I was in New York City working at the Hospital for Special Surgery when the pandemic hit. The outpatient ORs in which I was training to advance my skills as a minimally invasive spine specialist were turned into intensive care...

As a child, I remember watching a newscast of Dr. Ben Carson operating to separate conjoined twins. The 1987 procedure garnered international attention and made Dr. Carson famous. I'll never forget how I felt...

We should all engage in dialogues with people who are different than we are — whether that's a different race, gender identity, cultural background or generation — to learn about perspectives other than our own. Listening sessions...

Challenges still exist in providing equitable access to health care for all people. This has been evident during the pandemic, which has disproportionately impacted people of color, particularly African Americans and...

Healthcare professionals are expected to practice cultural humility and provide patient-centered care to diverse individuals who have different cultural backgrounds than their...

Creating more diversity within academic surgery requires a targeted, long-term and dedicated approach. It's a worthwhile goal. Eliminating long-standing racial and...

Surgery must be a welcoming space for staff members and patients of all races, sexualities, genders, gender identities, ages, nationalities and physical abilities....

The following firsthand accounts are real, raw and at times disturbing. They pull back the curtain on the everyday experiences of minorities in surgery and spotlight how...

Make Your Facility More Inclusive; Tips to help you navigate the landscape of sexual orientation and gender identification.

9 Tips for Negotiating Language Barriers; For moral, legal and financial reasons, we must do better. Here's advice on how.

Hope for the Future; Diversity challenges are real, but we can overcome them.

It's Time to Embrace Healthcare Diversity; Diversity is not just an important moral issue - it's an existential economic one.

A new kind of gender bias for female surgeons. Study says the backlash women receive following surgical errors far exceeds what male surgeons experience.

Study finds patients fare better when the surgeon is female. Nature or nurture? Women typically have to work harder to become surgeons, the authors point out.

Not the retiring type. Many OR nurses are working into their golden years — and showing no signs of slowing down.