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91 Gender Imbalance in Invited Speakers at a National Plastic Surgery Meeting Katherine B. Santosa, MD1, Bianca Vannucci, BA1, Jodi Lapidus, BA1, Katherine M. Gast, MD, MS2, Jennifer F. Waljee, MD, MPH, MS3, Susan E. Mackinnon, MD1, Alison Snyder-Warwick, MD1 Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA, 2University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, 3University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 1
PURPOSE: Participating in and attending scientific meetings within plastic and reconstructive surgery offers numerous benefits for practitioners at all levels. Not only are participants given the opportunity to learn about cuttingedge innovations, exchange new ideas with colleagues, and network with fellow surgeons, but meeting participation also affords recognition and respect for investigators’ work in the field. Studies suggest, however, that these opportunities are not made equally available for female researchers compared to their male counterparts. METHODS: We analyzed bibliometric data (h-index, m-value) and metrics of academic productivity (number of career publications, number of publications in 2015–2016, number of career peer-reviewed publications, number of first author publications, number of senior author publications) of male and female plastic surgeons who were invited speakers (moderators) at the 2017 Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC) meeting. Bibliometric data and metrics of academic productivity by speaker gender, the independent variable, were analyzed using an independent-samples t-test. RESULTS: In total, there were 46 invited speakers to the 2017 PSRC Annual Meeting. Of these, two were excluded in our analysis as they were not plastic surgeons. Of the 44 plastic surgeons invited to speak at the meeting, eight (18.2%) were female. There were no differences in h-index (17.7 ± 10.6 vs. 14.9 ± 5.0, p=0.47) or m-value (1.01 ± 0.55 vs. 0.91 ± 0.29, p=0.62) between male and female speakers.
Additionally, there were no differences in academic productivity metrics between the two genders (number of career publications: 72.8 ± 55.0 vs. 50.8 ± 23.3, p=0.28; number of publications in 2015–2016: 12.1 ± 10.2 vs. 8.8 ± 4.13, p=0.37; number of career peer-reviewed publications: 63.1 ± 47.2 vs. 41.5 ± 19.1, p=0.21; number of first author publications: 14.1 ± 11.5 vs. 12.9 ± 7.7, p=0.77; number of senior author publications: 23.2 ± 22.4 vs. 10.6 ± 5.4, p=0.13). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that in 2017, women were still not equitably represented in a major national academic plastic surgery meeting, representing only 18.2% of all invited speakers. Our preliminary analyses indicate that female plastic surgeons are as well accomplished as their male colleagues, with no differences in bibliometric data or other academic productivity metrics. Our specialty needs to critically assess etiologic factors for this discrepancy, including barriers to female speaker invitations, as well as potential biases present. Inclusion of deserving presenters, regardless of gender, is of obvious importance to the future of our innovative specialty. K.B. Santosa: None. B. Vannucci: None. J. Lapidus: None. K.M. Gast: None. J.F. Waljee: None. S.E. Mackinnon: None. A. Snyder-Warwick: None.
92 Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Alberta: A Canadian Perspective Jill P. Stone, MD, FRCSC1, Samuel Sarmiento, MD2, Jingyu Bu, BS1, Deepa Bhat, MD2, Claire Temple-Oberle, MD, MSc, FRCSC1 University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to assess the variations in immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) in the province of Alberta, Canada. More specifically, we sought to determine the rate of IBR and to understand the wait time differences that exist between urban and rural hospital settings and trends in reconstruction type. METHODS: A patient database was created using a provincial cancer registry database cross referenced with the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System and the
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Discharge Abstract Database. Appropriate mastectomy and breast reconstruction codes were identified using procedure codes outlined in the Canadian Classification of Health Interventions. Women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive carcinomas between the fiscal years 2005–2015 were included. Immediate breast reconstruction patients were then identified and patient demographic data, breast reconstruction details, and geographical information were obtained. Rural and urban populations were defined using Canada Statistical Guidelines for further analysis. RESULTS: In the ten-year time period examined, 9,373 breast cancer patients underwent mastectomy in Alberta. There were 1,568 (16.7%) patients with delayed reconstruction, 547 (5.8%) patients with immediate reconstruction and 7,258 (77.5%) patients without breast reconstruction. Compared to women not undergoing reconstruction, IBR patients were significantly younger (48.4 vs. 62.7, p
