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- The study highlights ongoing ethnic, racial, and sex disparities in academic plastic surgery, with a notable overrepresentation of White individuals and male surgeons in leadership and research roles.
- It employed demographic analysis of major plastic surgery societies and journals to evaluate diversity, using statistical tests for accuracy.
- The findings emphasize the need for systemic changes to enhance diversity and support for women and underrepresented minorities in the field.
Article Abstract
Unlabelled: Ethnic, racial, and sex disparities continue to persist in medicine despite efforts to diversify the profession. In competitive surgical specialties such as plastic surgery, those disparities are particularly pronounced. This study aims to evaluate racial, ethnic, and sex diversity in academic plastic surgery.
Methods: We compiled a list of major plastic surgery professional societies, plastic surgery journal editorial boards, and plastic surgery accreditation boards to evaluate ethnic and sex diversity in society, research, and accreditation domains, respectively. Demographic data were collected and analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test and the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Results: White individuals are significantly overrepresented across the professional and research domains, and Asian individuals are overrepresented in the professional domain when compared to non-white races. White individuals make up a total of 74% of the society domain, 67% of the research domain, and 86% of the accreditation domain when compared to all non-white surgeons. Male surgeons made up 79% of the society domain, 83% of the research domain, and 77% of the accreditation domain when compared to all non-male surgeons.
Conclusions: Ethnic, racial, and sex disparities persist in academic plastic surgery. This study, which looked at societies, editorial boards, and accreditation boards, demonstrated a persistent ethnic, racial, and sex homogeneity among leadership. Changes are required to continue to diversify the field and provide women and underrepresented minorities the tools needed to succeed.
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