Elizabeth Valencia, MD, JD, FCLM, serves as the Enterprise Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Mayo Clinic’s Alix School of Medicine for Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota campuses. She also serves as a medical expert in Breast Cancer Imaging and Intervention at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She serves on the Board of Governors American College of Legal Medicine, as Chair of Engagement for the American Medical Association’s Minority Affairs Section, and Wellness Equity Leadership Scholar and National Hispanic Medical Association Leadership Scholar.
She authored 2004 edition of American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics, published in peer-reviewed journals and is a national speaker on health equity, breast cancer, bioethics, law and medicine, education, mentorship, anti-racism, diversity, and equity and inclusion. Elizabeth also served as a Health Policy Dunn Fellow for Governor of Illinois to the Departments of Health & Human Services, Public Health, Public Aid, and Child & Family Services. She was a recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Illinois Women’s Bar Foundation Service Award, City of San Diego Delegate for U.S. Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future, and City of San Diego Volunteer of the Year Award.
She obtained medical and law degrees from SIU School of Medicine & School of Law.