Department of Neurosurgery

Develop DEI departmental committee with resident, faculty, and staff participation.

Host Grand Rounds

Initiate Discussion points with our Faculty and Staff

Person/Dept Responsible: Dept Liaison

Encourage matching students of color/underrepresented minorities to our program.

Participate in Second Look Carolina and other programs to promote resident and medical student recruitment.

Person/Dept Responsible: Program Director/Assoc Program Director

Encourage robust participation with our neurosurgery student interest group

Follow up survey to ensure that all students interested in neurosurgery felt supported and promptly paired with a faculty or resident research mentor.

Person/Dept Responsible: Program Directors and Diversity Liaison

Develop and promote our faculty and resident mentorship program

Evaluate the status of our mentorship program at our quarterly resident meetings.

Person/Dept Responsible: Department Chair and Program Director

Encourage recognition of the importance of diverse backgrounds in recruitment of faculty

Complete Departmental Bias Training

Person/Dept Responsible: Department Chair Diversity Liaison

Develop a consensus statement to place on the website demonstrating neurosurgery’s commitment to DEI issues.

NAS: Possible Action Item: Encourage neurosurgical research on reducing health disparities when treating our patients and diversifying our field. (I continue to do work on women in neurosurgery and have stayed in touch with students from NJMS who are doing this work with me)

Person/Dept Responsible: Diversity Committee

Develop quarterly programming which could include grand rounds, discussion forums, or journal clubs to better discuss current issues centering on diversity and equity.

In addition to journal clubs: There are some great Netflix documentaries, books, and articles that focus on diversity/cultural issues/social determinants of health. One way of helping the department during COVID, is a monthly “Diversity Initiative” email where we can provide examples of Netflix shows/documentaries/books that can be read that month or watched with friends and families. That way, people can do self – teaching, if they so wish.

Person/Dept Responsible: Diversity Committee

Promote implicit bias and upstander training for all faculty, residents, and staff.

Person/Dept Responsible: Diversity Committee

Enhance scholarly output with looking at these issues with respect to our field.

Work with our research team to identify and apply for grants to explore diversity issues in our field.

Person/Dept Responsible: Research coordinator

Ensure Diversity Liaisons on all search committee

Person/Dept Responsible: Faculty affairs office

Partner with community groups and schools to promote interest in neurosurgery
Patient outreach

Person/Dept Responsible: Department Chair Office Manager

Work to continue to support outreach clinics for traditionally underserved areas

Person/Dept Responsible: Department Chair Office Manager