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ArticleJournal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base2025

Mind the Gap: The Journey of Skull Base Specialties Toward Gender Parity.

Shrey Patel, Emily Gall, Jacob Kosarchuk, Elizabeth H Toh, Christian Soneru, Kathryn Noonan

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Article in Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shrey PatelTufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Emily GallDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Jacob KosarchukDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Elizabeth H TohDivision of Otolaryngology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.
Christian SoneruDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Kathryn NoonanDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Abstract

Background: There are increased efforts to promote gender diversity in skull base specialties. Aims/Objectives: This study seeks to evaluate changes within neurotology, rhinology, and skull base neurosurgery (SBNS) over the past decade. Methods: Information regarding fellows training in the past 10 years, current faculty members and fellowship directors, and grants and awards were extracted from the American Neurotology Society, American Rhinologic Society, and North American Skull Base Society Web sites, tabulated, and summarized. Chi-square analysis compared the proportional makeup of female fellows within related fields. Results: In the past decade in neurotology, men constituted 89 of 128 (69.53%) fellows, 132 of 170 (77.64%) faculty members, and 25 of 29 (86.2%) fellowship directors. Within rhinology, men constituted 211 of 279 (75.63%) fellows, 113 of 141 (80.14%) faculty members, and 32 of 35 (91.4%) fellowship directors. In SBNS programs, men constituted 94 of 105 (90%) fellows, 120 of 133 (90%) faculty members, and 43 of 44 (97.73%) fellowship directors. In neurotology fellowships, the proportion of women increased (12%, Conclusion: The representation of women is consistent across all three skull base specialties. Although the overall number of women in each field is increasing, it changes slowly. Significance: The gender makeup across all three skull base specialties is similar.

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genderneurosurgeryneurotologyskull base

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PMID41140419
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