American Indian Health Disparities in the 21st Century

Cornelius M. Dyke, MD, is the Chair of Surgery at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. A practicing Cardiothoracic Surgeon, he provides care for patients with complex cardiovascular and thoracic disease while teaching medical students and surgical residents and conducting clinical research in surgical outcomes and disparities. He was awarded the 43rd Evarts Graham Traveling Fellowship by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, and is a current diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. An expert in health disparities in surgery, blood hemostasis and cardiac surgical outcomes, he has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and is the founding and current editor of Surgical Attending Rounds, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Inc.Donald K. Warne, MD, MPH, is the Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, as well as the Director of the Indians into Medicine (INMED) program and the Master of Public Health Programs. A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, he comes from a long line of traditional healers and medicine men, and obtained his medical degree at Stanford University and his MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is an active researcher with major grant support from the National Institutes of Health and other grant-funding bodies conducting educational, translational and public health research focused on American Indian health disparities and solutions. He also currently serves as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board.