Meinkeng Stephannie Acha-Morfaw, MD

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS HELD

Assistant Director, Medical Student Education
Chair, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Block Leader for Acute Care, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

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EDUCATION

Undergraduate: Hood College
Medical School: Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Residency: Johns Hopkins Medicine – Chief Resident

Dr. Acha-Morfaw was born and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland, in a full house with four siblings, to two loving and hard-working parents who emigrated from Cameroon. She started her post-secondary schooling at Montgomery College in the Montgomery Scholars honors program, where she focused on the humanities. Later, she transferred to Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in biochemistry.

Dr. Acha-Morfaw spent a year working as an emergency medicine scribe at a Maryland community hospital, which ignited her interest in emergency medicine. Following this experience, she completed a post-baccalaureate program at Drexel University, where she also spent a summer in Rwanda learning about barriers to health care as a Dornsife Global Development Fellow. Dr. Acha-Morfaw earned her MD at the Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and completed her emergency medicine residency and chief residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dr. Acha-Morfaw works toward using the humanities within the context of healthcare to drive discussions, particularly about anti-racism, cultural dexterity, and sexism, with a goal of changing educational curricula and practice environments. With her passion for the intersection of the humanities and healthcare, Dr. Acha-Morfaw also serves on the board of directors for the Collective for Humanism, Arts, and Storytelling in Medicine (CHASM) at UW–Madison.