Introduction Recruitment efforts have demonstrated small increases in female and under-
represented applicants in recent years; however, the majority of surgical programs remain …

Diversity in orthopaedic surgery has been a hot topic of discussion in our specialty and in
medicine in general. A “Perspective” article in The New England Journal of Medicine in …

Diversity, equity, and inclusion have been recognized as important drivers of excellence and
innovation in the physician workforce. Given the historical underrepresentation of women in …

Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in the demographic
characteristics of orthopaedic surgery residents in 2021 in regard to sex, degree earned …

Background Great efforts are currently being made toward improving gender and racial
equity in orthopaedic surgery in the United States. Nonetheless, no research has reported …

Methods: The Electronic Residency Application Service was queried for orthopaedic
residency applicant data from 2007 to 2022. The annual percentage of female applicants as …

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated a lack of diversity in orthopaedics;
however, it is unclear whether this observation is unique to orthopaedics or similar to other …

Background: In the United States, female and minority representation in the field of
orthopaedic surgery remains low, and there are few reports regarding orthopaedic society …

Background Although women account for approximately half of the medical students in the
United States, they represent only 13% of orthopaedic surgery residents and 4% of …

Background Orthopaedic surgery has a shortage of women surgeons. An even geographic
distribution of women orthopaedic surgeons may provide more uniform care to patients …