This cross-sectional study from a nationally representative survey found that employed physicians with disabilities earn 18.3% less than those without disabilities, even after adjusting for hours worked. ja.ma/3Rq42T6 @mihirkakara Atheendar Venkataramani

1/ I'm very proud of Mihir Kakara for coming up with this question and seeing it through to the finish line. The hardest projects are often those where you see something hidden in plain sight, but have to convince others that it is real and matters.

2/ A common ref. comment was that we needed to assess earnings gaps *conditional* on productivity or specialty. As we argue in the email to one journal below, this request embeds a normative judgement -- one that we would likely no longer make for a racial/gender disparities.

4/ Our manner of training physicians and seeing up hospital work is very rigid. What if we reimagined this to better include individuals with disability? How much in the way of better patient care are we leaving on the table by not being more imaginative and more inclusive?

1/ Check out this Bloomberg Bloomberg article on @Mihirkakara's JAMA Health Forum paper on the pay gap for physicians with #disabilities by Gerry Smith: bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

It’s 6 a.m. Saranya Balaraman is already leaving her home in Gummidipoondi with her 3 kids. They board a train to Chennai Central every day, travelling for 2 hours. From here, the family travels another 10 kms to attend a school for visually impaired children.🧵

The Bridging the Gaps program is a 32-year old program that links service and training for #healthprofessions students by partnering with multiple community organizations, with a focus on addressing #SDOH. Read more: ow.ly/AM3X50Qmz1P. #MedEd @mihirkakara