As minority populations continue to increase in the United States (US), diversification of medical faculty and professionals remains critical to effectively serving minority groups and improving patient outcomes [1]. Not only do physicians of a racial/ethnic minority provide culturally competent care to the diverse patient population, but they are also valuable resource for mentoring minority medical trainees and healthcare workers [2]. While medical school enrolment has progressed towards more proportionate gender and racial distributions, disparities still remain in academic medicine [1,3].
