The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 2 , Pages 255-262 , February 2010

Addressing the paucity of underrepresented minorities in academic surgery: can the “Rooney Rule” be applied to academic surgery?

  • Paris D. Butler, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    • Department of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 434 924 9307; fax: +1 434 243 5791
    • ,
  • Michael T. Longaker, M.D., M.B.Ch.B., F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • L.D. Britt, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, VA, USA

Received 13 April 2009 ,Revised 22 May 2009

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.021

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 2 , Pages 255-262 , February 2010

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