The Potential Benefits of Cannabinoids for Cardiovascular Disease - Maurice Hinson, MD
Monday, November 10, 2025
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
The Drexel University Medical Cannabis Research Center presents
Maurice D. Hinson, MD, Founder & Director of MediRootz Medical
Group, a telehealth based primary care practice specializing in providing
equitable access to high value primary care.
Hinson is also a Hospitalist at
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. Hinson received his BS in Neuroscience
from Johns Hopkins University, his MD from Drexel University College of
Medicine, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at New York
Presbyterian Weill Cornell.
Hinson is the recipient of numerous basic
science research awards, the 2015 Excellence in Public Health award by the U.S.
Public Health Task Force, 2020 Drexel University 40 under 40, and was recently
inducted as a Fellow in the New York Academy of Medicine. His most recent
academic interests involve the clinical application of cannabis and
psychedelics for the prevention and management of chronic disorders like
obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, anxiety, depression,
dementia, and cancer. Additionally, Hinson actively works to increase the
number of underrepresented physicians by engaging with and empowering aspiring
students in their journey into medicine. He believes that health equity will be
best achieved once the face of healthcare’s physician workforce reflects the diversity
of the patients it serves.
Hinson will present on published research on cannabinoids that may hold
potential for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
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Contact Information
Jim Seaberg
js4982@drexel.edu