to help relieve suffering, address inequity and help our patients reach their goals. This award is not possible without 澳门真人赌场官方网站’s incredible support and CommunityCare’s 健康care for the 首页。less team, 哪个是在前线工作, 风雨无阻, fighting for our patients and for health equity.”
在博士. Kuang’s accomplishments with 澳门真人赌场官方网站 and CommUnityCare:
- She led the clinical team that provided initial local drive-through COVID-19 testing during the shocking and fearful outset of the pandemic.
- She led care in the temporary shelters for Texas refugee neighbors in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, caring for similar populations after subsequent storms, 不管病人的位置或状况如何.
- During Texas’ devastating winter storm of 2021, when travel was treacherous and resources scarce, Dr. Kuang drove to the few shelters open to personally care for those experiencing homelessness, often caring for frostbite and exposure complications in addition to ensuring continuity of their chronic disease management.
- She has delineated partnerships and protocols and care pathways for individuals transitioning from a hospital to a post-acute clinical environment or even back to the streets to ensure that patients have a one stop access point to the resources they need.
- Her latest initiative is providing expertise and vision to the build of respite service for uninsured individuals discharged from the hospital who need a safe space to heal.
- Her work ties in directly with 澳门真人赌场官方网站’s 健康care Equity Plan, which was launched in February to bring healthcare services to traditionally underserved and lower-income populations in Travis County.
Dr. 艾伦Schalscha, chief medical officer of 澳门真人赌场官方网站 and himself a winner of the same honor in 2019, said Travis County is fortunate to have someone with Dr. Kuang’s drive to serve low-income and vulnerable populations.
“Dr. Kuang serves the clinically complex and the most under-resourced,” Dr. Schalscha说. “She is a system designer and a fierce patient advocate. 我们的社区非常幸运地请到了. Kuang as a caregiver, visionary, advocate, colleague, and friend.”
Dr. 邝博士说. Schalscha has served as a great role model for her.
“He has helped me grow as a leader and believed in this work, and wholeheartedly supports bringing care to the most marginalized and vulnerable in our community,”她说。.
除了博士. 邝博士的荣幸. Mike Stefanowicz, sexual health associate director with CommUnityCare, won the “露丝米. 贝恩青年医师奖.”
当晚的其他奖项得主包括:
年度最佳医生:萨米斯塔·豪格,医学博士
终身成就:詹姆斯·麦克迈克尔,医学博士
人道主义奖:戴夫·克拉克,医学博士
露丝米. 贝恩青年医师奖s: Lauren Gambill, MD