Importance Women in medicine have been underrepresented at medical conferences;
however, contributing factors have not been well studied. Objective To examine the …

Background: The Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS) comprises
representatives from medical schools and professional societies who guide the Association …

Objective To determine whether women have been equitably represented among plenary
speakers at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting by counting and …

Introduction Across healthcare, there is an urgent call to action to address systematic gender
bias impeding equity for women. Gender imbalance exists for speakers at medical …

Abstract Background The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) has
one of the lowest percentages of women members among orthopedic surgery subspecialty …

This forum examines whether scholars' access to networks in the international studies
profession is gendered and if so, the consequences of those networks for personal and …

Introduction The proportion of women surgeons is increasing, although women in surgical
leadership and research has not kept pace. The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract …

Objectives To assess the representation of female scientists as speakers of blindly selected
oral presentations or invited speakers in the latest European Orthodontic Society (EOS) …

Objective To evaluate multidisciplinary female representation at urologic oncology
conferences, we reviewed speakership trends at contemporary Society of Urologic Oncology …

Introduction Women are under-represented in the surgical disciplines and gender bias is
believed to play a factor. We aimed to understand the gender distribution of membership …