This talk has been cancelled due to COVID-19.

Dr. Ruffin will be a the second speaker in the inaugural Johns Hopkins Equal Access in Science and Medicine Lecture Series. This lecture series was developed by a group of students and student organizations at Johns Hopkins.

The objective of this lecture series is to feature scientists and clinicians with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and mental health conditions in order to provide positive role models to trainees at Johns Hopkins.

He speaks at the invitation of Dr. Bonnelin Swenor, Associate Professor the Wilmer Eye Institute within the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Swenor researches vision and aging, access to healthcare, and disability inclusion.  Having low vision herself, Dr. Swenor works tirelessly on the inclusion of people with disabilities in healthcare. Her work towards these goals has been published in leading medical publications including Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of Medicine.

This event is supported by funding from the UHS Wellness and the SOM Graduate Student Association, the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, and internal funding from the Johns Hopkins Diversity Innovation Grant and 10x20 Challenge grant.

Dr. Chad Ruffin is an ear, nose, and throat doctor who specializes in hearing restoration and ear surgery in Seattle, Washington. He is one of the first people born with severe hearing loss to become a surgeon using cochlear implants. He performs cochlear implant and hearing restoration surgery and teaches his patients how to live to the fullest with hearing loss. In addition to treating patients in the clinic, he also researches and develops technology for hearing loss. Follow the latest updates via Twitter and Facebook.