Global Gender representation among Presidents of Cardiothoracic Surgery Societies
Presented During:
Saturday, May 6, 2023: 11:00AM - 11:15AM
Los Angeles Convention Center
Posted Room Name:
406AB
Abstract No:
31
Submission Type:
Abstract Submission
Authors:
Mariam Shariff (1), Ashish Kumar (2), John Stulak (3)
Institutions:
(1) Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (2) Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, (3) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Submitting Author:
Mariam Shariff
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Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic
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Ashish Kumar
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Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Akron General
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Mariam Shariff
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Objective:Women continue to be underrepresented in academia. Society leadership plays a vital role in the academic career exerting considerable influence among the specialty. This study aimed to delineate gender representation in the lead role of presidents of cardiothoracic surgery societies worldwide.
Methods:A comprehensive search was performed to identify various cardiothoracic surgical societies worldwide and divided by regions of Northern America, Southern America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and international societies. The society data obtained was further cross verified with the societies list available on CTSNet.org. Respective societies official webpage was searched to extract data on past and present presidents. If one individual was elected as a president in two different societies,it was considered as two presidencies; however, if one individual remained the president in one respective society for two consecutive terms, we considered this as single presidency. Gender was determined and verified via publicly available online profiles. The 95% confidence interval (CI) of proportion was calculated using Binomial exact calculation. All analyses were computed in R statistical software version 4.1.2.
Results: A total of 34 societies pertaining to cardiothoracic surgery were identified globally. Of these, 19 societies were from the Northern America, 1 from Southern America, 5 from Europe, 4 from Asia, 2 from Africa, 1 from Australia and 2 international societies. Of the 34 societies identified, only 16 societies provided complete information about their past and present presidents in the public domain. Among these 16 societies, a total of 535 past and current society presidents were identified. Women constituted only 11 [2.06%; 95% CI:1.03%; 3.65%] of the total 535 presidents. The absolute distribution of female presidents based on continent is delineated in Figure 1. The proportion of female past and current presidents in the North American continent was 2.31%; 95% CI:1.06%; 4.35%, whilst, in the Europe was 1.68%; 95% CI:0.20%; 5.94%. Furthermore, the first female president was appointed in the year 2007 across societies.
Conclusion: A stark lag exists in the gender distribution of presidential roles of the cardiothoracic societies globally with paucity of women. Although, there has been increasing inclusion of women in the last two decades, definitive measures are imperative to identify and mitigate the disparities to improve inclusion.
Methods:A comprehensive search was performed to identify various cardiothoracic surgical societies worldwide and divided by regions of Northern America, Southern America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and international societies. The society data obtained was further cross verified with the societies list available on CTSNet.org. Respective societies official webpage was searched to extract data on past and present presidents. If one individual was elected as a president in two different societies,it was considered as two presidencies; however, if one individual remained the president in one respective society for two consecutive terms, we considered this as single presidency. Gender was determined and verified via publicly available online profiles. The 95% confidence interval (CI) of proportion was calculated using Binomial exact calculation. All analyses were computed in R statistical software version 4.1.2.
Results: A total of 34 societies pertaining to cardiothoracic surgery were identified globally. Of these, 19 societies were from the Northern America, 1 from Southern America, 5 from Europe, 4 from Asia, 2 from Africa, 1 from Australia and 2 international societies. Of the 34 societies identified, only 16 societies provided complete information about their past and present presidents in the public domain. Among these 16 societies, a total of 535 past and current society presidents were identified. Women constituted only 11 [2.06%; 95% CI:1.03%; 3.65%] of the total 535 presidents. The absolute distribution of female presidents based on continent is delineated in Figure 1. The proportion of female past and current presidents in the North American continent was 2.31%; 95% CI:1.06%; 4.35%, whilst, in the Europe was 1.68%; 95% CI:0.20%; 5.94%. Furthermore, the first female president was appointed in the year 2007 across societies.
Conclusion: A stark lag exists in the gender distribution of presidential roles of the cardiothoracic societies globally with paucity of women. Although, there has been increasing inclusion of women in the last two decades, definitive measures are imperative to identify and mitigate the disparities to improve inclusion.
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