Background: Women seldom reach the highest leadership positions in academic plastic
surgery. Contributing factors include lack of female role models/mentors and lack of gender …

Background: The year 2017 marked the first year women comprised a majority of US
medical school matriculants. While more women are pursuing surgical training, within plastic …

Background: Gender disparities in academic plastic surgery are known; however, recently,
professional societies have endorsed a culture of gender diversification. This study aims to …

Background: Gender and racial disparity is prevalent in all surgical subspecialties with
women and racial groups historically underrepresented in academic plastic surgery. This …

Background Prior studies have shown that roadblocks exist for women to achieve higher
career levels in plastic surgery. The authors evaluate female representation as lecturers …

Background: Women now constitute 40.5 percent of integrated plastic surgery residents;
however, in 2007, women represented only 11.3 percent of the leadership positions in …

Background: In academia, women remain underrepresented. The authors' sought to
examine differences in faculty position and professional satisfaction among academic …

Background Women are underrepresented at higher levels of promotion or leadership
despite the increasing number of women physicians. In surgery, this has been compounded …

Background: Although the number of women becoming plastic surgeons has increased
during the past six decades, in comparison with the current gender parity in medical schools …

Background Female medical students outnumber males with increasing representation in
the workforce. However, women remain underrepresented in surgical leadership …