Trends in the Academic Neurosurgical Workforce: A Longitudinal Analysis of Gender and Racial/Ethnic Representation in the United States From 2012 to 2021
The study is the first in neurosurgical literature to examine trends in neurosurgery faculty composition by race and gender over the past 10 years. To see changes in the demographics in the future, intentional efforts at diversification of the neurosurgery pipeline are needed.
Authors
- K. Bryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8916-6551)
- Sonia V. Eden
- Owoicho Adogwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9403-2799)
- Nnenna Mbabuike
- Justin Garner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1292-8346)
- Dejauwne L. Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8985-7726)
- Canada T. Montgomery
- Tianwen Ma
- Edjah K. Nduom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9882-0899)
- Brandy Ndirangu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5323-001X)
- William W. Ashley
- Dana I. Allison
- Timi Akinwunmi-Williams
Institutions
- University of Vermont (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Semmes Murphey Foundation (US)
- Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center (US)
- LifeBridge Health (US)
- Morehouse School of Medicine (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003730
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00