Our fellowship training program and Penn Medicine at large is committed to fostering a rich, vibrant, diverse, and inclusive environment for clinical care, education, and research. Our program is committed to diversity and inclusion of individual who are under-represented in medicine, and we will continue strive to train a representative generation of cardiologists to lead our field.
Under-represented in Medicine (URM) refers to individuals from a background that is traditionally underrepresented in medicine, including but not limited to racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population and those from disadvantaged backgrounds, identify as LGBTQ+, have disabilities, are first generation in the United States or first in their immediate family to attend college, or who otherwise would increase the diversity and inclusivity of our student and resident/fellow populations.
Penn Medicine is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to a policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of ancestry, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.
We nurture, sponsor, and collaborate with several groups in order to accomplish this mission including: