Diversity in American Society of Transplant Surgeons Governance: Equitable but Unequal
| Autor: | Naoru Koizumi, Ben Hoste, Ankur P. Choubey, Terra Pearson, Anil Mishra, Jorge Ortiz, Brenna Bullock, Samar A. Khan, Alejandro Ortiz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Transplantation
medicine.medical_specialty White (horse) business.industry Corporate governance media_common.quotation_subject education Psychological intervention Champion Representation (politics) surgical procedures operative Underrepresented Minority Family medicine Workforce Medicine business Diversity (politics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation. 20(11) |
| ISSN: | 2146-8427 |
| Popis: | Objectives The diversity in the governance of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons has not been described. We aimed to quantify the present state of its leadership as a baseline to inform future research. Materials and methods Lists of leaders on the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Council, the COVID-19 Strike Force, and 20 different American Society of Transplant Surgeons committees were obtained from the Society's website. Demographic and training information for the members were compiled through internet searches and analyzed. Results The American Society of Transplant Surgeons Council included 15 members, with 20% women. It was 93.3% non-Hispanic White. The COVID-19 Strike Force included 12 surgeons, 16.7% of whom were female, with 75% non-Hispanic White. Of the 198 committee members, 23.7% were women, 68.7% were nonHispanic White, 16.6% were Asian, 8.1% were Hispanic, and 6.6% were Black. Among female committee members, underrepresented minorities comprised 23.6%. Committee chairs included 23% women, 23% underrepresented minorities, and 2.3% minority women. International medical graduates were more likely men (P = .02). Conclusions Representation of women in the American Society of Transplant Surgeons leadership has kept pace with their membership in the transplant surgery workforce. There is a deficiency of female under - represented minorities in leadership positions at the Society. Further interventions are required to recruit underrepresented minorities to transplant surgery, catalog their footprint in the workforce, and champion their role as leaders within the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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