Development and Implementation of a Surgical Equity Center for Vulnerable Patients with Surgical Diseases

Patients marginalized on the basis of sociodemographic hierarchies bear a disproportionate burden of surgical disease. These vulnerable patients face a large burden of emergency surgery with higher associated complexity, morbidity, and mortality. Our center aims to provide gold-standard surgical care for vulnerable patients in our city.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - October 22, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Carrie Zimmerman, W.h.i.t.n.e.y. Orji, Alyssa Civantos, Kevin Zhang, Cindy Zhao, Erin L. Fischer, Alan Herbst, Matthew Goldshore, Jon B. Morris, of the Center for Surgical Health Tags: General Surgery Source Type: research