Hispanic Heritage Month is held September 15-October 15 each year and honors American citizens with ancestors from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. This year, five members of the Diversity SIG series share their perspectives and journeys in medicine as Hispanic physicians in the United States.

(Click on each doctor's name to read their individual piece.)

Elisa Chaparro, DO

Larkin Community Hospital
Miami, FL

Jaime Ortiz, MD, MBA, DABMA, FASA

Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY

Ana Lisa Ramirez-Chapman, MD

Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX

Frank Tavarez-Mora, MD

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT

Ashley Villard-Wrobbel, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI