About Dr. Height:

Vickie Height, MD, MPH is the President and CEO of Medical & Compensation Consultants, a consulting firm that develops healthcare programs for private and government agencies in the area of employee health and worker's compensation. She was born in Greenville, North Carolina but lived most of her life in New York City. Dr. Height was most recently the Associate Medical Director for the United States Postal Service where she was responsible for medical policy and operations for programs providing services to over 10,000 employees. Dr. Height's leadership has extended beyond the workplace and medicine to community organizations. She is the past President and Chair of the Board of Directors for Vigor International, Inc., a public non-profit organization that provided services to over 350 chemically dependent and abused children. She also successfully negotiated a contract for medical services from the Betty Ford Center for the families and children participating in Vigor's program. She is currently on the advisory board for The Center for Educational Achievement, a non-profit corporation that provides science educational programs encouraging children to pursue health science careers. She has received awards recognizing her contributions to the United States Postal Service, and was the recipient of a Congressional Award for Community Service 2001, for her volunteer work with abused children. Because of an interest in improving the delivery of the healthcare to underserved populations, she pursued a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of California at Los Angeles. It was this same interest that lead to a National Medical Fellowship Award that allowed her to volunteer as a "foot doctor", in Kenya during her medical training. Dr. Height graduated from York College of the City University of New York, and completed her medical school education at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her internship was completed at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and her residency at USC - LA C in Internal Medicine. She is board eligible in Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine, and a member of the American College of Physicians, as well as the National Medical Association. Dr. Height is mentor to medical students, and an Assistant Clinical Professor in Internal Medicine at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. She maintains a part-time Internal Medicine practice that includes care of "high-risk", adolescents. Her professional interests include focusing on healthcare policies that will eliminate the disparities in healthcare services to underprivileged children and senior citizens. She enjoys quilting, traveling, remodeling old homes, and spending time with her family.

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