Rob Gore

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.

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

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. "Doctor works to save youth from violence before they reach his ER". CNN. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  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. 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". 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. "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. "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. 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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