Association for Academic Surgery presidential address: sticky floors and glass ceilings

J Surg Res. 2017 Nov:219:ix-xviii. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2017.09.006.

Abstract

This 2017 Presidential Address for the Association for Academic Surgery was delivered on February 8, 2017. It addresses the difficult topic of gender disparities in surgery. Mixing empirical data with personal anecdotes, Dr. Caprice Greenberg provides an insightful overview of this difficult challenge facing the surgical discipline and practical advice on how we can begin to address it.

Keywords: Academics; Gender Disparity; Gender Equity; Surgery.

Publication types

  • Address

MeSH terms

  • Career Mobility*
  • Faculty, Medical / ethics
  • Faculty, Medical / organization & administration
  • Faculty, Medical / psychology
  • Faculty, Medical / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Gender Identity
  • Humans
  • Leadership
  • Male
  • Physician's Role
  • Physicians, Women* / ethics
  • Physicians, Women* / organization & administration
  • Physicians, Women* / psychology
  • Physicians, Women* / statistics & numerical data
  • Salaries and Fringe Benefits / statistics & numerical data
  • Sexism* / ethics
  • Sexism* / prevention & control
  • Sexism* / psychology
  • Sexism* / statistics & numerical data
  • Societies, Medical / ethics
  • Societies, Medical / organization & administration
  • Societies, Medical / statistics & numerical data
  • Specialties, Surgical* / ethics
  • Specialties, Surgical* / organization & administration
  • Specialties, Surgical* / statistics & numerical data
  • Surgeons* / ethics
  • Surgeons* / organization & administration
  • Surgeons* / psychology
  • Surgeons* / statistics & numerical data
  • United States
  • Women's Rights / ethics
  • Women's Rights / organization & administration
  • Women's Rights / statistics & numerical data