Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Diversity Mission Statement:

The Johns Hopkins Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery has adopted the values and priorities of the Johns Hopkins Institutions regarding diversity and inclusion. Specifically, the department is committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion in order to achieve and sustain excellence. We firmly believe that we can best promote excellence by recruiting and retaining a diverse group of students, residents, faculty and staff by creating a climate of respect that is supportive of their success. This climate for diversity, inclusion and excellence is critical to attaining the best research, scholarship, teaching, health care and other strategic goals of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and the Johns Hopkins Institutions. These values are recognized and supported fully by the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Further, we recognize that the responsibility for excellence, diversity and inclusion lies with all of us in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

In order to achieve the goals stated in the departmental mission statement on diversity, the department has created a diversity committee comprised of faculty members and residents (Chairperson: Sandra Lin. Faculty members: Kofi Boahene, Christine Gourin, Patrick Ha, Stacey Ishman, Douglas Reh, Ghassan Sinada. Resident members: Yuri Agrawal, Alejandro Rivas, Babar Sultan). The committee is charged with promoting the value of diversity in the workplace, and facilitating the presence of a supportive environment of inclusion in the department. The committee advises departmental leadership in how to promote diversity and inclusion among faculty and residents, including the recruitment and retention of faculty and residents.

The department is committed to supporting and mentoring medical and dental students in order to help future physicians achieve excellence. Medical and dental students interested in spending a day with a minority or female faculty member are welcome. Please contact Christine Stansbury, 410-955-1932, email: cstansb3@jhmi.edu.