Gender Differences in Faculty Rank Among Academic Emergency Physicians in the United States

• DOI: 10.1111/acem.13685
• Publication Date: 2019-01-13T09:48:56Z
• Authors: Christopher L. Be...; Ali S. Raja; Neena Kapoor; Dara Kass; Daniel M. Blumenthal; Nate Gross; Angela M. Mills
• Keywords: Women Physicians; Rank (graph theory)

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to complete a comprehensive analysis gender differences in faculty rank among U.S. emergency physicians that reflected all academic physicians. Methods We assembled list medicine ( EM ) with medical school appointments from Doximity.com linked detailed information on physician gender, age, years since residency completion, scientific authorship, National Institutes Health NIH research funding, and participation clinical trials. To estimate rank, multivariable logistic regression models were used adjusted for these factors. Results Our included 3,600 (28%, or 1,016, female). Female younger than their male colleagues (mean [± SD ] age 43.8 [±8.7] females 47.4 [±9.9] males [p < 0.001]), had fewer completion (12.4 vs. 15.6 years, p 0.001), total first/last author publications (4.7 8.6 publications, 0.001; 4.3 7.1 first last less likely be principal investigators grants (1.2% 2.9%, = 0.002) trials (1.8% 4.4%, 0.001). In unadjusted analysis, more female hold the associate full professor versus assistant (13.7 percentage point difference, relationship persisted after adjustment (5.5 Conclusions are compared even other factors may influence rank.