The Mount Sinai Hospital Neurology Residency Program is dedicated to the recruitment of trainees from diverse backgrounds that will enhance the culture of our program and to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for our trainees to thrive throughout their training.
Residency DEI Initiatives Include:
- Since 2022, Inclusion of an Associate Program Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in program leadership to lead initiatives within the residency
- Quarterly Health Equity Rounds (resident-led cases to discuss social determinants of health in the care of our patients with neurological disease)
- Participating in the American Academy of Neurology pilot of its Anti-Racism Education Program within the Neurology Residency curriculum
- Morning report to highlight International Pronoun Day (October 2022) and disseminate pronoun stickers for ID badges
- Creation of home visit program to increase access to neurological care (Neurology residents identify patients to see together in collaboration with the Medicine-Pediatrics residents)
- Walking tour to introduce residents to the history of MSH Hospital and the Department of Neurology and provide context to the care of patients from Harlem and East Harlem communities
Department DEI Initiatives Include:
- Mount Sinai Health System Grand Rounds speakers in 2022-2023 on topics focused in DEI
- Social Determinants of Health as Drivers of Outcomes for Neurology Patients (Barbara Vickrey, MD MPH)
- Addressing Health Literacy to Advance Health Equity (Alyssa Gale, MPH)
- Black Patients Matter In Headache Medicine: Exploring Race, Racism, Race-based Headache Disparities, and Professional Ethics (Larry Charleson, MD MSc)
- Cultivating More Equitable and Inclusive Dementia Research and Care (Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD)
- Neurology in Action: Caring for Forcibly Displaced Populations (Altaf Saadi, MD)
- Neurology faculty participation on the GME Diversity Council
- Neurology presence at the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Annual Medical Education Conference (AMEC)
- Neurology faculty participation in unconscious bias training
Visiting Electives Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine
For rising 4th year medical students from groups underrepresented in medicine interested in doing a 4-week rotation with us, the Department of Neurology collaborates with the visiting medical student elective program, VEPSUM (Visiting Electives Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine). There is no application fee for VEPSUM and students can receive up to $3700 to assist with living expenses. Learn more about Visiting Electives Program for Students | Icahn School of Medicine (mssm.edu).