Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The Department of Anesthesiology endeavors to be inclusive, promotes equity and believes in diversity as a means to provide highest quality patient care, develop innovative research and train best physicians for the future. We acknowledge that current educational institutions, patient care delivery systems and professional organizations are racialized and we strive to do our part in changing current structures towards a more equitable future.
- Diversity to us represent the global makeup of our department and is not a state but an active process we continue to engage into.
- Equity to us means we commit to making sure we provide all our faculty, residents and staff with personalized resources that will ensure their individual success.
- Inclusion to us stand for ensuring that our faculty, residents and staff are able to experience their role in our department freely and without obstacles.
- Belonging is what our department will look like after all of the above are achieved.
DEI Initiatives
DEI Initiative |
Status |
Description |
Include DEI Strategic Initiative into a larger strategic plan of the department |
DONE |
Develop models to recruit and retain diverse, high talent faculty |
Dig deep |
DONE |
Analyze the departmental structures for diversity, equity and inclusion |
Develop SMART DEI goals |
In process |
Develop DEI goals which are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-based |
Follow up |
In process |
Follow up on achievement of DEI goals |
DEI Committee
- Kumar Belani (he/him/his) – Professor, Division Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Ilana Fromer (she/her/hers) – Assistant Professor, Residency Program Director
- Kenneth Kiberenge (he/him/his) – Resident
- Joy Ngobi-Babuwe (she/her/hers) – Assistant Professor
- Mojca Remskar (she/her/hers) – Professor, Executive Vice Chair, Committee Chair
- Clarence Shannon (he/him/his) – Assistant Professor, Associate Dean of Strategy and Innovation
- Joss Thomas (he/him/his) – Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Education
- Alanna Velo (she/her/hers) – Resident
Book Club/Web Club
Book of the Month
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Website of the Month
DEI Resources
University Resources
- University of Minnesota Office for Equity & Diversity
- Medical School Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- UMN Women in Anesthesiology
Additional Resources