South Asian Physiatrists: Identity of South Asians in Medicine

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

Community Session Director(s)

Nandita S. Keole, MD

Physician
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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Ravi Kasi, MD

Associate Professor, Residency Director
Rush University Medical Center PM&R Program
Chicago, Illinois

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Community Session Faculty(s)

Anne F. Ambrose, MD, MS

Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology, Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Development
Montefiore Medical Center The Uni. Hosp. for Albert Einstein College of Med.
Pound Ridge, New York

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Session Description: Physicians of South Asian heritage grow up in different countries and have difficulty assimilating in particular communities/ identifying with a particular community. Through a interactive format we propose to explore these issues so we can be as inclusive as possible. We also plan to have some breakout sessions after this lecture. These breakouts will be focused on career paths and mentorship. One group will be lead by a community member who is a Dept chair, another by a program director , a third by an active researcher and a fourth by an academic clinician who is involved in medical education. We hope this session will help us better understand our community needs.

Should this session offer CME? : No

Length of Session: 60
minutes.

Learning Objectives:

appreciate the complexities when deciding whether someone identifies as South Asian
be more inclusive and accepting of South Asians based on heritage and influence of country they were raised.
network and identify different career paths that may be of interest