A Call to Action: Black/African American Women Surgeon Scientists, Where are They?

被引：64

作者：

Berry, Cherisse ^{[1
]}

Khabele, Dineo ^{[2
]}

Johnson-Mann, Crystal ^{[3
]}

Henry-Tillman, Ronda ^{[4
]}

Joseph, Kathie-Ann ^{[1
]}

Turner, Patricia ^{[5
]}

Pugh, Carla ^{[6
]}

Fayanju, Oluwadamilola M. ^{[7
]}

Backhus, Leah ^{[6
]}

Sweeting, Raeshell ^{[8
]}

Newman, Erika A. ^{[9
]}

Oseni, Tawakalitu ^{[10
]}

Hasson, Rian M. ^{[11
]}

White, Cassandra ^{[12
]}

Cobb, Adrienne ^{[13
]}

Johnston, Fabian M. ^{[14
]}

Stallion, Anthony ^{[15
]}

Karpeh, Martin ^{[16
]}

Nwariaku, Fiemu ^{[17
]}

Rodriguez, Luz Maria ^{[18
]}

Jordan, Andrea Hayes ^{[19
]}

机构：

[1] NYU, Dept Surg, Sch Med, New York, NY 10016 USA

[2] Univ Kansas, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Sch Med, Kansas City, KS USA

[3] Univ Florida, Coll Med, Dept Surg, Gainesville, FL USA

[4] Univ Arkansas Med Sci, Dept Surg, Little Rock, AR 72205 USA

[5] Amer Coll Surg, Chicago, IL USA

[6] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Cardiothorac Surg, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[7] Duke Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Durham, NC USA

[8] Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Surg, Sch Med, Nashville, TN 37240 USA

[9] Univ Michigan, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Ann Arbor, MI USA

[10] Harvard Med Sch, MGH Dept Surg, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[11] Dartmouth Coll, Dept Surg, Geisel Sch Med, Hanover, NH 03755 USA

[12] Med Coll Georgia, Dept Surg, Augusta, GA 30912 USA

[13] Loyola Univ, Dept Surg, Stritch Sch Med, Chicago, IL 60611 USA

[14] Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA

[15] Oakland Univ, Dept Surg, William Beaumont Sch Med, Rochester, MI 48063 USA

[16] Hackensack Meridian Sch Med, Dept Surg, Nutley, NJ USA

[17] Univ Texas Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas, Dept Surg, Dallas, TX USA

[18] NCI, Gastrointestinal & Other Canc Res Grp, Rockville, MD USA

[19] Univ N Carolina, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA

来源：

ANNALS OF SURGERY | 2020年 / 272卷 / 01期

关键词：

academic surgery; African American women; black women; disparity; diversity; NIH funding; surgeon scientists; ACADEMIC MEDICINE; GENDER; REPRESENTATION; PROMOTION; DIVERSITY; FACULTY; BIAS; NIH;

D O I：

10.1097/SLA.0000000000003786

中图分类号：

R61 [外科手术学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Objective: To determine the representation of Black/AA women surgeons in academic medicine among U.S. medical school faculty and to assess the number of NIH grants awarded to Black/AA women surgeon-scientists over the past 2 decades. Summary of Background Data: Despite increasing ethnic/racial and sex diversity in U.S. medical schools and residencies, Black/AA women have historically been underrepresented in academic surgery. Methods: A retrospective review of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017 Faculty Roster was performed and the number of grants awarded to surgeons from the NIH (1998-2017) was obtained. Data from the Association of American Medical Colleges included the total number of medical school surgery faculty, academic rank, tenure status, and department Chair roles. Descriptive statistics were performed. Results: Of the 15,671 U.S. medical school surgical faculty, 123 (0.79%) were Black/AA women surgeons with only 11 (0.54%) being tenured faculty. When stratified by academic rank, 15 (12%) Black/AA women surgeons were instructors, 73 (59%) were assistant professors, 19 (15%) were associate professors, and 10 (8%) were full professors of surgery. Of the 372 U.S. department Chairs of surgery, none were Black/AA women. Of the 9139 NIH grants awarded to academic surgeons from 1998 and 2017, 31 (0.34%) grants were awarded to fewer than 12 Black/AA women surgeons. Conclusion: A significant disparity in the number of Black/AA women in academic surgery exists with few attaining promotion to the rank of professor with tenure and none ascending to the role of department Chair of surgery. Identifying and removing structural barriers to promotion, NIH grant funding, and academic advancement of Black/AA women as leaders and surgeon-scientists is needed.

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