What do you want to do today?
video_library
Watch On Demand
auto_awesome_motion
Discover Series
person_search
Search KOLs
campaign
Meet our Ambassadors
group_work
Meet Societies
handshake
Meet Partners
video_library
OnDemand
auto_awesome_motion
Series
person_search
Faculty
campaign
Ambassa-
dors
group_work
Societies
handshake
Partners

Only logged in users can watch the content

Chat keyboard_arrow_down
Description keyboard_arrow_down
The finale 2024 monthly diversity, equity, and inclusion program features global healthcare leaders addressing this year's theme of patient-centric DEI initiatives. These internationally renowned experts from North and South America, Africa, and Asia describe programs which they have created to ensure access to equitable care for all patients. Their perspectives include University, Society, Hospital, Organizational, and Corporate initiatives which they have introduced and developed. The esteemed DEI champion faculty will outline how others in a myriad of environments can create and sustain similar programs. Participants from around the world will derive significant immediately implementable solutions which they can lead to help optimize outcomes for patients around the world.

  1. Welcome & Introduction - Dr. Steven D. Wexner (USA)

  2. The Cleveland Clinic programs for caring for the community - Ms. Kelly Hancock (USA) 

  3. Nurses as advocates for equitable health care - Ms. Linda Groah (USA)

  4. Universities ensuring access to care - Dr. Julie Freischlag (USA) 

  5. Implementing a hospital program - Dr. Sidney Klajner (Brazil) 

  6. The American College of Surgeons programs to ensure equitable access - Dr. Bonnie Simpson Mason (USA)

  7. Overcoming challenges to care in Africa - Dr. Kamar Adeleke (Nigeria)

  8. Challenges and solutions in Asia - Dr. April Roslani (Malaysia) 

  9. Corporate Collaboration to ensure equitable access - Mrs. Vanessa Broadhurst (USA)

  10. Panel discussion - All faculty moderated by Dr. Steven D. Wexner (USA)

  11. Closing remarks - Dr. Steven D. Wexner (USA)
Faculty keyboard_arrow_down
Prof. Kamar Tayo Adeleke MD, FACC, President/Ceo of Tristate Healthcare System. Chair, Division Of Cardiology, Ben Carson School Of Medicine, Babcock University, Nigeria. Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Vanessa Broadhurst Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Johnson and; Johnson, USA Digital Health Transformation
Dr. Julie Freischlag CEO of Wake Forest Baptist Health, Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine, President of the American College of Surgeons, USA Cardiothoracic Surgery
Ms. Linda Groah CEO of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Perioperative Medicine
Dr. Kelly Hancock DNP, RN, NE-BC, FAAN, Rich Family Chief Caregiver Chair, Chief Caregiver Officer, Cleveland Clinic, USA Management/Team Work
Dr. Sidney Klajner Digestive system surgeon and coloproctologist. President of the Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil. Colorectal Surgery
Dr. April Roslani MBBCh, MS, FRCS, FACS; Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Colorectal Surgery
Dr. Bonnie Simpson Mason MD, FAAOS, Orthopedic Surgeon, Medical Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the American College of Surgeons, USA Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Steven D. Wexner MD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, Surgery, Past Vice Chair, Board of Regents, American College of Surgeons, Director, Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center and Chair, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, USA Colorectal Surgery
Related Content keyboard_arrow_down