Division of Nephrology and Hypertenson
Commitment to Diversity
The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension is committed to fostering best practices to implement and sustain diversity, inclusivity and civility. We have convened a group of faculty and fellows, chaired by our department’s diversity liaison Dr. Ebele Umeukeje, who are dedicated to these efforts. In alignment with department and Medical Center initiatives to make diversity and inclusion intentional, we are committed to championing anti-racism and creating safe spaces for conversations regarding discrimination or harassment of any kind.
Division Diversity Committee:
- Khaled Abdel-Kader, MD, MS
- Elvis Akwo, MD, PhD
- Juan Pablo Arroyo, MD, PhD
- Kelly Birdwell, MD, MSCI
- Anna Burgner, MD, MEHP
- Mark de Caestecker, MD, PhD
- Leslie Gewin, MD
- Raymond Harris, MD
- Adriana Hung, MD, MPH
- T. Alp Ikizler, MD
- Julia Lewis, MD
- Victoria Locke, MSM
- Devika Nair, MD, MSCI
- Sagar Patel, MD
- Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, PhD
- Megha Salani, MD
- Bonnie Ann Sarell, MD
- Mary Rogers Sorey, ACNP-BC
- Crystal Spencer, BS
- Ebele Umeukeje, MD, MPH
Featured Activities/Projects
- Division-wide training in Unconscious Bias, facilitated by Arie L. Nettles, PhD, NCSP, HSP, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Director VUMC Office of Inclusion and Health Equity
- Diversity Renal Grand Rounds
- Jason Cobb, MD, Associate Prof of Medicine, Department of Medicine Renal Division, Emory University School of Medicine
- Pipeline programs to increase diversity in medical Education (KDSAP, Kidney MAPS)
- Diversity Efforts in Nephrology Fellowship recruitment
- Kimberly Evans, MD, Associate Prof of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Duke University School of Medicine
- Civility Champions - trainees, faculty & institutional leadership formal training to tackle post-incident incivility, bias, racism
- "Stepping in" Program Training - training for real time intervention in situations of incivility, bias, racism
- Nimrit Goraya, MD, Associate Prof of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Baylor Scott & White Health
- Emphasis on Equity, Inclusion & Diversity
- ASN Diversity Initiatives - Increasing women in Nephrology, FMG training, Immigrant care in kidney disease, URM loan repayment
- Jason Cobb, MD, Associate Prof of Medicine, Department of Medicine Renal Division, Emory University School of Medicine
Vanderbilt DEI resources
- Department of Medicine Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- VUMC/VUSM Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence
- VUMC Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Disability
- VUMC House Staff Diversity & Inclusion Alliance
- VUMC Minority House Staff for Academic and Medical Achievement
- VUMC Program for LGBTQ Health
- Vanderbilt University Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Vanderbilt University Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Life
Internal resources for VUMC employees (Requires login)
Diversity Liaison
Ebele Umeukeje, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine