Equity & Ethics

Benjamin D. Grin, MD Related Seminars and Products

Assistant Professor of Primary Care

Kansas City University

Benjamin Grin, MD, MPH, received his MD from Tufts University School of Medicine, and he completed Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School. He received his MPH from Brown University. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Primary Care at KCU, where he teaches clinical skills to 1st and 2nd year medical students and is involved in expanding public health training within the medical school. He maintains an active clinical practice at the KC CARE Health Center; his clinical work includes primary care, HIV care, and care for patients with substance use disorders. He also serves on the Kansas City, Missouri Health Commission where he is active in advocating for change to improve the health of our broader community. 

Benjamin Grin, MD, MPH has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Grin can be reached at bgrin@kansascity.edu.

Ron Holt, DO, MPA, DFAPA Related Seminars and Products

Student Health Physician, Adjunct Assistant Professor

San Francisco State University

Ronald Holt, DO,’93, is a board-certified psychiatrist, author, and international speaker. For the past 20 years, Holt has been a relentless advocate and educator on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues and civil rights. In 2008, Holt expanded his presentations nationally to include LGBTQ+ healthcare, the consequences of bullying, and suicide risk reduction. He has presented to hundreds of audiences, including physician audiences, on how to provide culturally competent care to the LGBTQ+ community.

Holt, along with his husband, William Huggett, MD, have published a self-help book and supportive coloring books for the LGBTQ+ community. They have also published a coloring book to help physicians with stress reduction. He has received several awards across the country for his community service and commitment to diversity. In the late 2000s, Holt received his previous employer’s two highest awards for community service and diversity achievement, making him the first physician within this national healthcare organization to receive both awards in the individual category. In 2019, he was elected to Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. In addition to being a KCU Adjunct Assistant Professor, Holt currently practices as a student health physician at San Francisco State University.

Ron Holt, DO, discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. Holt can be reached at drrholt@gmail.com.

David Sine, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Kansas City University

Dr. David Sine, PhD, Chair of the Biomedical Ethics Department at KCU, earned a bachelor’s degree in design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and then a Master’s degree in Health Policy and a Doctorate in Biomedical Ethics from the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University. He has been the Senior Staff Engineer for The Joint Commission, a Senior Consultant for the AHA, and Vice Chair of the board of Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas and a board member of the American Society of Hospital Risk Managers (ASHRM). He has extensive leadership experience in military, private, and acute care settings as well as experience in both academic and organizational settings and serves as a member of the NFPA Life Safety Code Subcommittee on Health Care Occupancies, and acts as a risk management and clinical ethics advisor to the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS).  Well known as co-editor of the Design Guide for Behavior Health Facilities, David writes and speaks frequently on the intersection of ethics, safety, and risk management.

Dr. Sine discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

He can be reached at dsine@kansascity.edu