• Marcelina G Perez, Magali Fassiotto, Jonathan Altamirano, Gloria L Hwang, Yvonne Maldonado, Shellie Josephs, Daniel Y Sze, and Nishita Kothary.
• Department of General Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, H3630, Stanford, CA 94305.
• J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2019 Apr 1; 30 (4): 579-583.

PurposeTo investigate the current state of gender diversity among invited coordinators at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting and to compare the academic productivity of female interventional radiologists to that of invited male coordinators.Materials And MethodsFaculty rosters for the SIR Annual Scientific Meetings from 2015 to 2017 were stratified by gender to quantify female representation among those asked to lead and coordinate podium sessions. To quantify academic productivity and merit, H-index, publications, and authorship by females over a 6-year period (2012-2017) were statistically compared to that of recurring male faculty.ResultsFrom 2015 to 2017, women held 7.1% (9/126), 4.3%, (8/188), and 13.7% (27/197) of the available coordinator positions for podium sessions, with no representation at the plenary sessions, and subject matter expertise was concentrated in economics and education. Academic productivity of the top quartile of published female interventional radiologists was statistically similar to that of the invited male faculty (H-index P = .722; total publications P = .689; and authorship P = .662).ConclusionsThis study found that senior men dominate the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting, with few women leading or coordinating the podium sessions, despite their established academic track record.Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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