Rob Gore
Alma materMorehouse College ('98)
State University of New York ('02)
EmployerKings County Hospital Center
Known forEmergency Medicine
Websitehttps://kavibrooklyn.org/

Robert (Rob) Gore (born 1977) is an Emergency Physician and the Founder of the Kings Against Violence Initiative (KAVI). He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Kings County Hospital Center. He was an inaugural TED Resident in 2016, and in 2018 named a CNN Hero.

Early life and education

Gore grew up in Brooklyn.[1] He is the son of a community activist and a teacher.[2] He studied at Morehouse College and graduated in 1998.[3] He attended University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and graduated in 2002.[1][4] He was a Chief Medical Resident at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.[1]

Career

Gore has worked with Clinique Espérance et Vie, a medical clinic in Haiti that supports Terrier-Rouge and nearby areas, since 2008. He launched a crowdfunding campaign to translate their activities into a television series, The Global Empowerment Project.[5] He collaborated with Marc Baptise and Brian Paupaw.[6]

Gore founded the SUNY Downstate Medical Center Minority Medical Student Emergency Medicine (MMSEM) Summer Fellowship - a mentoring program for underrepresented minorities in medicine. Gore believes that violence is a public health problem.[2] In 2009 he founded the Kings Against Violence Initiative (KAVI), an in-school, hospital and community non-profit anti-violence program that looks to teach young people how to resolve conflicts peacefully.[7] He developed a team of Hospital Responders, people who can respond sensitively to challenging situations that occur in a community.[1] Gore ran a series of breakfast meetings to help young black people diffuse disputes.[8] The program grew in 2011, with Gore encouraging his family, colleagues and friends to take part.[9] KAVI is part of NYC Health + Hospitals with similar initiatives in Harlem and The Bronx.[10] He was chosen as one of 2018 Presidential Leadership Scholars.[11][12] The program is supported by the George W. Bush Presidential Center and Clinton Presidential Center.[13] During his scholarship, Gore worked on a proposal to increase impact and resource for KAVI.[14]

In 2016 he delivered a Ted Talk titled Healing Inner-City Trauma.[15] He was a TED resident in the inaugural program in 2016.[16][17] He discussed KAVI on History NOW in 2016.[18] His achievements were honoured by the United Hospital Fund in 2017.[9] That year he was selected as one of Black Enterprise's 100 Men of Distinction.[19] He was selected as a CNN Hero in 2018.[20][21][22] He was awarded the Citizens' Committee for Children Vanguard Award for his work serving at-risk youth.[23] He is represented by the Serendipity Literary Agency.[24]

Gore's first book, Treating Violence, is scheduled to be released on May 7, 2024, through Beacon Press publishing.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Doctor works to save youth from violence before they reach his ER". CNN. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  2. 1 2 Edwards, Breanna (22 May 2016). "This Emergency Room Doctor Was Tired of Seeing Gunshot Victims Who Looked Like Family, So He Did Something About It". The Root. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  3. ↑ "We Are Morehouse Monthly - November 2017". Issuu. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  4. ↑ "Department of Emergency Medicine | Residency Programs | Faculty List | Robert Gore". www.downstate.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  5. ↑ "Global Empowerment Project". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  6. ↑ "In His Shoes: Global Empowerment Project – In Her Shoes". 12 May 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  7. ↑ "Kings Against Violence Initiative". kavibrooklyn.org. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  8. ↑ "Monthly NYC - Dispute Resolution Roundtable Breakfast". johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  9. 1 2 "United Hospital Fund - Robert Gore, MD". uhfnyc.org. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  10. ↑ Gonzalez, David (2015-11-01). "In Fight to Save Young People, Brooklyn Doctor Treats Violence as a Public Health Issue". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  11. ↑ "News Release". www.downstate.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  12. ↑ King, Nelson A. (26 February 2018). "Kings County physician named 2018 Presidential Leadership Scholar". Caribbean Life. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  13. ↑ "About". Presidential Leadership Scholars. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  14. ↑ "Rob Gore". Presidential Leadership Scholars. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  15. ↑ TED Residency, Rob Gore: Healing inner-city trauma, retrieved 2018-12-15
  16. ↑ "Dr. Rob Gore X TED Talk". It Needs To Be CED. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  17. ↑ "Meet our first class of TED Residents". TED Blog. 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  18. ↑ History NOW, Stopping Violence in Brooklyn: Dr. Robert Gore | History NOW, retrieved 2018-12-15
  19. ↑ "BE Modern Man: Meet 'Mr. Medicine' Robert Gore, MD". Black Enterprise. 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  20. ↑ "CNN Heroes: Doctor works to save youth from violence before they reach his ER | NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County". Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  21. ↑ Wilson, Wendy L. (2018-12-08). "INTERVIEW: CNN Hero, Dr. Rob Gore, helps urban youth avoid violence by healing their mind, bodies, and souls". theGrio. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  22. ↑ Shakespeare, William (17 August 2018). Henry V. Read Books. ISBN 9781528785518. OCLC 1049568310.
  23. ↑ "2018 CCC Celebration Breakfast". CCC New York. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  24. ↑ "Robert Gore". www.serendipitylit.com. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
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