William McDade, M.D., Ph.D. is the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and adjunct professor of Anesthesiology at Rush Medical College. Prior to that, he was EVP/Chief Academic Officer for the Ochsner Health System; Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago, Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs for the Pritzker School of Medicine; and Deputy Provost for Research and Minority Issues for the University of Chicago. He is founder of the James E. Bowman Society at the University of Chicago whose focus is on achieving diversity in academic excellence and the elimination of health inequities. Dr. McDade served as trustee of the American Medical Association, on the Executive Committee of the Board of the Joint Commission and has been a past-president and board chair of local and state medical societies in Illinois. He served as chair of the National Medical Association’s Anesthesiology Section and the AMA’s Council on Medical Education. He served on the US Department of Education’s National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation, been a representative to the Coalition for Physician Accountability, a board member for the National Board of Medical Examiners and for the ACGME, where he chaired the Taskforce on Diversity in Graduate Medical Education. Dr. McDade is a board-certified Anesthesiologist and graduate of Pritzker’s Medical Scientist Training program earning a Ph.D. in Biophysics and Theoretical Biology. He completed his internship in internal medicine at UChicago and residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital.