Nitin K.Sethi, Associate Professor of Neurology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center (New York, NY)
Published February 09, 2019
I read with interest the commentary on reducing neurodisparity based on the recommendations of the 2017 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Diversity Leadership Program.1 The authors propose many important steps the AAN can take toward achieving equity in neurological care. Apart from ethnic and racial minority groups, neurodisparity affects other marginalized societal groups, such as the LGBTQ community, the poor, and those with disabilities. The AAN needs to promote diversity in its leadership positions by identifying and nurturing talent among its members from the above marginalized groups for current and future leadership roles in the AAN and the field of neurology. These AAN members can truly empathize and help reduce disparity in neurological care, since they share real connections and life experiences with the above marginalized groups.
A glass ceiling is a metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given demographic (often applied to ethnic and racial minorities) from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy. The AAN has already made a dent in the glass ceiling. Now the time has come to shatter it.
Reference
Marulanda-Londoño ET, Bell MW, Hope OA et al. Reducing neurodisparity: Recommendations of the 2017 AAN Diversity Leadership Program. Neurology 2019;92:274–280.
I read with interest the commentary on reducing neurodisparity based on the recommendations of the 2017 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Diversity Leadership Program.1 The authors propose many important steps the AAN can take toward achieving equity in neurological care. Apart from ethnic and racial minority groups, neurodisparity affects other marginalized societal groups, such as the LGBTQ community, the poor, and those with disabilities. The AAN needs to promote diversity in its leadership positions by identifying and nurturing talent among its members from the above marginalized groups for current and future leadership roles in the AAN and the field of neurology. These AAN members can truly empathize and help reduce disparity in neurological care, since they share real connections and life experiences with the above marginalized groups.
A glass ceiling is a metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given demographic (often applied to ethnic and racial minorities) from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy. The AAN has already made a dent in the glass ceiling. Now the time has come to shatter it.
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