“Medical institutions can create environments that either facilitate or curb microaggressions.  Microaggressions go beyond race and extend into socially constructed identities that embody privilege in different ways, such as income, social capital, religion, ableness, gender, and sexual orientation. These acts do not respect boundaries—they exist in our personal, academic, and work lives and are detrimental to the training and well-being of our colleagues and trainees.”

Read Dr. Roberto E. Montenegro, MD, PhD insights in JAMA