The outrage surrounding #MedBikini is justified. At the ROOT of this, is the idea that all surgeons should ‘conform’ to a predetermined definition of surgeon. This puts women, BIPOC, religious & gender/sexual minorities at significant disadvantage in Academia
Callisia Clarke MD
7,453 posts
Surgical Oncologist, HPB Surgeon, Health Equity Champion and Translational Researcher. Let’s Cure Cancer! #SheHerHers
Joined November 2017
- Incredibly proud of @KMarieMD being appointed Chair of Surgery at Albany Medical Center. She is the First Black Female Surgery Chair (Academic). Thanks for shattering this ceiling & representing many of us who until now have not seen ourselves reflected in Surgical Leadership!
- We all happened to be in the same OR at the same time! Had to take a picture 💕 3 surgeons! #ILookLikeASurgeon @SocietyofBAS @AcademicSurgery @MCWSurgery
- Its an incredible honor to be a part of this amazing team and to serve as the Division Chief. Thank you @DougEvans2273 and @TCGamblin for this opportunity. We look forward to serving our patients and trainees @mcwsurgonc @MCWSurgery @MCWCancerCenterEffective 7/1, Callisia Clarke, MD, MS will be stepping into the role of Chief of @mcwsurgonc. Congratulations to @DrCNClarke & our sincere thanks to outgoing Chief @TCGamblin for his leadership over the past decade! #LeadingTheWay @MedicalCollege @Froedtert
- If this doesn’t make you tear up …. Congratulations to this amazing mother/son duo.
- In 1978 there were 1410 Black male applicants to medical school, in 2014 only 1337. In 1978, 542 Black men graduated from US medical schools, in 2014 it was 515. This is the work we must do! We can’t go backwards! @AcademicSurgery @SocietyofBAS
- Leaders lead. They lead even when it is uncomfortable! @lubitz_carrie I have never been prouder of you. What you have done for Academic Surgery with this platform today can never be measured.#ASC2023 @AcademicSurgery
- Three Surgical Oncologist in this picture!! Congratulations to @eastrong16 on the CGSO match, and our rising second year CGSO fellow @ChadBarnesMD was right there to celebrate! @MCWSurgery
- Past President of the @AcademicSurgery @lubitz_carrie continues to impact change for surgeons and other healthcare professionals and I couldn’t be prouder!!! 👏🏾 be sure to read ⬇️
- I was an absolute honor working with Program Chair Dr. Sharon Weber @WiscSurgery to make #SSO2023 come to life! Looking forward to seeing you all in Atlanta for #SSO2024 with Dr. Ferrone!
- So proud of my incredibly talented friend and colleague @DrLolaFayanju talking to the masses today on @GMA about #BreastCancer and representing our profession impeccably! 🙌🏾 @pennsurgery @MDAndersonNews @SocietyofBAS @SocSurgOnc
- Celebrating with the amazing @JFreischlag! Trying to follow in her footsteps! @AcademicSurgery @MCWSurgery














