Boss Leap Podcast

About

Meet Dr. Sylvia E. Morris, MD, MPH

Dr. Sylvia E. Morris, MD, MPH is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Morris’s goal is to utilize media to improve our nation’s public health by combining her training in Internal Medicine and Public Health.

To this end, she has made guest appearances on the Weather Channel’s Weekend View, CNN International and WAGA-TV/Fox 5 (Atlanta), as well as being interviewed by CNN.com, and published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In addition, she speaks at many community forums and delivers health awareness presentations throughout metro Atlanta.

Currently a Hospitalist, speaker, and moderator in Atlanta, Dr. Morris serves on the Johns Hopkins University Berman Institute of Bioethics Advisory Board and Georgetown University School of Medicine Alumni Board.

Most recently, Dr. Morris was a Senior Medical Director on the Revenue Cycle Solutions team at The Advisory Board Company. Formerly, a Medical Director for CVS Minute Clinic and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine working as a Hospitalist in addition to developing health promotion lectures and social media content. Active on the Emory University campus, she was named a 2011-12 Emory Community Builder and honored as a Transforming Communities Project Champion. She also worked on the development of the curriculum for Emory University’s inaugural healthcare dialogue and served on the Emory University President’s Commission on Race and Ethnicity.

Dr. Morris earned a Bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California at Berkeley. She gained a Master’s degree in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, with a certificate in Health Policy and Management. Her Medical degree is from Georgetown University School of Medicine. She completed residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.

An ice cream aficionado and shoe fanatic, Dr. Morris is a tea-drinking native Los Angelina who loves the feel of sand between her toes.

Meet Dr. Angela Walker

As an OB/GYN taking care of women for 25 years she shares her journey as a wife, mother, daughter and woman of color along her path of achieving optimal health and wellness. She helps others succeed in life by providing wisdom and steps to create their own story of wellness.

Dr. Walker is also a co-author of the book “The Game Plan: A Woman’s Guide to Becoming a Doctor and Living a Life in Medicine”. In this book she shares her insight and personal stories of what it is like and things to consider as a female in medicine.

As the CEO of Walker Health & Wellness Designs, she is an inspiring speaker and dedicated health coach, passionately committed to promoting wellness. Her message comes from the heart, sharing many of the changes she has made in her own life while fulfilling her purpose and pursuing her passion. She translates her office practice of listening to her patients letting them know their voice matters into clear and concise steps to owning and actively participating in their own health outcomes. Her joy comes from hearing patients say they are feeling better after having made healthy lifestyle changes by becoming more mindful and intentional in their health journey.

Dr. Walker graduated from Texas A&M University undergraduate, Georgetown University School of Medicine and trained in OB/GYN at University of Texas – Houston.

Dr. Walker currently works in Georgia (grew up in Dallas). She enjoys traveling with her husband and daughters and attempting to keep her bulldog, Sebastian, in line.