A Healthier Democracy
Olaoluwa “Láolú” Fayanju, MD MSc, FAAFP, is an accomplished medical professional with extensive experience in various leadership roles within the healthcare sector. Currently serving as a Board Member for A Healthier Democracy since November 2024, Fayanju previously held the position of Chief Medical Officer at RubiconMD and worked in multiple capacities, including Attending Physician, Regional Medical Director, and Senior Medical Director at Oak Street Health, focusing on equitable healthcare for Medicare patients. Fayanju's expertise also includes a tenure as Medical Director at The White House and participation in the Health Equity Roundtable. As a clinical instructor at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, Fayanju contributed to resident education in family medicine. Fayanju's academic credentials include a Doctor of Medicine degree from Tufts University, a Master’s in Health Policy and Management from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Harvard University.
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A Healthier Democracy
A Healthier Democracy is a platform for collaboration and community organizing at the intersection of health and civic engagement that leverages the untapped power of healthcare workers and healthcare settings as the people and places where social change can emerge. We provide a home for healthcare workers, community organizers, and healthcare organizations under the shared vision that together we can address our nation’s pressing social issues through collaboration. We are unleashing the healthcare sector as a source for social good. We are creating A Healthier Democracy. Portfolio Organizations at Launch A Healthier Democracy is home to three high-impact national initiatives at launch. We believe our nation’s biggest and most complex challenges require innovative solutions leveraging health care settings and health care workers. Our centralized model enables us to quickly launch new initiatives drawing on deep expertise in healthcare organizing, creative communications, and marketing. Vot-ER (Vot-ER.org) - A nonpartisan voter registration movement that has organized over 26,000 healthcare providers and 700 healthcare sites to help non-urgent patients register to vote. Get Waivered (Getwaviered.com) - A program rooted in political organizing that is converting our nation’s ERs into the front door for opioid addiction and has helped over 5,000 clinicians receive their DEA-X waivers to treat patients with opioid addiction. GOTVax (GOTVax.org) - An initiative aimed at leveraging a get out the vote framework to deliver vaccines directly to vulnerable communities throughout Massachusetts via hyper-targeted vaccine pop up clinics. Action Collaboratives and Fiscal Sponsor A Healthier Democracy also hosts Action Collaboratives that allow healthcare organizers and groups of healthcare organizations to make progress toward solving complex challenges together. Our Fiscal sponsorship program helps social entrepreneurs navigate the winding path from vision to impact.