Our Mission

To improve Native American health and eliminate existing health disparities

Our Vision

To empower emergency medicine health care providers serving indigenous populations to provide the highest quality care through educational, clinical, and administrative partnerships.

FLIP Corner

Boston Globe

Where are all the Native American medical students?

By Victor A. Lopez-Carmen

One of two Indigenous students in his Harvard Medical School class on the lack of representation and why it matters >

TED Talk

The Power of Indigenous Intergenerational Intelligence

By Victor A. Lopez-Carmen

Indigenous Peoples around the world have maintained highly developed value systems that promote intergenerational social and environmental sustainability. What are these values? How are they practiced? Victor answers these questions from his experiences being a Native American youth and working with Indigenous Peoples all over the world >

Communities We Serve

FLIP is proud to provide quality services in the Southwest United States.

Fort Defiance

Arizona

Our Team

Valerie Dobiesz, MD, MPH, FACEP

Program Director, FLIP

Dr. Valerie Dobiesz is the FLIP Program Director and an emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, faculty at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and the Director of Internal Programs at Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation.

Timothy B. Erickson, MD, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT

Director, FLIP Clinical Faculty Exchange Program

Dr. Timothy Erickson is an emergency medicine physician at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. He is the Division Chief of Medical Toxicology and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He is also teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI).

Anna Meyer, DNP, RN

Director of Nursing Collaborations

Anna Meyer is a Nurse Director in emergency medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Katie Dickerson, MD

Residency Liaison, FLIP

Dr. Katherine Dickerson is a first year resident in the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program.