Background Despite increases in female representation within the cardiothoracic surgical
workforce and societal memberships, our previous work has demonstrated that at the …

Background Recent years have shown a promising increase in women constituting the
cardiothoracic (CT) surgery workforce and training positions. It remains unclear whether …

Background Increased attention has been dedicated to gender inequity at scientific
meetings. This study evaluated the gender distribution of session leaders at cardiothoracic …

Abstract Background Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS) has previously reported on the
status of women in cardiothoracic (CT) surgery. We sought to provide a 10-year update on …

Background Women are disproportionately underrepresented in American academic
surgery and surgical society leadership; we investigated the proportion of speaking roles …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this work was to assess career demographics, professional
activities, and career satisfaction of board-certified female cardiothoracic surgeons in the …

Introduction Prior work suggests women surgical role models attract more female medical
students into surgical training. We investigate recent trends of women in surgical society …

OBJECTIVES Our goal was to evaluate gender representation among session leaders and
abstract presenters at European cardio-thoracic surgical annual meetings. METHODS We …

Background Issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in cardiothoracic surgery have
garnered increased attention. Although barriers persist for women in our field, they may be …

Objective In recent years, the historically low proportion of women cardiothoracic surgeons
and trainees has been a subject of intense focus. Publications remain a key metric of …