Summary
Cardiothoracic surgeons and trainees who are underrepresented in medicine (URiM) will discuss challenges and successes they’ve experienced throughout their careers. Additionally, the panel will share what they have learned from these experiences and how to apply those lessons toward supporting other surgeons from underrepresented groups.
- Gender/race-based discrimination
- Bias in hiring
- Salary
- Promotion
- Leadership
- Patients
Moderators
Ian Bostock, MD, MS
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Fatima G. Wilder, MD, MSc
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Speakers
DuyKhanh P. Ceppa, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Smita Sihag, MD, MPH
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
JaBaris D. Swain, MD, MPH
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Panelists
Luis A. Godoy, MD
University of California at Davis
Davis, CA
Jason J. Han, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Sara J. Pereira, MD
University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City, UT
Danielle D. Spragan, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY