Charles Modlin, MD, MBA [McKinley Wiley | The Dark Room
Dr. Charles Modlin, whose abrupt departure from the Cleveland Clinic this past March sent shock waves through Cleveland’s black community, is now hanging his urology shingle at the Cuyahoga County’s MetroHealth System.
A nationally renowned kidney transplant surgeon and urologist, Modlin has a dual role at Metro. In addition to seeing urology patients at MetroHealth’s Main, Cleveland Heights, and Lyndhurst Campuses, he is also the hospital’s first Medical Director of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity.
Modlin’s director role will focus on diversifying Metro’s physician staff, physician trainees, nurses, and employee ranks. The position will include mentoring Lincoln West HS students embedded in MetroHealth Hospital, as well as Case Western Reserve University medical students.
Modlin will also remain heavily involved in advocating for health equity, a linchpin of his decades-long community outreach. On April 28, 2022, he will direct a MetroHealth Minority Men’s Health Fair at multiple locations across the MetroHealth network, spotlighting the grave health disparities that disproportionately impact, burden, and even kill men of color.
He will continue his urology practice at MetroHealth's main, Cleveland Heights, and Lyndhurst locations.
This has been a highly consequential for the popular physician, who joined the Clinic in 1993 and, with the development of a Minority Men’s Health Fair [MMHF] and several other initiatives, became the Clinic’s unofficial ambassador to the black community. This summer he published his first book, It isn’t Difficult to Do It if you Know How to Do It, which tells the story of how and why he became a physician and surgeon and proffers career and life guidance — primarily for young people but useful for people of most any age. Two weeks ago, he was named a Legacy Honoree for his philanthropic work by The Soul of Philanthropy Cleveland. And his first day at Metro was September 7.
Highly respected within and beyond the medical community for his knowledge, community outreach, and ability to speak plainly on medical matters, Modlin is often sought after for his commentary, opinions, and research on health inequities plaguing black and other minority communities.
While at the Clinic, Modlin founded a unit devoted to the study and care of minority health issues. Prior to COVID-19's arrival last year, his MMHF was an ever-expanding annual event bringing thousands of black men to multiple Clinic campuses. After his unexplained departure from the Clinic, a spokesman told The Real Deal Press that the Clinic would resume its MMHF in 2022. If that remains true, Cleveland’s black community will benefit from having two such annual events.
A graduate of Northwestern University’s Medical School in Chicago who also holds an MBA Degree, Dr. Modlin told RDP, “I’m looking forward to serving my patients and the broader Cleveland community where I have invested my talents and energy for so many years”.
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