title: Women Urologists: Changing Trends in the Workforce.
abstract: To characterize the current workforce of women urologists in the United States.
  
  
  
  An anonymous electronic survey was sent to all members of the Society of Women in Urology and all female non-Society of Women in Urology members of the American Urologic Association. The survey was distributed in January of 2015. Demographic, work, and personal life data were collected.
  
  
  
  Of 1563 e-mails with a link to our survey sent to women urologists in the United States, 365 surveys were completed for a 23% response rate. The average age of all participants was 39 years (range 25-73 years). Practicing women urologists had an average age of 44 years (range 32-65 years) compared to the average age (53 years) of all practicing urologists reported in the 2014 American Urologic Association Census. The majority of practicing female urologists live and work in a population of >1 million whereas a few live and work in rural areas. Practicing women urologists are most likely to work academic or group practice. Twenty percent of practicing women urologists reported working part-time, but almost 70% report working >50 hours/week.
  
  
  
  Women urologists in the United States are younger than their male counterparts and most work full-time in urban academic centers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA. Electronic address: afsaltzman@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saltzman
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
authors.forename: Kristi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hebert
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richman
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prats
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Togami
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rickey
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA; University of Queensland, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montgomery
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D057566:Self Report; D014481:United States; D014572:Urology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D000078329:Workforce