Sparked by Tragedy

A Movement to End Systemic Racism in Health Care

Burks, Ciersten A. MD

¹Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Mass General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
²Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Ciersten A. Burks, MD, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Email: [email protected]

Received January 29, 2021

Accepted February 12, 2021

Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 166(6):p 1172-1173, June 2022. | DOI: 10.1177/01945998211000378

This commentary emphasizes health disparities related to systemic racism, highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and provides recommendations to mitigate these disparities, including increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the surgical workforce.