We are dedicated to enhancing the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts of the U-M Medical School Department of Orthopaedic Surgery with a team-based approach.
Our department hosts many community outreach and recruitment programs, resident education opportunities, and faculty training events focused on DEI topics. We are committed to making orthopaedic surgery more diverse and accessible to physicians of all backgrounds.
We aspire to foster and maintain an equitable and inclusive environment that respects, welcomes, and is sensitive to the cultural identities of all races, ethnicities, religions, gender identities, sexual orientations, beliefs, abilities, appearances, and socioeconomic backgrounds. We strive to recognize and correct any disparities that may exist in how we deliver care. We believe in building an orthopaedic team that nurtures an understanding that individual differences are valuable and critical in delivering the best care to our patients.
Administrative Support
- Torsten Grabbert
- Paul Talusan, MD
- Lindsay Lammlin
- Allie Sherwood, MD
- Stacie Ruse, MD
- Eileen Crawford, MD
- Vik Sukumar
- Jim Carpenter, MD
- Domonique Floyd
- Regan Spindler
- Mark Riederer, MD
- Jessica Tavormina
- Clifford Craig, MD
- Christina Capobianco
- Noelle Whyte, MD
- Fu Kobayashi, MD
- Ying Li, MD
- Richard Hughes, MD
- Megan Killian, MD
- Ilyas Aleem, MD
- Rock Patel, MD
- Andrew Urquhart, MD
We are affiliated with multiple organizations and societies that help advance our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion mission.
- March 2024 Dr. LJ Punch (The T and The Bullet Related Injury Clinic (BRIC) - “Cutting Without a Knife”
- Sep 2023 Dr. Ginny Sheffield (Michigan Medicine) – “Words Matter: A Toolkit for Mitigating Bias in Learner Assessment
- May 2023 Dr. Milton Little (Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles) – “My Experiences as an OTA Traveling Fellow”
- Jan 2023 Dr. Alex Keuroghlian (The Fenway Institute) – “Achieving Health Equity for LGBTQIA+ People and Communities”
- Sep 2022 Dr. Gabriella Ode (HSS) - “Looking Beyond Diversity in Orthopaedic Training”
- May 2022 Stepping In for Respect
- Feb 2022 Dr. Erika Newman (Michigan Medicine) – “The Michigan Promise”
- Jan 2022 Dr. Nirav Pandya (UCSF) – “Healthcare Disparities in Orthopaedics”
- Nov 2023 - Nth Dimensions BioSkills Workshop
- May 2023 - Youth Summit at the Big House
- April 2023 - Resident DEI Journal Club at the Pizza House
- April 2023 - Michigan Medicine Specialty Speed Dating at the SNMA / AMEC
- Mar 2023 - Dr. Asad Tarsin (Beaumont): “Caring for the Muslim Patient”
- Jan 2023 - Dr. Melissa Li (Michigan Medicine) Chinese Culture Event
- U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism by Laura Morgan Roberts and Ella F. Washington
- Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Manuscript Submissions by Women by Melina R. Kibbe, MD
- Interviewed While Black by Josh Ellis, MD, Onyeka Otugo, MD, MPH, Alden Landry, MD, MPH, and Adaira Landry, MD
- Prejudice by Vivian G. Cheung, MD
- Gender, Race and Ethnicity: Heroes, Rep. John R. Lewis, and Orthopaedics by Mary I. O’Connor MD, FAOA, FAAHKS, FAAOS
- Diversity in Medical Schools: A Much Needed New Beginning by Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice (CME credit)
