Diversity &
Outreach
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About DOC
The NANS Board of Directors always believed that diversity and inclusion are important to the overall mission of the organization. We feel that it not only increases the reach of our specialty but also improves overall patient care.
The Diversity and Outreach Committee (DOC) has been charged with assessing the current state of ethnic diversity within NANS and investigating any possible barriers to accessing neuromodulation therapies by those who live in traditionally underserved communities by pursuing three distinct projects: Outreach, Mentorship, and Research. These pillars aim to bolster NANS’s mission of promoting collaboration among all members and encouraging greater access to neuromodulation education, research, and advocacy.
Diversity and Outreach Committee Pipeline Fellowship Grant
The DOC Pipeline Fellowship Grants support residents and fellows from underserved communities to attend the NANS Annual Meeting and provide yearlong career mentoring.
2023 Grant Recipients
- Meagan Brucker-Hahn, PhD
- Victor Ekuta, MD
- Tessa Harland, MD
- Trevor Johnson, MD
- Edgar Peña, PhD
2024 Grant Recipients
- Rodrigo Aguiar, MD
- Efemena Diejomaoh, MD, MBBS
- Luis Ruiz Perez, BS, MS
- Fabienne Saint-Preux, MD
- Tess Veuthey, MD, PhD
2025 Grant Recipients
- Varina Clark Onwunyi, MD
- Rachel Esparza, MD
- Oranicha Jumreornvong, MD
- Anthony Kilgore Jr., MD
- Wutt Hmone Kyi, BS
2026 Grant Recipients
- Ashlyn Brown, MD, MBA, MS
- Barbara Buccilli, MD
- James Mossner, MD, MS
- Rahil Soroushmojdehi, PhD, MS
- Rebecca Takele, DO
NANS in the Community
Color of Pain is a community outreach and education initiative organized and championed by the North American Neuromodulation Society’s Diversity and Outreach Committee (DOC). The event is a public symposium created to address the difficulties encountered by African Americans and other underserved communities in obtaining comprehensive pain management care. It is a 1-day free event, held in partnership with a local non-profit at a venue in the community.
Watch: The DOC’s Essential Committee Work
Learn more about the DOC’s growing and essential committee work in advancing diversity within NANS.
NANS members got together during the 2020 Annual Meeting and discussed key questions presented by the Diversity and Outreach Committee. The questions focused on the three pillars of the committee: Outreach, Mentorship, and Research.