Patricia Téllez-Girón, MD, associate professor of family medicine and community health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, is the esteemed face of health care and education in Madison’s Latinx/e community and across Wisconsin. In celebration of her efforts, this month she received the Ohtli Award, the highest recognition awarded by the government of Mexico to a Mexican community leader in the United States or other countries.
The awards honors how Téllez-Girón embodies the school’s mission to advance health equity through service, education and research. As a family medicine physician, she is a champion for equitable and inclusive care, and as an educator, she is devoted to inspiring and mentoring youth and health professions students to achieve their full potential. The accolades that are most meaningful to Téllez-Girón, though, are the outcome of her work to advance health equity. “The greatest of my rewards is assuring that the communities I serve receive the services they deserve,” she said.
Read the full article at: https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/october/tellez-giron-receives-prestigious-ohtli-award/