title: Diversity in vascular surgery.
abstract: A growing body of literature in vascular surgery demonstrates disparities in the type of health care that racial/ethnic minorities receive in the United States. Numerous recommendations, including those of the Institute of Medicine, have been set forth, which identify increasing the number of minority health professionals as a key strategy to eliminating health disparities. The purpose of this study is to compare the racial/ethnic distribution of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) membership, the SVS leadership, vascular surgery trainees, and medical students. The results demonstrate that the racial/ethnic distribution of the SVS membership reflects a considerable lack of diversity with a paucity of diversity among the SVS leadership. An increasing rate of racial/ethnic diversity among vascular surgery trainees may indicate that the SVS will see an improvement in diversity in the future.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Southern California and Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. karen.woo@surgery.usc.edu
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Emily A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kalata
authors.forename: Anil P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Hingorani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D032802:Committee Membership; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*