Black and Latinx Surgeons Continue to Hit Glass Ceiling in America
05/05/2021 | 11:00am EDT
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Richmond, VA, May 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Among the upper echelons of academic surgery, Black and Latinx representation has remained flat over the past six years, according to a study published today in JAMA Surgery by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and University of Florida Health.
The study tracked trends across more than 15,000 faculty in surgery departments across the U.S. between 2013-2019. Although the data revealed modest diversity gains among early-career faculty during this period, especially for Black and Latina women, the percentage of full professors and department chairs identifying as Black or Latinx continued to hover in the single digits.
From Innovation to Application, Cutting-Edge Birth Defects Research to Be Recognized by the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention
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There was little time to spare after 17-year-old Griffin Weathers was shot in the chest in 2018.
He was losing blood fast, and needed surgery to have any chance of survival.
An ambulance rushed Weathers the 10 minutes to nearby High Point Medical Center. Itâs the closest hospital and the place where paramedics are supposed to take patients with immediately life-threatening injuries.
But High Point Medical Center was not really equipped to save the teenagerâs life. It is not a designated trauma center and does not have the doctors, surgeons and anesthesiologists that come with that designation. So shooting victims like Weathers often need to be transferred to another hospital for surgery.
Could It Happen Here? India s COVID Situation Worsening
Could such a scenario play out in the United States in the future?
Experts generally agree the United States is in a better position with the recent gains in COVID-19 vaccination. However, there are several unknowns: Will the slowing pace of immunizations have an effect? What about variants? Will the relaxing of public health measures in some states play a role?
One thing is certain: India reported its sixth consecutive day with more than 300,000 new COVID-19 cases on April 27. Furthermore, the official death toll of 198,000 is likely an undercount, considering that 20% of all coronavirus tests there are coming back positive for infection.