Dr. Alter Receives ACEP Social Emergency Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award

At the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) annual conference at the end of October, Dr. Harrison Alter, the Levitt Center Founding Director and Director of Research, was honored with the 2021 Dr. Thea James ACEP Social Emergency Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes the contributions in incorporating social context into the structure and practice of emergency care and fostering high-quality research that translates to best practices for the application of social determinants of health at the bedside and beyond.