Marcus M. McKinney

Dr. Marcus M. McKinney is Vice President for Community Health Equity and Health Policy at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, CT. He is Co-Founder of the Curtis D. Robinson Men’s Health Institute at Saint Francis, a Baptist minister and practicing psychotherapist licensed in Connecticut. Dr. McKinney has served as an educator, minister, clinical director and supervisor in academic and community settings for over 30 years. He maintains a faculty appointment at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine as Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and has published in the areas of pastoral psychotherapy, depth psychology and recovery models of care including the integration of behavioral and primary healthcare. The Institute has reached over 6,000 people in 5 years addressing prostate cancer (education and screening) in high-risk communities, with over 40 lives saved. A primary goal is to eliminate barriers to care, including financial barriers.
 
The Institute is led by the Health Equity Team and includes physicians, nurses, outreach workers, public health experts, and community engagement staff to bridge health resources and communities being served. A key, high-impact strategy for 2015 includes partnerships with “existing wellness programs” to work with community agencies and their wellness leadership teams to survey, plan and expedite screening and follow-up on health issues identified by the partnership. Several thousand community members will be impacted in 2015.