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Monica S Trent1, Madelyn Frank1, Leo L T Meller2
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, USA.
Background:
There is lower female representation within academic medicine. We aimed to investigate female authorship (FA) and female-held chair or program director (PD) positions within head and neck oncology (HNO).
Methods:
Articles authored by females about microvascular and reconstructive surgery (MRS) and transoral robotic surgery (TORS) were identified. A sub-analysis was performed by investigating the gender of HNO fellows, PDs, and chairpersons. These were collected, and FA reported.
Results:
There were 1227 publications, 656 on MRS and 567 on TORS. Females authored 299 (24%) publications, 139 (23%) about MRS and 160 (30%) about TORS. There was no significant increase in FA or fellowship trends over time (p > 0.05). In our sub-analysis, we identified four HNO chairwomen (3%), and eight (6%) female HNO PDs. HNO chairwomen authored an average of 97 publications, PDs authored 37.
Conclusion:
FA in MRS and TORS remained stable between 2001 and 2022. Although few HNO females hold program chair or PD positions they perform quality research and serve as senior authors on a large proportion of publications.
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