Gender representation among leadership at national and regional cardiothoracic surgery organizational annual meetings

Shemanski, Kimberly A.; Ding, Li; Kim, Anthony W.; Blackmon, Shanda H.; Wightman, Sean C.; Atay, Scott M.; Starnes, Vaughn A.; David, Elizabeth A.

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.11.157

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“…Prior studies have demonstrated that the proportion of women presenting at various surgical meetings has fluctuated anywhere from 3.8%-28.0% between 2012-2019. [4][5][6][7][8][9] These data are consistent with literature assessing female representation at regional and national plastic surgery meetings, which averages around 17.8% from 2014-2018. 10 Although female representation at national meetings as a speaker is an important measure of gender equity, current literature fails to examine the gender of authors presenting abstracts at these meetings.…”

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Trends in Gender Authorship of Abstract Presentations at Plastic Surgery the Meeting

Stewart,

Jabori,

Pandya

et al. 2024

Ann Plast Surg

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Current literature fails to examine gender differences of authors presenting abstracts at national plastic surgery meetings. This study aims to assess the ratio of female to male abstract presentations at Plastic Surgery The Meeting (PSTM). The gender of all abstract presenters from PSTM between 2010 and 2020 was recorded. The primary outcome variable was authorship (first, second, or last). Trends in gender authorship were assessed via Cochran-Armitage trend tests. Chi-square was utilized to evaluate the association between author gender and presentation type and author gender and subspecialty. Between 2010 and 2020, 3653 abstracts were presented (oral = 3035, 83.1%; poster = 618, 16.9%) with 19,328 (5175 females, 26.8%) authors. Of these, 34.5%, 32.0%, and 18.6% of first, second, and last authors were female, respectively. The total proportion of female authors increased from 153 (20.4%) in 2010 to 1065 (33.1%) by 2020. The proportion of female first, second, and last authors increased from 21.8% to 44.8%, 24.0% to 45.3%, and 14.3% to 22.1%, respectively, and demonstrated a positive linear trend (P < 0.001). The proportion of female first authors in aesthetics (23.9%) was lower than that for breast (41.8%), cranio/maxillofacial/head & neck (38.5%), practice management (43.3%), and research/technology (39.4%) (P < 0.001). Our study demonstrates a significant increase in female representation as first, second, and last authors in abstract presentations at PSTM within the last decade, although the absolute prevalence remains low.

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Trends in Gender Authorship of Abstract Presentations at Plastic Surgery the Meeting

Stewart,

Jabori,

Pandya

et al. 2024

Ann Plast Surg

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“…4,6 More male than female physicians enter senior attending positions and less than 20% women climb up toward head positions. 7 In surgery, this proportion is even worse with only 10% of female doctors being the head of a department. 7 In cardiac surgery, the situation is downright sobering.…”

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“…7 In surgery, this proportion is even worse with only 10% of female doctors being the head of a department. 7 In cardiac surgery, the situation is downright sobering. Currently, only one female surgeon heads a department for congenital cardiac surgery among the 78 German cardiosurgical centers, and the gender distribution is similar in American departments and clinics.…”

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Female Surgeons in Cardiac Surgery: Does the Surgeon's Gender Affect the Outcome of Routine Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Isolated Aortic Valve Surgery?

Sido,

Schröter,

Rashvand

et al. 2024

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

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Background The increasing presence of female doctors in the field of cardiac surgery has raised questions about their surgical quality compared to their male colleagues. Despite their success, female surgeons are still underrepresented in leadership positions, and biases and concerns regarding their performance persist. This study aims to examine whether female surgeons perform worse, equally well, or better than their male counterparts in commonly performed procedures that have a significant number of female patients. Method A retrospective cohort of patients from 2011 to 2020 who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and aortic valve surgery was studied. To compare the surgical quality of men and women, a 1:1 propensity score matching (two groups of 680 patients operated by men and women, respectively, factors: age, logarithm of EuroSCORE (ES), elective, urgent or emergent surgery, isolated aortic valve, or isolated CABG) was performed. Procedure time, bypass time, x-clamp time, hospital stay, and early mortality were compared. Results After propensity score matching between surgeons of both sexes, patients operated by males (PoM) did not differ from patients operated by females (PoF) in mean age (PoM: 66.72 ± 9.33, PoF: 67.24 ± 9.19 years, p = 0.346), log. ES (PoM: 5.58 ± 7.35, PoF: 5.53 ± 7.26, p = 0.507), or urgency of operation (PoM: 43.09% elective, 48.97% urgent, 7.94% emergency, PoF: 40.88% elective, 55.29% urgent, 3.83% emergency, p = 0.556). This was also the case for male and female patients separately. Female surgeons had higher procedure time (PoM: 224.35 ± 110.54 min; PoF: 265.41 ± 53.60 min), bypass time (PoM: 107.46 ± 45.09 min, PoF: 122.42 ± 36.18 min), and x-clamp time (PoM: 61.45 ± 24.77 min; PoF: 72.76 ± 24.43 min). Hospitalization time (PoM: 15.96 ± 8.12, PoF: 15.98 ± 6.91 days, p = 0,172) as well as early mortality (PoM: 2.21%, PoF: 3.09%, p = 0.328) did not differ significantly. This was also the case for male and female patients separately. Conclusion Our study reveals that in routine heart surgery, the gender of the surgeon does not impact the success of the operation or the early outcome of patients. Despite taking more time to perform procedures, female surgeons demonstrated comparable surgical outcomes to their male counterparts. It is possible that women's inclination for thoroughness contributes to the longer duration of procedures, while male surgeons may prioritize efficiency. Nevertheless, this difference in duration did not translate into significant differences in primary outcomes following routine cardiac surgery. These findings highlight the importance of recognizing the equal competence of female surgeons and dispelling biases regarding their surgical performance.

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“…The steeper ladder affects particularly the cardiothoracic domain, where female and ethnic minorities are underrepresented [ 8 ]. Moreover, women get less podium time in meetings [ 9 ]. This lack of inclusivity seems to exist already in the grass root level of academia since despite half of the medical students being female, only 24% of cardiothoracic residents are women [ 10 ].…”

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“…Gender should not intervene in one’s career choices; only abilities and perseverance should be considered. A shift towards an increased representation of female surgeons is to be expected in our field, and as suggested by Shemanski et al ‘attention should be given to the potential unconscious bias in leadership in cardiothoracic surgery’ [ 9 ]. For our primary goal should be clear: ensuring that our patients will be treated by the best surgeons possible, regardless of surgeon gender.…”

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s: encouraging all the best and brightest diamonds into cardiothoracic surgery

Lehtinen

Eid

2022

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery

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Gender representation among leadership at national and regional cardiothoracic surgery organizational annual meetings

Cited by 22 publications

References 8 publications

Trends in Gender Authorship of Abstract Presentations at Plastic Surgery the Meeting

Trends in Gender Authorship of Abstract Presentations at Plastic Surgery the Meeting

Female Surgeons in Cardiac Surgery: Does the Surgeon's Gender Affect the Outcome of Routine Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Isolated Aortic Valve Surgery?

Breakfast at Tiffany’s: encouraging all the best and brightest diamonds into cardiothoracic surgery

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