by Lyen Huang, MD | Nov 6, 2022 | Lotus Scroll News
In this edition of the Lotus Scroll, Lyen C. Huang, MD, MPH, the 2020-2021 Sui-An and Shu-Nung Fung Visiting Professor, interviews John Fung, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Section of Transplant Surgery, and Co-Director of the Transplant Institute at the...
by Lyen Huang, MD | Nov 6, 2022 | Lotus Scroll News
Why do we always have to play the side part? Why aren’t we the protagonist of the story?” asked Debbie Lum at this year’s 2022 Kuo Family Lectureship. Lum, an award-winning filmmaker, explored how historic under-representation of Asians and Asian-Americans in mass...
by James Wu, MD | Nov 6, 2022 | Lotus Scroll News
The 2022 Kui and Wai Fong Lectureship was delivered by Professor David Hu from Georgia Institute of Technology. David Hu is a professor of mechanical engineering who draws inspiration from his observation of nature. Much of his work is showcased in his 2018 book, “How...
by Connie Shao, MD | Nov 6, 2022 | Lotus Scroll News
The growing problems associated with climate change are significantly impacted by the pollution and waste from health care facilities. Our health is, in turn, impacted by the resulting worsening air and water quality, access to nutritious food, and safe shelter. The...
by Andrea Gillis, MS | May 15, 2022 | Lotus Scroll News
As a Black surgical trainee, the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS) is important to me for numerous reasons. SAAS moves allyship from just a word to an action. Especially in the wake of events from the last two years placing a microscope on the disparities in...
by James Wu, MD; Haejin In, MD and Sophie Dream, MD | May 15, 2022 | Lotus Scroll News
With the recent events, there has been a growing enthusiasm for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work within medicine. In surgery, the effects of systemic racism are evident in the current workforce and continue to be striking to those experiencing it on a daily...
