The Orthopaedic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is committed to the intentional recruitment, leadership, and best practice that ensure a welcoming, nurturing and robustly inclusive community where we actively work to mitigate the effects of unconscious bias across all areas of Orthopaedics.
Grand Rounds Speakers
- October 8, 2021
Phillip Ebert - October 22, 2021
Dr. Consuelo Wilkins - March 11, 2022
TBD
Perry Initiative
Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is happy to sponsor and host a Perry Initiative Program Event on December 10 and 11, 2021. The date is tentative depending on the COVID surge.
The Perry Initiative Outreach Program is a one-day career exploration for young women in high school and medical school that allows for a hands-on introduction to the field of Orthopaedic Surgery and engineering.
For questions please reach out to diana.arcuri@vumc.org
Journal Club
- DEI Journal club meets once a month. The next Journal club meeting will be held August 25th, 2021 at 12pm in the Cigarran (zoom link available). Our featured book is The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore, we will be following the Study Guide written by Wes Moore to discuss the book.
Leadership Team
Co-chairs: Mary Duvanich and Nicholas (Nick) Blackmon
Recorder: Diana Arcuri