This page aims to draw attention to Health Equity and DEI issues within the field of anesthesiology. This includes diversifying the workforce, pain management for people of color, as well as inequities in pediatric and obstetrics anesthesiology.
ASAQH Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources
Diallo, M. S., Tan, J. M., Heitmiller, E. S., & Vetter, T. R. (2022). Achieving greater health equity: An opportunity for anesthesiology. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 134(6), 1175–1184. https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0000000000005937
Estime, S. R., Lee, H. H., Jimenez, N., Andreae, M., Blacksher, E., & Navarro, R. (2021a). Diversity, equity, and inclusion in anesthesiology. International Anesthesiology Clinics, 59(4), 81–85. https://doi.org/10.1097/aia.0000000000000337
Nwokolo, O. O., Coombs, A. A., Eltzschig, H. K., & Butterworth, J. F. (2022). Diversity and inclusion in anesthesiology. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 134(6), 1166–1174. https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0000000000005941
Ortega, R., & Achu, R. A. (2021). On anesthesia and Race. Journal of the National Medical Association, 113(5), 541–545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2021.05.007
Health Inequaities in Obstetric Anesthesiology
Health Inequalities in Pain Management
Health Inequalities in Pediatric Anesthesiology
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has created the video series Women of Impact in Anesthesiology. This video series takes a broad look at what it means to be a woman in anesthesiology and features the voices of queer and BIPOC female anesthesiologists.
Ebony Jade Hilton is a black anesthesiologist from South Carolina. She graduated from the College of Charleston (SC) with three bachelor's degrees and continued her medical training and fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina. In 2013, she became the first black anesthesiologist to be hired at the Medical University of South Carolina, which opened in 1824.
You can also listen to her episode of the ASA podcast Central Line.
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