Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine actively seeks and celebrates diversity and promotes inclusion in all aspects of our work.

We constantly strive to provide a safe and supportive environment for all through training and education in respect for differences and awareness of implicit and explicit biases.

We advance diversity and inclusion in recruitment, retention, and promotion, and enforce respect for the dignity of all members of our community including women, members of minority groups, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Diversity and inclusion are codified in our department values because they make our team, our practice, and our world immeasurably stronger.

Watch & Learn

Kathy Staats, MD explores how to increase women’s representation in EMS leadership. More

Resident Mariame Fofana, MD shares how her upbringing informs her experiences in medicine and at Stanford. Watch video

Italo Brown, MD recounts experiences in the ED and using ethnicity as a strength. More

Vice Chair of Education Michael Gisondi, MD and partners have created a multi-modular, interactive, free online course on how to teach LGBTQ+ health. Learn more.

From Our Faculty: Research, Resources & Training

DIVERSITY

Examining Parity among Black and Hispanic Resident Physicians

Diversity Matters: A Day in the Life of a Black Female EP

Diversity Matters: The Case for Health Equity Rounds

Two decades of little change: An analysis of U.S. medical school basic science faculty by sex, race/ethnicity, and academic rank

"ER doctors: We're no strangers to violence but we try to de-escalate without anyone dying." Read the USA Today piece. (Drs. Al'ai Alvarez and Italo Brown co-authored ) Listen to Dr. Alvarez discuss on the Stanford 1:2:1 podcast.

Fostering a Diverse Pool of Global Health Academic Leaders Through Mentorship and Career Path Planning

EQUITY

Racism: The Elephant in the ED

Social Determinants of Hallway Bed Use

Opportunities for Supporting Latino Immigrants in Emergency and Ambulatory Care Settings

Promoting Racial and Health Equity in COVID-19 by Leveraging Empathic Interpreters, Trained Liaisons, and Cross-institutional Physician Leadership

Bias at warp speed: how AI may contribute to the disparities gap in the time of COVID-19

Emergency Medicine Gender in Resident Leadership Study (EM GIRLS): The Gender Distribution Among Chief Residents

Association between patient-physician gender concordance and patient experience scores. Is there gender bias?

The Gender Gap in Surgical Residencies

Here to chair: Gender differences in the path to leadership

Crashing the Party: Women of EMS

INCLUSION

Course: Teaching LGBTQ+ Health

The Evolution of Accommodations for Patients with Disabilities

Rethinking Global Health: Actions for a Decolonized Future of Global Emergency Medicine

A Clarion Call for a Race-Aware Approach to Medical Education

Dismantling Implicit Bias and Microaggressions in EM by Encouraging Communications and Professionalism

Emergency medicine resident education on caring for patients with disabilities: a call to action

Words Matter: An Anti-Bias Workshop for Healthcare Professionals to Reduce Stigmatizing Language.

Mitigating Bias in Evaluations in Medical Education

Our Department

Stanford School of Medicine has almost double the national average of female department chairs, including our Department of Emergency Medicine chair Andra Blomkalns, MD, MBA. And within our department, we have achieved almost full gender parity in faculty and leadership roles.

Diversity and inclusion in our faculty, students, and staff reflect the diversity of our patients:

Our patients are 63% Hispanic, Asian, or Black.
The majority of our patients receive federally-subsidized care.

Women in EM Group

The Stanford Women in EM group holds monthly gatherings for female attendings, fellows, and residents to connect, learn and share career insight.

Topics covered include Fertility, Pregnancy, and Medicine; Imposter Syndrome; Bias in the Workplace; Strategic Career Planning; Female MD to RN Relationship and Self Advocacy; Dealing with Inappropriate Work Environment and Financial Planning and Investment.