Posts by Sahael Stapleton, MD
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Black Patients More Likely Than White Patients to Receive Amputations
A diverse surgical practice offsets a startling phenomenon for ischemia: that more black patients than white patients receive amputations than salvage surgery. Black patients are 46% more likely than white patients to receive amputations for limb-threatening ischemia
Biography
Sahael M. Stapleton, MD, is the E. A. Codman Surgical Research Fellow at Mass General and Harvard Medical School. He is also completing his residency in General Surgery at Mass General. His current work includes developing projects aimed at improving quality metrics in general and vascular surgery, and exploring factors that are central to understanding of inequality and advocacy in healthcare. Prior to arrival in Boston, Dr. Stapleton received his B.S. in Neuroscience from UCLA, studied medicine at Johns Hopkins and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF.
