Education/Quality/Wellness

Early Career

Trainee

Vivien T. Thomas Symposium: The 2nd STS Achieving Equity in Clinical Care and Education Summit

Moderator(s)

• 

  David Cooke, MD (he/him/his)

  Professor & Chief, Division of General Thoracic Surgery
  University of California, Davis Medical Center
  Sacramento, California, United States
• 

  Sara Pereira, MD (she/her/hers)

  Professor of Surgery
  University of Utah
  Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Presentations:

• 9:45 AM – 9:50 AM CT

  Introduction: Where Were We Then, Where Are We Now?
  

  Invited Speaker: Robert S.D Higgins, MD,MSHA (he/him/his) – Mass General Brigham
• 9:50 AM – 10:00 AM CT

  Equity in Standard of Care Treatment -- Patient Navigation in Lung Cancer
  

  Invited Speaker: Brendon Stiles, MD – Montefiore Health System / Albert Einstein School of Medicine
• 10:00 AM – 10:10 AM CT

  Taking Action Against HOCM in Minority Patients
  

  Invited Speaker: Jacques Kpodonu, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• 10:10 AM – 10:20 AM CT

  The STS Congenital Database -- Our Tool to Achieve Health Equity
  

  Invited Speaker: Glenn J. Pelletier, Medical Doctor, Master in Business Administration – Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University
• 10:20 AM – 10:30 AM CT

  Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
  

  Panelist: Rian M. Hasson, MD, MPH, FACS (she/her/hers) – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

  Panelist: Errol L. Bush, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins

  Panelist: Loretta Erhunmwunsee, MD (she/her/hers) – City of Hope Medical Center
• 10:30 AM – 10:40 AM CT

  Workforce Equity: High School Recruitment
  

  Invited Speaker: Ikenna C. Okereke, MD (he/him/his) – Henry Ford Health
• 10:40 AM – 10:50 AM CT

  Workforce Equity: Building an Environment of Belonging for Our Trainees
  

  Invited Speaker: Cherie Erkmen, MD (she/her/hers) – Temple University Hospital, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
• 10:50 AM – 11:05 AM CT

  Workforce Equity: Cultivating the Physicians Our Nation Desperately Needs
  

  Invited Speaker: Mark C. Henderson, MD (he/him/his) – UC Davis School of Medicine
• 11:05 AM – 11:15 AM CT

  Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
  

  Panelist: DuyKhanh P. Ceppa, MD (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine

  Panelist: Benjamin Haithcock, MD (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina Department of Surgery