New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Established

Inclusion is the reason the AAN was founded. The AAN is firmly committed to embracing the diversity of our members, staff, and the communities they serve, and affirms the need for equity and inclusiveness in our organization, our profession, and the care we provide for our patients. In this column, we share the wide spectrum of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work being done across the AAN.

The AAN Board of Directors voted to elevate the IDEAS Subcommittee to a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee.

As stated in the new committee’s charter, “The American Academy of Neurology and American Academy of Neurology Institute (AAN) is firmly committed to embracing the diversity of our members, staff, and the communities they serve and affirms the need for equity and inclusiveness in our organization, our profession, and the care we provide to our patients. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the DEI Committee’s primary role is to communicate to membership and leadership, the importance of DEI in practice, education, and research and to provide evidence for the AAN’s progress in DEI with a goal of being a fully inclusive, deliberately diverse, and anti-racist organization.”

The committee will be chaired by Nimish A. Mohile, MD, FAAN.

Reporting to the DEI Committee is the Health Care Equity Work Group, which oversees the yearlong multifaceted Health Care Equity Scholarship Program, the webinar series for members, and the halfday health care equity symposium at the Annual Meeting. The objective of this work group is to help members recognize disparities in care and move toward health equity in neurology. 