Women in Cardiac Surgery: Closing the Equity Gap

HomeCirculationVol. 148, No. 17Women in Cardiac Surgery: Closing the Equity Gap No AccessArticle CommentaryRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessArticle CommentaryRequest AccessFull TextWomen in Cardiac Surgery: Closing the Equity Gap Bobby Yanagawa, Marina Ibrahim and Jennifer Lawton Bobby YanagawaBobby Yanagawa Correspondence to: Bobby Yanagawa, MD, PhD, Division Head, Division of Cardiac Surgery, St Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, 8th Floor, Bond Wing, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6959-5334 Division of Cardiac Surgery, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (B.Y.). Search for more papers by this author , Marina IbrahimMarina Ibrahim Division of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Canada (M.I.). Search for more papers by this author and Jennifer LawtonJennifer Lawton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0825-6591 Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (J.L.). Search for more papers by this author Originally published23 Oct 2023https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.063656Circulation. 2023;148:1292–1294FootnotesFor Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page 1294.The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.Circulation is available at www.ahajournals.org/journal/circCorrespondence to: Bobby Yanagawa, MD, PhD, Division Head, Division of Cardiac Surgery, St Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, 8th Floor, Bond Wing, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada. Email bobby.yanagawa@unityhealth.toREFERENCES1. Servito M, Ouzounian M, Chung J, Yanagawa B. Trends in female cardiac surgery trainees and staff in Canada: 1998 to 2020.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022; 163:e203–e206. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.06.025CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Yanagawa B, Servito M, Osler FG, Hill S, Fedoruk L, Hasan A, Ouzounian M, Legare J-F, Higgins J, Arora RC. Declaration of values, vision and approaches from the Canadian Society for Cardiac Surgery taskforce on equity, diversity, and integration.Can J Cardiol. 2022; 38:828–831. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.02.001CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Ferrari L, Mari V, De Santi G, Parini S, Capelli G, Tacconi G, Chessa A, Verdi D, Frigerio I, Spolverato G, et al. Early barriers to career progression of women in surgery and solutions to improve them: a systematic scoping review.Ann Surg. 2022; 276:246–255. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005510CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Sarsons H. Interpreting signals in the labor market: evidence from medical referrals.Published November 28, 2017. https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/sarsons/files/sarsons_jmp.pdf. Accessed May 25, 2023.Google Scholar5. Steffler M, Chami N, Hill S, Beck G, Cooper SC, Dinniwell R, Newbery S, Simkin S, Chang-Kit B, Wright JG, et al. Disparities in physician compensation by gender in Ontario, Canada.JAMA Netw Open. 2021; 4:e2126107. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.26107CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar eLetters(0)eLetters should relate to an article recently published in the journal and are not a forum for providing unpublished data. Comments are reviewed for appropriate use of tone and language. Comments are not peer-reviewed. Acceptable comments are posted to the journal website only. Comments are not published in an issue and are not indexed in PubMed. Comments should be no longer than 500 words and will only be posted online. References are limited to 10. Authors of the article cited in the comment will be invited to reply, as appropriate.Comments and feedback on AHA/ASA Scientific Statements and Guidelines should be directed to the AHA/ASA Manuscript Oversight Committee via its Correspondence page.Sign In to Submit a Response to This Article Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails October 24, 2023Vol 148, Issue 17 Advertisement Article InformationMetrics © 2023 American Heart Association, Inc.https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.063656PMID: 37871238 Originally publishedOctober 23, 2023 Keywordshealth equitysocial mediathoracic surgeryPDF download Advertisement SubjectsHealth Equity