女性在包括眼科在内的多个医学专业中代表性不足。减少差异对于眼科领域多元化观点和增加公平性至关重要，这两者最终都可以改善护理服务。我们对美国的眼科奖学金项目主任进行了调查，以调查各专业的性别差异。横断面研究方法：设置：学术医疗中心。眼科奖学金项目主任。回顾性横断面研究。对 2022 年现任奖学金主任分层时的描述性分析对美国 358 名奖学金董事进行了分析。百分之二十九的董事是女性。与男性同行相比，女性主任住院医师毕业的年数显着缩短（17 年 vs 24 年；p<0.001），但项目类型（p=0.896）和地点（p=0.104）没有观察到差异。按亚专业观察，女性主任代表性存在差异（p<0.001），其中女性所占比例最高的是儿科眼科（54%）、其他（肿瘤学和病理学）专科医师（50%）和医学视网膜科（40%）。女性主任比例最低的亚专科是眼整形和重建外科（13%）、视网膜和玻璃体外科（16%）。各个眼科亚专科​​学术领导职位中的女性代表性存在差异。解决这一差异可能会对医学边缘群体的职业发展和机会产生重大影响。版权所有 © 2023。由 Elsevier Inc. 出版。

Women are under-represented in several medical specialties, including Ophthalmology. Reducing disparities is critical in diversifying perspectives and increasing equity within Ophthalmology, both of which can ultimately improve care delivery. We examined ophthalmic fellowship programs directors in the United States to investigate gender disparities by subspecialty.Cross-sectional study METHODS: Setting: Academic medical center.Ophthalmology fellowship program directors.Retrospective cross-sectional study.Descriptive analysis of current fellowship directors in 2022 when stratified by subspecialty and demographic features.Analysis was conducted on 358 fellowship directors in the United States. Twenty-nine percent of directors were women. Female directors had significantly fewer years since residency graduation compared to male peers (17 vs 24; p<0.001), however no differences were observed by program type (p=0.896) and location (p=0.104). Differences in female director representation were observed by subspecialty (p<0.001), with the greatest percentage of women in Pediatric Ophthalmology (54%), Other (Oncology and Pathology) fellowships (50%), and Medical Retina (40%). The subspecialties with the lowest percentage of female directors were Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery (13%) Surgical Retina and Vitreous (16%).There are disparities in female representation in academic leadership positions across ophthalmic subspecialties. Addressing this difference may have critical impacts on career advancement and opportunities available for marginalized groups in medicine.Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.