Orthopedic surgeons pride themselves on fixing things. Can they fix their own field’s lack of diversity?
This is part two of a STAT investigation on the lack of diversity in orthopedic surgery. For part one, click here.
Just last month, spine surgeon Shaina Lipa tweeted that she is the first Black woman orthopedic surgeon to be hired by any Harvard hospital. It was a signal event, but one long overdue, and it highlights the stunning lack of progress made to diversify American medicine’s whitest specialty: Even today, being a Black, brown, or Native American orthopedic surgeon can still mean being a “first” or an “only” in hospitals, residency programs, private practices, and faculty meetings.
