Quinn Capers, M.D.

Associate Dean for Faculty Diversity; Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Internal Medicine

Rody P. Cox, M.D., Professorship in Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine - Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology

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Biography

Quinn Capers IV, M.D., is a Professor and the inaugural Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He also serves as Associate Dean for Faculty Diversity and specializes in interventional cardiology.

Dr. Capers earned his medical degree at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He performed his residency in internal medicine at Emory University, where he also completed fellowships in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, and vascular biology research.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Capers joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020. Previously, he served as Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Dr. Capers’ clinical and academic interests include interventional cardiology, medical education, racial health care disparities, and diversity enhancement. He serves as an ad hoc reviewer for Academic Medicine, British Medical Journal (BMJ Open), Catheterization and Cardiovascular Intervention, Health Equity, Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Healthcare Disparities, PLOS One, and Teaching and Learning in Medicine.

A nationally recognized leader of diversity and inclusion in academic medicine, Dr. Capers has delivered more than 200 lectures and trainings nationwide on implicit bias in medical care.

He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the Association of Black Cardiologists, and the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

He holds the Rody P. Cox, M.D. Professorship in Internal Medicine.

Education & Training

Fellowship - Emory University School of Medicine (1994-1998), Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship - Emory University School of Medicine (1998-1999), Interventional Cardiology
Medical School - The Ohio State University College of Medicine (1987-1991)
Residency - Emory University School of Medicine (1991-1994), Internal Medicine

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Association of Black Cardiologists (2000), Member
American College of Cardiology (2004), Member
Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (2008), Member
National Medical Association (2018), Member
Association of University Cardiologists (2021), Member

Honors & Awards

Pamela S. Douglas Distinguished Award for Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion 2021, American College of Cardiology
Exemplary Leadership Award 2020, AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion
America's Best Doctors 2009-2020, Best Doctors Database
Laennec Clinician Educator Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Cardiology and Bedside Medicine 2018, American Heart Association
Health Care Justice Award 2016, Primary One Health, Columbus, OH
Gold Humanism Honor Society 2014
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 2012

Books & Publications

Books
- Upper Extremity Arterial Disease in Endovascular Interventions: A Case-based Approach
  Capers IV, Q, Cummings M, Breathett K (2014), New York, NY, Springer
- Review of Heart Failure Management in African Americans in Management of Heart Failure: Volume 1, Medical
  Breathett K, Baliga R, Capers IV, Q. (2015), London, UK, Springer-Verlag
- Renal Artery Stenosis in Manual of Vascular Diseases
  Capers IV, Q. and Joseph, J. (2010), Columbus, OH, McGraw Hill
- Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis in Cardiology Board Review
  Capers IV, Q (2009), Columbus, OH, McGraw Hill
- Transradial Coronary Interventions in Color Atlas & Synopsis of Interventional Cardiology
  Capers IV Q, Mann J. (2018), McGraw Hill
Publications
- Comparison of Impella and intra-aortic balloon pump in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention: vascular complications and incidence of bleeding.
  Boudoulas KD, Pederzolli A, Saini U, Gumina RJ, Mazzaferri EL, Davis M, Bush CA, Capers Q, Magorien R, Pompili VJ, Acute cardiac care 2012 Dec 14 4 120-4
- Implicit Racial Bias in Medical School Admissions.
  Capers Q, Clinchot D, McDougle L, Greenwald AG, Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017 03 92 3 365-369
- Temporal trends and predictors of time to coronary angiography following non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome in the USA.
  Rashid M, Fischman DL, Martinez SC, Capers Q, Savage M, Zaman A, Curzen N, Ensor J, Potts J, Mohamed MO, Kwok CS, Kinnaird T, Bagur R, Mamas M, Coronary artery disease 2019 05 30 3 159-170
- Perceptions on Diversity in Cardiology: A Survey of Cardiology Fellowship Training Program Directors.
  Crowley AL, Damp J, Sulistio MS, Berlacher K, Polk DM, Hong RA, Weissman G, Jackson D, Sivaram CA, Arrighi JA, Kates AM, Duvernoy CS, Lewis SJ, Capers Q, Journal of the American Heart Association 2020 Sep 9 17 e017196
- Bias and Racism Teaching Rounds at an Academic Medical Center.
  Capers Q, Bond DA, Nori US, Chest 2020 Aug
- Unplanned hospital readmissions after acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide analysis of rates, trends, predictors and causes in the United States between 2010 and 2014.
  Kwok CS, Capers Q, Savage M, Gulati M, Potts J, Mohamed MO, Nagaraja V, Patwala A, Heatlie G, Kontopantelis E, Fischman DL, Mamas MA, Coronary artery disease 2020 Jun 31 4 354-364
- Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest due to Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia/Fibrillation.
  Boudoulas KD, Whitson BA, Keseg DP, Lilly S, Baker C, Attar T, Capers Q, Gumina RJ, Mast DW, Satyapriya SV, Davenport D, Hazlett M, Mokadam N, Magorien R, Mazzaferri EL, Journal of interventional cardiology 2020 2020 6939315
- Recurrent Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in 4 Vascular Territories.
  Makki N, Dalal P, Capers Q, Mazzaferri E, Attar T, Texas Heart Institute journal 2018 04 45 2 106-109
- Strategies for Achieving Diversity through Medical School Admissions.
  Capers Q, McDougle L, Clinchot DM, Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2018 29 1 9-18
- A Test of Diversity - What USMLE Pass/Fail Scoring Means for Medicine.
  Youmans QR, Essien UR, Capers Q, The New England journal of medicine 2020 Jun 382 25 2393-2395

Research

Acute Coronary Syndromes
Transradial Access to Coronary Procedures
Racial Health Care Disparities
Diversity Enhancement in Medicine
Implicit Bias in Medicine

Clinical Focus

Interventional Cardiology