Multilevel Approach to Support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Radiology

Supriya Gupta; Angela I Choe; Peter A Hardy; Dhakshina Ganeshan; Susan K Hobbs; Linda Probyn; Omer A Awan; Christopher M Straus

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2022.08.020

Multilevel Approach to Support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Radiology

Acad Radiol. 2023 May;30(5):952-958. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2022.08.020. Epub 2022 Sep 23.

Authors

Supriya Gupta¹, Angela I Choe², Peter A Hardy³, Dhakshina Ganeshan⁴, Susan K Hobbs⁵, Linda Probyn⁶, Omer A Awan⁷, Christopher M Straus⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and Imaging, Amita St. Mary's Hospital, Western Springs, IL. Electronic address: riya10.in@gmail.com.
² Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Cente, Hershey, PA.
³ University of Kentucky, Lexington KY.
⁴ Department of Abdominal Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
⁵ Department of Imaging Sciences, Education Department of Imaging Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program, Integrated Diagnostic Radiology/Interventional Radiology Residency Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
⁶ Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
⁷ University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁸ MC 2026 Department of Radiology, Chicago, IL.

PMID: 36155167
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2022.08.020

Abstract

Integrating diversity into healthcare systems has its challenges and advantages. Academic medicine strives to expand the diversity of the healthcare workforce. The Association of University Radiologists (AUR) put together a task force to review the concept of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) as it pertains to Radiology and to propose strategies for better integrating DEI in Radiology. We present several measures aimed at the trainee, leadership, management and professional society levels to empower DEI in Radiology.

Keywords: DEI; Radiology DEI; diveristy; measures for DEI.

MeSH terms

Advisory Committees
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion*
Humans
Radiography
Radiologists
Radiology*