Our Fellowship and Division’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We formed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workgroup to actively transform the program into an anti-racist, diverse and inclusive community where all of our trainees and faculty can thrive. We are continuing the longitudinal work needed, but please read about some of our actions on this page. Read about the Icahn School of Medicine’s commitment to diversity and inclusion here:

https://icahn.mssm.edu/about/diversity

Read about the Mount Sinai Health System’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion here:

https://www.mountsinai.org/about/diversity

Anti-Racism and Anti-bias Curriculum

  • Dedicated Grand Rounds
  • Topics have included the Historical Perspective on Racial Inequities in American Medicine; Unconscious Bias
  • Humanism session every 6 weeks on a wide variety of topics

Commitment to Recruitment and Retention of a Diverse Workforce

  • Use a holistic review for fellowship candidate selection
  • All faculty participate in an implicit bias training workshop
  • Behavior-based interview techniques

Faculty and fellow development workshops:

  • Implicit Bias recognition and mitigation
  • Addressing microaggressions and discrimination on the wards

Focus on Equity in Quality Improvement/ Patient Safety and Research

  • Dedicated mentorship from faculty to address urgent issues of health inequities
  • Identifying fellow-led projects that will have a direct impact on the quality of patient care