Gender Disparity in Academic Trauma Surgery: The Current State of Affairs.

Introduction: Despite the increasing number of female surgeons in general surgery programs, women are still inadequately represented in leadership positions. This study aims to investigate the magnitude of gender bias in university-based trauma surgery fellowship programs and leadership positions in the United States of America.

Material And Methods: FRIEDA was used to identify trauma surgery programs.

Are doctors protected enough during COVID-19 in South Asia?

Background: The highly contagious nature of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) places physicians in South Asia at high risk of contracting the infection. Accordingly, we conducted this study to provide an updated account of physician deaths in South Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyze and compare the different characteristics associated with physician mortality amongst the countries of the region.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study by using published news reports on the websites of news agencies from 9 selected countries in South Asia.