Innovator.
Thought Leader.
Advocate.
Change Maker.
Dr. Nneka Sederstrom
has over 25 years experience in
hospital medicine, as a world-renowned equity ethicist in end-of-life care and
health equity initiatives
Meet Dr. Nneka Sederstrom
Global Speaker. Systems Disruptor. Voice of Truth in Medicine.
Dr. Nneka Sederstrom doesn’t just deliver keynotes, she delivers cultural wake-up calls. A nationally recognized healthcare ethicist, equity strategist, and visionary speaker, Dr. Sederstrom engages audiences with unflinching honesty and transformative insight. Her talks spark deep dialogue, challenge the status quo, and leave listeners with one clear call to action: “Know a little better, so you can do a little better.”
From global conferences to intimate leadership retreats, Dr. Sederstrom creates space for intentional learning - and necessary unlearning - on the road to institutional change.
Speaking Topics Include:
The Addiction to Racism: How Power Functions in Medicine
Healing Systems, Not Just People: The Future of Health Equity
Ethical Leadership in Crisis: Reclaiming Humanity in Clinical Care
Racial Disparities & the Real Cost of Inequity
The Empathy Framework: Rebuilding Culture from the Inside Out
Book Dr. Sederstrom for your next keynote, panel, or executive briefing, and give your audience the conversation they didn’t know they needed!
Dr. Nneka Sederstrom is a nationally recognized healthcare ethicist, executive leader, and global voice for systemic transformation. As Chief Health Equity Officer at Hennepin Healthcare and CEO of UzObi, Inc., she leads bold efforts to dismantle structural racism in medicine and reimagine equity-centered care.
A prolific speaker and published expert, Dr. Sederstrom has delivered 75+ national and international presentations and authored over 40 peer-reviewed articles on clinical ethics, end-of-life care, and racial disparities in health. Her academic foundation in philosophy, public policy, and medical sociology informs a visionary approach to culture change in healthcare systems.
She’s been honored as a Distinguished Educator, a Richard S. Irwin Master Lecturer, and a participant in the Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator, recognition that underscores her impact at the intersection of ethics, justice, and innovation.
PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES
An Essential Conversation on Race, Racism and the Healthcare System
Hennepin Healthcare Makes its Case for More Equity, Inclusion Training
Anti-Black Racism as a Chronic Condition
Physicians Must do the Work to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Medicine
UzObi CEO: Startup Draws ‘Ethical Blueprint’ to Reduce ACP Disparities
The Racist Underbelly of Health Disparities in America
Why DEI Has Become a
Business Imperative
Talent Garden Grows Local Youth into Healthcare Workers
Acknowledging the Burdens
of ‘Blackness’
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