• Ramin Hamidizadeh, Sabeena Jalal, Bharadwaj Pindiprolu, Muhammad Hamza Tiwana, Katarzyna J Macura, Sadia R Qamar, Savvas Nicolaou, and Faisal Khosa.
• 1 Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 317-2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
• AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Oct 1; 211 (4): 831-838.

ObjectiveThe objective of our study was to outline the gender distribution in leadership positions in the North American radiology societies.Materials And MethodsA review of North American radiology societies was conducted to identify committee members and those holding leadership positions. The Scopus database was queried for research productivity metrics of these individuals. Gender, university affiliation, and academic rank were identified from departmental websites. The chi-square test was used to assess for differences in gender distribution, and nonparametric analyses were applied to determine gender differences in continuous variables.ResultsOf 2826 radiology society committee members, men outnumbered women 67.4% (n = 1906) to 32.6% (n = 920). There were 696 society leadership positions, of which men held 501 (72.0%) and women held 195 (28.0%) (p < 0.003). Additionally, 26.3% of all men held leadership positions compared with 21.2% of all women (p = 0.0032). Overall, men had a higher median h-index (14 [range, 0-113] vs 11 [range, 0-73]), number of publications (52 [range, 2-1264] vs 35 [range, 2-428]), and number of citations (880 [range, 0-54,813] vs 483.5 [range, 0-17,332]) than women (p < 0.001). Across university academic ranks of assistant and associate professor, research productivity metrics were similar between genders, but interestingly, female representation decreased with increasing academic rank. A higher proportion of men held a university rank of professor than women (39.5% vs 33.4%; p = 0.0017) with parity at the levels of assistant and associate professors.ConclusionGender disparity exists in the leadership positions in North American radiology societies. We have attempted to study the relationship between gender, academic rank, and h-index with leadership roles in these societies.

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