Heart Health and Health Inequity
This episode explores the disproportionate impact of heart disease on Black communities, highlighting how structural inequities, chronic stress, social drivers of health, and systemic bias contribute to poorer cardiovascular outcomes beyond genetics alone. Expert guests Dr. Kardie Taub and Dr. Himika Rahman discuss practical solutions—including community partnerships, culturally competent care, data-driven accountability, and policy reforms—to reduce disparities, rebuild trust in healthcare, and advance health equity.
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Dr. Kardie Tobb
Kardie Tobb, DO, MS, FASPC, FACC, is board certified in general cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, cardiovascular computed tomography, and internal medicine. She earned her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine training at the Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Darby, PA and Fellowship training at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in New Jersey.
As a non-invasive preventive cardiologist, her areas of interest include cardiometabolic disease prevention and women’s cardiovascular health, with an emphasis on cardio-obstetrics. Her global research interests include understanding the impact of social drivers of health on clinical outcomes, and helping to create ways this can be addressed appropriately. She also focuses on reducing disparities in access to health care in medically underserved populations.
Dr. Tobb is currently the Medical Director and the founder of the Cone Health Heart and Vascular Cardio-Obstetrics/Women’s Heart Health program. Dr. Tobb also serves as the Cone Health system-wide Clinical Integration Officer with Cone Health Center for Equity. In this role, she focuses on developing strategies to improve access to care for individuals from vulnerable and under-resourced backgrounds. In addition, she is leading quality projects to implement operational efficiencies to address social drivers of health in at-risk populations.
In her leisure, she enjoys spending time with her family (she is married with 2 young daughters). Her natural passion for fashion and style has led her to be the creative director and founder of the brand Tobbstars, which features
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Dr. Himika Rahman
Himika Rahman, MD, MPH is a physician leader and public health strategist with expertise in health equity advancement and population health. At Harris Health, Dr. Rahman has been instrumental in developing the Harris Health Sheila Jackson Lee Center for Accelerating Health Outcomes, co-crafting its vision, mission, and strategic framework with the community. She now serves as the Director for the Sheila Jackson Lee Center, which focuses on enhancing healthcare delivery through data-driven methodologies and community-centered approaches.
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