Earlier this month, the UAB Department of Surgery Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee announced its membership into the Latino Surgical Society (LSS).

According to LSS, the society was established to cultivate, nurture, and support the advancement of Latino surgeons. The primary objective of LSS is to establish programs to improve networking and professional development among Latino surgeons in both clinical community and academic settings.

Also, LSS encourages and assists the study of diseases of importance to the Latino community. This support helps researchers identify and address key health disparities across the nation.

With the department’s institution membership comes the opportunity for 10 trainees and three faculty members to join the society. If you are interested, please send an email to Jeff Steele with your name, position, and division so that the DEI committee can reserve your spot.

The DEI committee understands there may be more interest than it has slots for, and it does apologize for the inconvenience of not being able to expand membership at this time.