*Center for Surgery and Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
†Division of Trauma, Burn, and Surgical Critical Care, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
‡Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Reprints: Adil H. Haider, MD, MPH, FACS, Kessler Director Center for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 1620 Tremont Street, One Brigham Circle, 4th Floor, Suite 4-020, Boston, MA 02120. E-mail: [email protected].
This article was previously presented as an oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Scientific Forum, 4–8 October 2015, Chicago, IL.
Author contributions: C.K.Z. and J.W.S. made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; C.K.Z., J.W.S., and A.H.H. participated in the acquisition and analysis of the data; C.K.Z., J.W.S., D.M., A.J.S., T.C.T., W.A.D., J.A.R., O.O., S.N.Z., A.S., and A.H.H. contributed toward the interpretation of data for the work; C.K.Z., A.J.S., and D.M. drafted the manuscript; and J.W.S., T.C.T., W.A.D., J.A.R., O.O., S.N.Z., A.S., and A.H.H. critically revised the manuscript for intellectual content. All authors provided final approval of the version to be published and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
The authors report no sources of funding or conflicts of interest relevant to the analysis to report. A.H.H. is the PI of a contract (AD-1306–03980) with PCORI entitled “Patient-Centered Approaches to Collect Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity in the ED” and a Harvard Surgery Affinity Research Collaborative (ARC) Program Grant entitled “Mitigating Disparities Through Enhancing Surgeons’ Ability To Provide Culturally Relevant Care.” A.H.H. is also the co-founder and an equity holder in Patient Doctor Technologies Inc., which owns and operates the website www.doctella.com.
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