Diversification of Academic Surgery, Its Leadership, and the Importance of Intersectionality.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Diversity in academic surgery is lacking, particularly among positions of leadership.

Objective

To evaluate trends among racial/ethnical minority groups stratified by gender along the surgical pipeline, as well as in surgical leadership.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis assessed US surgical faculty census data obtained from the Association of American Medical Colleges faculty roster in the Faculty Administrative Management Online User System database. Surgical faculty members captured in census data from December 31, 2013, to December 31, 2019, were included in the analysis. Faculty were identified from the surgery category of the faculty roster, which includes general surgeons and subspecialists, neurosurgeon

SUBMITTER: Riner AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8100917 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature