In this session from the 2021 Update Course, Dr. Meera Kotagal, MD discussed the effects of racial concordance on perioperative outcomes and why it is critical for pediatric surgeons to focus onDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

Articles discussed: “Race, Postoperative Complications, and Death in Apparently Healthy Children” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32690804/“

Physician–patient racial concordance and disparities in birthing mortality for newborns” https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1913405117T