Revealing Disability: The Impact of Authenticity in Graduate School, Medical School, Clinical Training and Faculty Searches Ram Rao, MD PhD   Meeting Description: During this didactic session, Ram will share his personal journey of navigating medical training and securing a faculty position as an individual with a disability/chronic medical illness. He will discuss the professional and personal challenges he faced…

NIH Opportunities for Trainees and Early Career Professionals with Disabilities Re-screening of an event jointly hosted by DM3P and the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center RRTC   Meeting Description: During this meeting, we will watch the recording of our previous March 19th meeting, which was jointly organized by DM3P and the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC). In the recording,…

Resilience in Medicine: Accepting, Acknowledging and Advancing to Your Goals Andrea Lendaris, MD   Meeting Description: Dr. Andrea Lendaris was diagnosed with Usher Syndrome IIA in her adolescence, on the backdrop of other emotional and financial adversities. While the Americans with Disabilities Act. was passed a few years earlier, the empowerment of her rights to equal education and employment opportunities…