Medical School Deans Discuss Diversity in New Webinar

Building successful and sustainable diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in surgery requires considerable effort, but keeping DEI top of mind for trainees starting in medical school can help develop surgeons who are ready to lead in this space. On Thursday, June 30, at 8:00 am ET, the AIS Channel, in alliance with the ACS, will host a free program, Deans Driving Diversity. During the program, medical school deans and ACS leaders will discuss how they succeed and share immediately implementable toolkits and pathways to achieve DEI goals.

The program and faculty include:

Welcome & Introduction – Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD(Hon), FACS, FRCSEng, FRCSEd, ACS Communications Consultant, and director of the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston, FL, and Bonnie Simpson Mason, MD, FAAOS, Medical Director, ACS DEI
Cultivating the Pipeline – ACS President Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS, DFSVS, dean, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
Fostering Faculty Commitment – ACS Past-President Barbara Bass, MD, FACS, dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University, Washington, DC
Developing Mentors – April Roslani, MBBS, Mur, MRCSEd, FRCSEd, FRCSGlas, dean, faculty of medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Embedding DEI in the Curriculum - Melina Kibbe, MD, FACS, dean, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville
Alumni as a Resource – Henri Ford, MD, MHA, FACS, FRCS, FAAP, dean and chief academic officer, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL
Activating Allies - Michael Stamos, MD, FACS, dean, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine