The Vivien T. Thomas Symposium – The 3rd STS Achieving Equity in Clinical Care and Education Summit

Moderator(s)

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  Cherie Erkmen, MD (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  Temple University Hospital, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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  Leah Backhus, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  Stanford University, Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  Stanford, California, United States

Presentations:

• 2:15pm – 2:23pm PT

  The Current Climate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  

  Invited Speaker: Sara Pereira, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Utah
• 2:23pm – 2:31pm PT

  Defining Social Determinants of Health and Why They Matter in Thoracic Surgery
  

  Invited Speaker: Fatima G. Wilder, MD, MPH, MSc (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Womens, Boston VA
• 2:31pm – 2:39pm PT

  Access to Lung Cancer Screening—Addressing the Barriers to Access
  

  Invited Speaker: Loretta Erhunmwunsee, MD (she/her/hers) – City of Hope Medical Center
• 2:39pm – 2:47pm PT

  Impact of Social Determinants in Health Care Delivery—The Volume-Outcome Relationship
  

  Invited Speaker: Sidra Bonner, MD MPH MS – University of Michigan
• 2:47pm – 2:55pm PT

  Association of Socioeconomic Disadvantage in Outcomes in Transplantation
  

  Invited Speaker: Sara Sakowitz, MS MPH (she/her/hers) – UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
• 2:55pm – 3:05pm PT

  A "Vulnerable" Patient-Intensified Protocol to Reduce Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Readmission Disparities: Importance of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Insurance, and Race/Ethnicity
  

  Presenting Author: Ralph Mosca, MD, MBA – NYU Langone Health
• 3:05pm – 3:15pm PT

  Changing Faces in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Match Rates and Demographic Shifts amongst Integrated and Traditional Training Programs
  

  Presenting Author: Michelle Burmistrova, MS (she/her/hers) – Albany Medical College
• 3:15pm – 3:30pm PT

  Panel Discussion—Moderated Q&A and Discussion on Speaker Topics and Future Directions