Disparities in Surgery and Obligations to Correct

Theresa Williamson, MD
Faculty Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Douglas W. Hanto, MD, PhD, MBE
Lewis Thomas Professor of Surgery Emeritus and Member of the Harvard Center for Bioethics and Chair of its Surgical Ethics Working Group, Harvard Medical School

Piroska Kopar, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Acute and Critical Care Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis

Moderator:
Theresa Williamson, MD
​Faculty Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Abstract: This session will discuss the problem of racism and bias in surgical training, disparities in the care of black indigenous people of color, and approaches to achieving social justice in health care and surgery

This is the fourth of four sessions on surgical ethics. Register here.

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Presented by the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics' Surgical Ethics Working Group