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ArticleJACC. Advances2025

Persistent Imbalance: Women's Representation in North American Pediatric Cardiology Leadership Roles.

Alaina K Kipps, Audrey C Marshall, Neha Bansal, Holly Bauser-Heaton, Nadine Choueiter, Devyani Chowdhury, Aarti Dalal, Molly Ehrlich, Lindsay R Freud, Supriya S Jain and 11 more

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Alaina K KippsDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Stanford School of Medicine and Stanford Children's Health Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California, USA. Electronic address: akipps@stanford.edu.
Audrey C MarshallDepartment of Paediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Neha BansalDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Holly Bauser-HeatonDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Nadine ChoueiterDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Devyani ChowdhuryDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Nemours Cardiac Center, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Aarti DalalDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Molly EhrlichCongenital Heart Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Lindsay R FreudDepartment of Paediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Supriya S JainDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, New York Medical College, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester, New York, New York, USA.
Pei-Ni JoneDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Kristin LarajaDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Dalia Lopez-ColonCongenital Heart Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Sonal T OwensDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Christina RonaiDepartment of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ritu SachdevaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Corey StiverDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Nicole SuttonDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Terrie VasilopoulosDepartments of Anesthesiology and Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Jennifer Co-VuCongenital Heart Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
American College of Cardiology Women in Cardiology-Adult Congenital Pediatric Cardiology Working Group

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Abstract

backgroundDespite recent gender parity of physicians entering pediatric cardiology, representation of women leaders lags their male colleagues.

objectivesWe sought to better understand the variation in women in leadership roles in pediatric cardiology.

methodsThe gender of physicians in 16 prespecified leadership positions was collected by survey between July 2022 and January 2023 from pediatric cardiology programs with >5 cardiologists in North America. We analyzed the association of women leaders with center size (based on surgical volume), geographic region, presence of categorical fellowship program, and gender of division chief and department chair.

resultsAcross 99 centers, a median of 13 (Q1-Q3: 10-15) roles/center were identified. Women held 36.8% of all leadership roles and 35.1% of cardiology-specific roles. Only 13% of pediatric cardiology chiefs were women. Their programs had more women in subsection leadership roles than male-led centers (47% vs 36%, P = 0.028). A minority of leadership posts were shared among 2 physicians, yet more women than men shared their roles (5.4% women vs 2.5% men, P = 0.010). More men than women have dual leadership positions (15.1% men vs 9.9% women, P = 0.012). We found no association of center size, geographic region, presence of fellowship program, or gender of department chair with percent women leadership.

conclusionsWomen hold fewer leadership positions across most subsections of pediatric cardiology programs, with more equitable distribution at centers led by women division chiefs. Women are more likely to share a leadership position with another cardiologist and less likely than men to hold more than 1 leadership post concurrently.

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PMCPMC12418463

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