title: Men (and Women) in Academic Radiology: How Can We Reduce the Gender Discrepancy?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is a chronic gender imbalance in academic radiology departments, which could limit our field's ability to foster creative, productive, and innovative environments. We recently reviewed 51 major academic radiology faculty rosters and discovered that 34% of academic radiologists are women, but only 25% of vice chairs and section chiefs and 9% of department chairs are women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Active intervention is needed to correct this imbalance, which should start with awareness of the issue, exposing medical students to radiology early in their training, and implementing better mentorship programs for female radiologists.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: Lars J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.|3 Present address: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Etta D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pisano
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: Sora
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoon
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002322:Career Mobility; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011871:Radiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: academic radiology; female radiologists; gender; medical student training; mentorship