The Case for Prioritizing Diversity in the Transplantation Workforce to Advance Kidney Health Equity

Thomas Butler^{1

2}, Lee S Cummings³, Tanjala S Purnell⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Surgery, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.
⁴ Departments of Epidemiology and Surgery/Transplantation, Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Thomas Butler et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;33(10):1817-1819.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022040429. Epub 2022 Aug 2.

Thomas Butler^{1

2}, Lee S Cummings³, Tanjala S Purnell⁴

¹ Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Surgery, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.
⁴ Departments of Epidemiology and Surgery/Transplantation, Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Keywords: kidney transplantation; organ transplant; racial and ethnic disparities; transplantation.

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