Gender disparities in academic vascular surgeons

Carnevale, Matthew; Phair, John P.; Batarseh, Paola; LaFontaine, Samantha; Koelling, Erin E.; Koleilat, Issam

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2019.12.042

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“…This study joins others among surgical subspecialties in highlighting ongoing gender disparity with regards to women surgeons within academia [ 32 – 37 , 40 , 41 , 43 – 48 , 51 , 52 , 54 – 58 , 64 ]. While our investigation highlights the current Canadian environment, the themes of ongoing gender disparity are not isolated to this country; with specific studies noting that inequities exist in Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery and General surgery across North America, the EU and Oceania [ 39 , 45 , 46 , 65 , 66 ].…”

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Gender imbalance amongst promotion and leadership in academic surgical programs in Canada: A cross-sectional Investigation

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Background Women are underrepresented at higher levels of promotion or leadership despite the increasing number of women physicians. In surgery, this has been compounded by historical underrepresentation. With a nation-wide focus on the importance of diversity, our aim was to provide a current snapshot of gender representation in Canadian universities. Methods This cross-sectional online website review assessed the current faculty listings for 17 university-affiliated academic surgical training departments across Canada in the 2019/2020 academic year. Gender diversity of academic surgical faculty was assessed across surgical disciplines. Additionally, gender diversity in career advancement, as described by published leadership roles, promotion and faculty appointment, was analyzed. Results Women surgeons are underrepresented across Canadian surgical specialties (totals: 2,689 men versus 531 women). There are significant differences in the gender representation of surgeons between specialties and between universities, regardless of specialty. Women surgeons had a much lower likelihood of being at the highest levels of promotion (OR: 0.269, 95% CI: 0.179–0.405). Men surgeons were statistically more likely to hold academic leadership positions than women (p = 0.0002). Women surgeons had a much lower likelihood of being at the highest levels of leadership (OR: 0.372, 95% CI: 0.216–0.641). Discussion This study demonstrates that women surgeons are significantly underrepresented at the highest levels of academic promotion and leadership in Canada. Our findings allow for a direct comparison between Canadian surgical subspecialties and universities. Individual institutions can use these data to critically appraise diversity policies already in place, assess their workforce and apply a metric from which change can be measured.

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Gender imbalance amongst promotion and leadership in academic surgical programs in Canada: A cross-sectional Investigation

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“…23 Men also tended to receive more prestigious grants or grants with more funding compared to women in several specialties. [23][24][25][26] Furthermore, an analysis of research grant applications for Harvard Medical School faculty found that female faculty had fewer grant submissions overall after controlling for academic rank. 27 The impact of female neurosurgeons with reduced research funding may contribute to the gender gap in authorship observed in journals such as Neurosurgery and the Journal of Neurosurgery.…”

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confidence: 99%

International trends in grant and fellowship funding awarded to women in neurosurgery

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Bhandarkar

Bauman

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Neurosurgical Focus

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OBJECTIVEMetric tracking of grant funding over time for academic neurosurgeons sorted by gender informs the current climate of career development internationally for women in neurosurgery.METHODSMultivariate linear trend analysis of grant funding awarded to neurosurgeons in the NIH and World Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) was performed. Traveling fellowships for international neurosurgery residents sponsored by the AANS and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) were also analyzed.RESULTSWithin the US, funding awarded to female neurosurgeons has remained static from 2009 to 2019 after adjusting for inflation and overall trends in NIH funding (β = −$0.3 million per year, p = 0.16). Internationally, female neurosurgeons represented 21.7% (n = 5) of project leads for World RePORTER grants. Traveling fellowships are also an important building block for young international female neurosurgeons, of which 7.4% (n = 2) of AANS international traveling fellowships and 19.4% (n = 7) of AANS/CNS pediatrics international traveling fellowships are women.CONCLUSIONSOver the past decade, funding has increased in neurosurgery without a concordant increase in funding awarded to women. Recognition of this trend is essential to focus efforts on research and career development opportunities for women in neurosurgery. Worldwide, female neurosurgeons head one-fifth of the funded project leads and constitute a minority of international traveling fellowships awarded by organized neurosurgery.

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“…1,2 Women remain in the minority among those in leadership positions and positions of higher academic rank. [3][4][5][6][7][8] Women in medicine also have lower salaries, 9,10 number of publications, 4,11,12 and research funding 13,14 compared with their male counterparts. Potential reasons for female underrepresentation in the upper echelons of academic medicine have generated much discussion.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…1 , 2 Women remain in the minority among those in leadership positions and positions of higher academic rank. 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 Women in medicine also have lower salaries, 9 , 10 number of publications, 4 , 11 , 12 and research funding 13 , 14 compared with their male counterparts.…”

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Sex Differences in Academic Productivity Across Academic Ranks and Specialties in Academic Medicine

Lehrer

Wang

et al. 2021

JAMA Netw Open

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IMPORTANCE Despite equal numbers of men and women entering medical school, women are underrepresented in the upper echelons of academic medicine and receive less compensation and research funding. Citation-related publication productivity metrics, such as the h-index, are increasingly used for hiring, salary, grants, retention, promotion, and tenure decisions. Exploring sex differences in these metrics across academic medicine provides deeper insight into why differences are observed in career outcomes. OBJECTIVE To systematically examine the available literature on sex differences in h-index of academic faculty physicians across all medical specialties and all levels of academic rank.

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Gender disparities in academic vascular surgeons

Cited by 53 publications

References 31 publications

Gender imbalance amongst promotion and leadership in academic surgical programs in Canada: A cross-sectional Investigation

Gender imbalance amongst promotion and leadership in academic surgical programs in Canada: A cross-sectional Investigation

International trends in grant and fellowship funding awarded to women in neurosurgery

Sex Differences in Academic Productivity Across Academic Ranks and Specialties in Academic Medicine

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