Gender Inequity in Institutional Leadership Roles in US Academic Medical Centers
This systematic scoping review suggests that even though emphasis has been placed on addressing gender inequities in academic medicine, considerable disparities remain at the leadership level. While certain positions and specialties have been observed to have more female leaders, niches of academic medicine almost or completely exclude women from their leadership ranks. Importantly, even female-dominated specialties, such as obstetrics and gynecology, have substantial inequity in leadership roles. It is past time for organizational and systems-level changes to ensure equitable gender representation in academic leadership.
Authors
- Kara A. Lindsay
- Kelby Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9572-0654)
- Alyssa Mercadel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6147-1290)
- Barbara M. Sorondo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9930-6936)
- Asha Pillai
- Morgan S. Levy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2022-8451)
- Rahul Desai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8928-1133)
- Vikasni Mohan
- Eileen Malecki
- Marilyn Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3689-9749)
Institutions
- University of Kentucky (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Regeneron (United States) (US)
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-04-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.2829
- Citations
- 12
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 46.41