Quinn Capers IV

Quinn Capers IV is an American cardiologist. He is a professor of medicine and the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Howard University College of Medicine. Capers has won numerous awards as a clinician-educator and advocate of diversity enhancement in medicine as an evidence-based method to reduce health disparities. He is an elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Quinn Capers IV
Dr. Quinn Capers IV, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Howard University College of Medicine, speaking at Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Grand Rounds on 26 April 2024, standing at the lectern in historic Hurd Hall
Spouse	Cheryl Capers
Academic background
Education	BS, Zoology, 1987, Howard University MD, 1991, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Academic work
Institutions	Howard University College of Medicine

Early life and education

Capers completed his Bachelor of Science degree at Howard University before earning his medical degree at the Ohio State University College of Medicine (OSUCOM). Following his MD, Capers trained at Emory University where he completed his internal medicine residency training, cardiology fellowship, and interventional cardiology fellowship.

Career

Capers served 2009–2019 as Associate Dean for Admissions at the OSUCOM.^[1] While dean of admissions he led a team that generated a highly cited report describing efforts to measure and mitigate racial bias in medical school admissions.^[2] Prior to his departure for UTSW in 2019, Capers was named Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs at OSUCOM.

In December 2020, Capers was recruited to the University of Texas Southwestern as Associate Dean for faculty diversity and the inaugural vice chair for diversity and inclusion in the Department of Internal Medicine.^[3]

In January 2024, Capers was named Chair of the Department of Medicine at Howard University School of Medicine.

Honors and Awards

• 2018 Laennec Clinician-Educator Award from the American Heart Association's Council on Clinical Cardiology Leadership; invited lecture titled, "The Lack of Diversity in the US Physician and Cardiology Workforce is a Public Health Emergency: The Way Forward".^[4]
• 2019 OSUCOM Professor of the Year.^[1]
• 2020 American Association of Medical Colleges Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI) Exemplary Leadership Award^[5]
• 2021 Association of University Cardiologists (elected honorific society).^[6]
• 2022 American College of Physicians opening ceremony keynote speaker^[7]
• 2023 Greenfield lecture at Duke University^[8]
• 2024 John E. Chapman lecture at Vanderbilt University^[9]
• 2024 Myron L. Weisfeldt Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Diversity at Johns Hopkins Hospital^[10]