Professional Bio:

Dr. Grant is a clinician, educator, and researcher with a passion for health equity, culinary medicine, and promoting diversity in medicine. He is fellowship-trained in both Sports Cardiology from the Massachusetts General Hospital and General Cardiology from Georgetown University/Medstar Washington Hospital Center. He has published research investigating disparities in heart transplant as well as the effects of food deserts on cardiovascular risk. Dr. Grant is the founder and Chief Equity Officer of Equity Commons, an innovation firm that plans to end implicit bias. Equity Commons leverages virtual reality technology to train clinicians on the pervasiveness of bias and its impact on health disparities. He has been acknowledged as a change agent for health disparities by the American College of Cardiology as well as the American Heart Association for his passion on health disparities. Dr. Grant was also recognized in 2022 by the National Minority Forum with the 40 Under 40 Leader in Health Award. Dr. Grant has distinguished himself as a leader among his peers, he is an active community volunteer, who is dedicated to reducing disparities in cardiovascular disease. Outside of his work, Dr. Grant has also created a healthy food blog entitled “The Doctor’s Orders”, a platform where he has published healthy food recipes to increase nutritional awareness in his community.