The Case for Prioritizing Diversity in the Transplantation Workforce to Advance Kidney Health Equity

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Oct;33(10):1817-1819. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022040429. Epub 2022 Aug 2.

Authors

Thomas Butler^{1

2}, Lee S Cummings³, Tanjala S Purnell⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Surgery, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.
⁴ Departments of Epidemiology and Surgery/Transplantation, Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

No abstract available

Keywords: kidney transplantation; organ transplant; racial and ethnic disparities; transplantation.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Ethnicity
Health Equity*
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Kidney
United States
Workforce

Grants and funding

K01 HS024600/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States