The mission of Committee on Professional Diversity is to promote membership and support members of diverse backgrounds which include gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, etc. By doing so, the Committee not only strengthens the organization and the specialty, but more importantly, it helps to enhance patient care.
The duties of the Committee on Professional Diversity are:
Proposals for the ASA Committee on Professional Diversity Mentoring Grant Program open May 1, 2024. The goal of this grant is to foster diversity within ASA through mentorship. The program provides funding up to $5,000 to mentor/mentee pairs who submit a project that addresses the goals of the Committee on Professional Diversity. The project may be oriented to research, education, or a political advocacy initiative that clearly speaks to the mission and duties of the ASA Committee on Professional Diversity.
For questions or comments, please contact [email protected] to reach Lauren Keith, staff liaison for CPD.
The Mentoring Grant Program is funded in part by ASA Industry Supporters: Edwards Lifesciences, GE Healthcare, Heron Therapeutics, Masimo, Medtronic, Merck, and Pacira BioSciences.
The matched mentee/mentor pair should submit their application form, individual curriculum vitae, and a 1-2 page description of their project to the ASA Committee on Professional Diversity via the secure web portal. The deadline for the 2024 grant is June 30, 2024.
Mentors should be well-established clinicians, educators, or researchers. Mentors must be current ASA leaders. An ASA leader is defined as an individual who has the following experience:
The mentor will voluntarily provide guidance, direction and counsel to the mentee on a mutually agreed-upon project. The 1-year project must have the goal of enhancing the professional career, leadership potential, and active involvement of the mentee within ASA.
Mentees should be ASA members of diverse racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, disability, or gender backgrounds who are interested in gaining experience in leadership, exposure to research, education, or political advocacy opportunities within ASA. Mentees may be medical students, anesthesiology residents/fellows, or early career members.
The submission should include:
Both the mentor and mentee must be active members of ASA and their state component society at the time of submission of their application. If the mentee or mentor recently applied for membership, please attach a copy of the application receipt / proof of payment.
Please note that a mentor may only be awarded up to two grants in a given year; mentees may only be awarded one grant in a given year.
Anne L. Donovan, MD & Joyce Chang, MD / Amreen Rahman, MD
Identifying Barriers to Career Advancement and Retention for Women in Critical Care Medicine
Caryl F Bailey, MD / Harini Indrakrishnan, BS & Abdullah Chandasir
Investigating racial and ethnic disparities in postoperative complications from cardiac surgery at a safety net hospital
John B. Sampson, MD / Oluremilekun Oyefolu
Impact assessment of increased oxygen access at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in The Gambia.
Lee-lynn Chen, MD, FASA / Jeremy Juang, MD, PhD
Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Labor and Delivery: A Comprehensive Analysis of the MPOG Database
Lisa P. Solomon, DO, FASA / Kendrick Brown, MS4 & Aaran Varatharajan
Perioperative Protocol for Transgender & Nonbinary Patients during Gender Reassignment Surgery
Mary E. Arthur, MD, FASA / Megan Foster, MD
Social Determinants of Health in Patients Presenting for Emergency Stroke Intervention
Mary E. Arthur, MD, FASA / Teresa Cabrera Vera, DO & Bibiana Andrea Avella Molano, MD
Addressing Maternal Health Equity in Racial and Ethnic Minorities: A pilot project to integrate population health management into anesthesiology residency training.
Michael C. Banks, MD, Med / Imaobong Chinedozi, MD, MPH
Bridging the GAPP: Diversifying Health Education Champions
Michael P. Hofkamp, MD, FASA / Ivie Izekor, BS
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in urine drug screening during pregnancy
Omonele O. Nwokolo, MD, FASA / D’Andrea Ceasar, MD & Osamudiamen Obanor, MD
The Diversity & Equity in Education (DEEd) program
Tanna J. Boyer, DO, FASA / Austin Blais, BS
Unlocking Potential: Empowering Diverse, Creative Minds from Community Colleges to Pursue Medicine
Uchenna O. Umeh, MD, FASA / Max Zhukovsky, MD
Healthcare Immersion Program with BLS Certification for Underrepresented Students
Vinita Singh, MD / Reema Martini, BBA
The Effect of Regional Anesthesia on Breast Cancer Recurrence
Mary E. Arthur, MD, FASA / Dhruti Diwan, MD & Krishna Naimish Shah
Sparking an Early Interest in Healthcare to Address the Racial and Ethnic Discordance between Patients and Healthcare Professionals
Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD / Tina Vu, MD
Anesthetic Care Throughout (TACT) project
Yuriy Bronshteyn, MD / Blair Costin, MD
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome and Its' Treatment in a System of Hospitals Across a Large Academic Medical System
Destiny F. Chau, MD / Matthew Green, DO
Implementing a curriculum to identify implicit biases and foster transparency and inclusivity in a diverse workplace.
Franklin Chiao, MD, MBA, MS, MSc, FASA / Yunghang Chan
Diversity Race Ethnicity Impact on Evaluation Language and Scores (DREIELS)
Elizabeth T. Drum, MD, FASA / Jose Sosa-Herrera, MD, DABA & Iman Soliman, MS4
Who Chooses Pediatric Anesthesia?
Paul S. Garcia, MD, PhD / Alice Daramola
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Delirium at Columbia University Medical Center
Eric Heinz, MD, PhD / Sarah Birk, MPH
Effect of exogenous hormone therapy and other risk factors on postoperative nausea and vomiting in transgender patients
Antonio T. Hernandez Conte, MD, MBA, FASA & Cesar Padilla, MD / Lydiesther Martinez, MD
Creation and validation of in-person Spanish language obstetric anesthesiology education classes for non-English speaking Hispanic obstetric patients
Michael P. Hofkamp, MD / Michael Campos
A comparison of postoperative opioid consumption stratified by race before and after implementation of an enhanced recovery after cesarean delivery protocol: a retrospective observational study
Stephanie B. Jones, MD, FASA / Nyla Azam, MD
Building equity through a departmental community outreach program
Vilma A. Joseph, MD, MPH, FASA / Siyun Xie, MD
A National Medical Student Mentoring Program and Microaggression Leadership Program to Nurture and Empower the Next Generation of Underrepresented Anesthesiologists
Elizabeth B. Malinzak, MD, FASA / Reade E. Tillman, MD
Humanism in Anesthesiology: a novel curriculum to address health disparities, implicit bias and social justice education for anesthesiology residents
Jill M. Mhyre, MD / Breyanna Dulaney
Evaluation of an Anesthesia Tech Pipeline Program
Adam J. Milam, MD, PhD / Amelia Clarke
Racial Disparities in Cardiothoracic Surgery Candidacy: Utilization of Society of Thoracic Surgery Risk Score in Pre-Anesthesia Clinical Evaluation
Iyabo O. Muse, MD, FASA / Corrie A. Amos, MD & Karen T. Francois, MD
Improving the Retention and Professional Advancement of Anesthesiology Residents Underrepresented in Medicine Through Faculty and Peer Mentorship
Kristin Ondecko Ligda, MD, FASA & Grace Lim, MD, MSc / Andrea Ibarra, MD, MS
Diversity in the Anesthesia workforce: Where are we now and where are we going?
Leroy C. Phillips, MD, FASA / Jennifer Charles, MD
Anesthesia Based Simulation Center Curriculum for Underrepresented High School and College Students
Robert B. Schonberger, MD, MHS / Monica Arndt, MD
Understanding the effects access to Medicare promotes in care for ethnically diverse patients undergoing cardiac surgery - emergent and semi-deferable – around the age 65 in New Haven – CT
Lisa P. Solomon, DO, FASA / Ho Bin Kim, BA
Mentoring and Inspiring Future URiM Anesthesiologists from Public High Schools in Chicago
Yelena Spitzer, MD / Claudia M. Mort, BA
Building a Pipeline for Mentorship Amongst Female Anesthesiologists: From Medical School and Up
Trevor S. Sutton, MD, MBA / Ervin Ham, BS
Improving Utilization of Cardiovascular Procedures by African American and Hispanic Populations at Hartford Healthcare: A Health Equity Initiative at The Hartford Hospital Community Health Center
Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, FASA / Kashmira Chawla, MD, MSc
Health Equity and Advocacy in the Perioperative Setting: A Single Institutional Study to Develop a Novel, Evidence-Based Curriculum for Anesthesiology Trainees
Curated by: Committee on Professional Diversity
Date of last update: February 27, 2024