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Zeke J. McKinney, MD, MHI, MPH, FACOEM, DipABLM

Program Director
HealthPartners

Dr. McKinney grew up in North Minneapolis and completed all of his medical training here in the TwinCities. He practices clinical occupational and environmental medicine in the Twin Cities, and he is one offew clinicians in Minnesota who evaluates work and community-related environmental toxicologicexposures. He is also the Program Director in the OEM residency program where he trained, an affiliateassistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and a clinical investigator forthe HealthPartners Institute. Most notably, he is a co-investigator for the Oxford University/Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial for which the HealthPartners Institute is a site. Following his work on thistrial, he has engaged in addressing COVID-19 misinformation and vaccine hesitancy in communities ofcolor, including helping to initiate a longitudinal vaccine clinic as part of the Shots at the Shop nationalinitiative to support engagement within local barbershops. His general interests are in preventing work-related illness/injury, improving data-driven decision-making in clinical contexts, environmentaltoxicology, health equity, environmental justice, public safety medicine, managing compleximpairment/disability, and increasing the health literacy of patients and communities. Dr. McKinney wants to ensure that healthcare systems and insurers address the social determinants of health thataffect patients outside of the exam room, such as healthcare access, housing, employment,environmental hazards, and nutrition. In addition, Dr. McKinney is passionate about justice for allpatients, both in the clinic as well as in the community, and ensuring that healthcare outcomes andpreventable hazards are equitably distributed across populations rather than disproportionatelyaffecting some more than others. He focuses on the individual's needs, recognizing that every patienthas their own unique situation. Each person's story is different and he attempts to get to know them asindividuals and to help them reach their goals. Overall, he wants each patient to reach their optimallevel of performance and function, whether at work or in their individual activities.

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