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Enhancing Diversity in the Ophthalmology Workforce.

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October 2022

Office of the Scientific Director, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address:

Health care teams are most effective at addressing complex problems and improving health outcomes for underserved populations when team members bring diverse life experiences and perspectives to the effort. With rates of visual impairment expected to increase in the United States by 2050, especially among minority populations, diversification of the ophthalmology workforce will be critical in reducing disparities in access to and quality of vision health care. Currently, ophthalmology is less diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, and gender than graduating medical classes and other medical specialties, as well as the general US population.

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