CASSEDI Multi-Disciplinary Team

The Collaborative Anesthesia and Surgical Services Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (CASSEDI) multidisciplinary team consists of EDI leaders from anesthesia and multiple surgical departments (Otolaryngology, Orthopedics, OB/GYN, Neurosurgery, Surgery). We meet monthly to share resources for advancing equity within and across the perioperative services space. We collaborate on a multidisciplinary Grand Rounds speaker series and share resources for retaining and recruiting stellar faculty, fellows, residents, and staff from historically marginalized backgrounds. We engage in community outreach and work together on pathway programs to help students from high school through college fall in love with health care in surgical specialties. Our mission is to continue to nurture and grow a culture of belonging that embraces and celebrates diversity in all its forms. Transforming our departments, our service lines, and institution by creating a place where all belong enhances our clinical excellence, service, education, and research enterprises.