Miami—In 1977, the first known paper to explore health care disparities in the United States reported that black Americans undergoing inguinal hernia repair were significantly more likely than whites to be operated on by a resident physician without supervision by an attending (N Engl J Med 1977;297[2]:90-91).
Four decades later, the Americas Hernia Society (AHS) has turned a spotlight on persisting disparities in hernia surgery, calling for more research into