Mikhail C S S Higgins1, Wei-Ting Hwang2, Chase Richard3, Christina H Chapman4, Angelique Laporte5, Stefan Both6, Charles R Thomas7, Curtiland Deville8. 1. Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 2. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 3. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 4. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 5. Department of Sterilization, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Jessup, Pennsylvania. 6. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. 7. Department of Radiation Medicine, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon. 8. Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, 401 North Broadway, Weinberg Suite 1440, Baltimore, MD 21231. Electronic address: cdeville@jhmi.edu.
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PURPOSE: To assess the United States interventional radiology (IR) academic physician workforce diversity and comparative specialties. METHODS: Public registries were used to assess demographic differences among 2012 IR faculty and fellows, diagnostic radiology (DR) faculty and residents, DR subspecialty fellows (pediatric, abdominal, neuroradiology, and musculoskeletal), vascular surgery and interventional cardiology trainees, and 2010 US medical school graduates and US Census using binomial tests with .001 significance level (Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons). Significant trends in IR physician representation were evaluated from 1992 to 2012. RESULTS: Women (15.4%), blacks (2.0%), and Hispanics (6.2%) were significantly underrepresented as IR fellows compared with the US population. Women were underrepresented as IR (7.3%) versus DR (27.8%) faculty and IR fellows (15.4%) versus medical school graduates (48.3%), DR residents (27.8%), pediatric radiology fellows (49.4%), and vascular surgery trainees (27.7%) (all P < .001). IR ranked last in female representation among radiologic subspecialty fellows. Blacks (1.8%, 2.1%, respectively, for IR faculty and fellows); Hispanics (1.8%, 6.2%); and combined American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (1.8%, 0) showed no significant differences in representation as IR fellows compared with IR faculty, DR residents, other DR fellows, or interventional cardiology or vascular surgery trainees. Over 20 years, there was no significant increase in female or black representation as IR fellows or faculty. CONCLUSIONS: Women, blacks, and Hispanics are underrepresented in the IR academic physician workforce relative to the US population. Given prevalent health care disparities and an increasingly diverse society, research and training efforts should address IR physician workforce diversity. Copyright Â
PURPOSE: To assess the United States interventional radiology (IR) academic physician workforce diversity and comparative specialties. METHODS: Public registries were used to assess demographic differences among 2012 IR faculty and fellows, diagnostic radiology (DR) faculty and residents, DR subspecialty fellows (pediatric, abdominal, neuroradiology, and musculoskeletal), vascular surgery and interventional cardiology trainees, and 2010 US medical school graduates and US Census using binomial tests with .001 significance level (Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons). Significant trends in IR physician representation were evaluated from 1992 to 2012. RESULTS:Women (15.4%), blacks (2.0%), and Hispanics (6.2%) were significantly underrepresented as IR fellows compared with the US population. Women were underrepresented as IR (7.3%) versus DR (27.8%) faculty and IR fellows (15.4%) versus medical school graduates (48.3%), DR residents (27.8%), pediatric radiology fellows (49.4%), and vascular surgery trainees (27.7%) (all P < .001). IR ranked last in female representation among radiologic subspecialty fellows. Blacks (1.8%, 2.1%, respectively, for IR faculty and fellows); Hispanics (1.8%, 6.2%); and combined American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (1.8%, 0) showed no significant differences in representation as IR fellows compared with IR faculty, DR residents, other DR fellows, or interventional cardiology or vascular surgery trainees. Over 20 years, there was no significant increase in female or black representation as IR fellows or faculty. CONCLUSIONS:Women, blacks, and Hispanics are underrepresented in the IR academic physician workforce relative to the US population. Given prevalent health care disparities and an increasingly diverse society, research and training efforts should address IR physician workforce diversity. Copyright Â
Authors: Amy R Deipolyi; Anton S Becker; Anne M Covey; Susan C Chimonas; Andrew B Rosenkrantz; Howard P Forman; William A Copen Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol Date: 2020-04-29 Impact factor: 6.582