A Comprehensive Review of Surgical Disparities in the Vulnerable Communities of the USA: The Black Community – Part I
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Press Releases
SBAS Welcomes New Executive Director, Dr. Edward M. Barksdale, Jr.
Dr. Barksdale is the Robert J. Izant, Jr. MD Professor and Surgeon-in-Chief at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital/University Hospitals and Case …
2023 Annual SBAS Awards
Each year SBAS recognizes excellence among its resident and student presenters at its annual meeting. Two awards are presented: Claude H. Organ, Jr., …
SBAS Statement on SCOTUS ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc., against Harvard College and the University of North Carolina
Society of Black Academic Surgeons SCOTUS Statement “Excellence in performance will transcend artificial barriers created by man.”– Dr. Charles R. …
Abstract Submissions for the 2023 Meeting is CLOSED
SBAS would like to thank you for submitting abstracts for the Thirty-third Annual SBAS Meeting meeting.To be held on September 28–30, 2023 – hosted by …
The Society of Black Academic Surgeons Celebrates Historic AAS Elections
The Society of Black Academic Surgeons is very pleased to announce that at the 2023 Academic Surgical Congress, Dr. Callisia Clarke was elected the …
2022 Annual SBAS Awards
Each year SBAS recognizes excellence among its student and resident presenters at its annual meeting. Two awards are presented: the Onye Emmanuel …
SBAS Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
Members of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) stand in solidarity with everyone who understands, fears, and will experience the negative …
Join SBAS for a FREE live-streamed virtual event featuring Isabel Wilkerson – author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and the Warmth of Other Suns
We Cannot Make Progress Until We Understand Our History! The Society of Black Academic Surgeons remains firm in our commitment to continuing the …
2021 Annual SBAS Awards
Each year SBAS recognizes excellence among its student and resident presenters at its annual meeting. Two awards are presented: the Onye Emmanuel …
Society of Black Academic Surgeons Statement in Support of the Asian Community.
The Society of Black Academic Surgeons strongly denounces the rising violence and racism directed towards the Asian Community. The COVID pandemic has …
SBAS Response to JAMA Twitter Comments and Podcast
Members of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons take offense to JAMA’s statements (@JAMA_current) posted on Twitter and the “Structural Racism for …
Kathie-Ann Joseph Promotion & Inaugural Vice Chair for Diversity & Health Equity (Department of Surgery & Transplant Institute)
New York, NY – March 1, 2021 – It is with a great sense of pride and commitment for a better future that I would like to make two important …
Society of Black Academic Surgeons Response to Continued Acts of Brutality and Injustice
Enough! We, the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) in the midst of our outrage and grief, continue to condemn these endemic and unjust acts of …
Henrietta Lacks Symposium Recording
IT’S A CELLEBRATION! On August 1, 2020, The Lacks Family announced a yearlong CELLebration to honor Henrietta Lacks’ 100th birthday. …