While there is growing momentum for diversity and inclusion initiatives across all specialties in medicine nationally, the need is even more marked in orthopedics extending beyond underrepresented minorities. Women make up less than 10% of practicing orthopedic surgeons nationally. Recent literature suggests that even after normalizing all accountable academic metrics, all minorities are at a disadvantage applying for orthopedic residency (Poon S, CORR, 2022).
Department of Orthopaedics
Diversity and Inclusion
Learn more about Department efforts to build a more diverse and inclusive community at Brown and beyond.
The Office of Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at The Warren Alpert Medical School promotes social responsibility, active engagement, and the well-being of our communities in the pursuit of health equity.
Diversity and Inclusion
Learn more about Department efforts to build a more diverse and inclusive community at Brown and beyond.
Women's Orthopedic Leadership Forum
The Orthopaedic Department and Brown AMS's Women's Orthopedic Leadership Forum hosted a Women in Orthopedics dinner on August 14, 2024.
Initiatives
The Department of Orthopaedics at Brown is actively working across multiple diversity and inclusion initiatives:
Co-sponsored by the Orthopaedics Department and The Warren Alpert Medical School’s Office of Belonging, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, the Diversity in Medicine Visiting Student Scholarship Program awards a number of stipends for housing and travel to qualified underrepresented minority (URM) fourth-year visiting medical students. Please apply for this opportunity through VSLO. It is titled "DVS0009 - DVS - Orthopedic Surgery. Applicants are encouraged to apply early and questions should be directed to diversity-visiting-scholarship@brown.edu. More information can be found on the Visiting Student Scholarship website.
Sponsored internally by the Department, all self-identified women fourth-year visiting medical students are encouraged to apply for housing and travel stipends offered through the Brown Women in Orthopedics Scholarship Program. Applicants are encouraged to contact Bernadette Sessa separate from VSLO.
Hosted by The Warren Alpert Medical School, the Diversity in Medicine Virtual Residency Recruitment Fair is held annually in August for all the departments of the medical school. The Orthopaedics Department participates annually and encourages prospective residency applicants, who are unable to rotate in person, to participate in the question-and-answer session.
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Dr. Vanessa Lund, Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and co-Chair of the department’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, organized another successful Perry Initiative event held at The Warren Alpert Medical School on January 8, 2024. Faculty and orthopedic trainees participated in teaching first and second year female medical students about orthopedics, practicing orthopedic procedures on sawbones. The goal of this program is to increase diversity in the field of Orthopaedics.
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Visit the Perry Initiative website for more information about the program.
Orthopaedics Diversity Committee
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Christopher Born, MD
Intrepid Heroes Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery -
Sarah Criddle, MD
PGY3 -
Manuel DaSilva, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics -
Dioscaris Garcia, PhD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics (Research) -
Raymond Hsu, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Residency Program Director -
Zainab Ibrahim, MD
2024-2025 Trauma Fellow -
Julia Katarincic, MD
Professor of Orthopaedics, Hand Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hand, Upper Extremity, & Reconstructive Microvascular Surgery Chief -
Vanessa Lund, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics -
Jeffrey Okewunmi, MD
PGY1 -
Lauren Piana, MD
PGY4 -
Kathryn Segal, MD
PGY1
The Office of Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at The Warren Alpert Medical School promotes social responsibility, active engagement, and the well-being of our communities in the pursuit of health equity.