Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
World Neurosurg. 2022 Aug;164:270-275. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.05.025. Epub 2022 May 13.
Traditionally, neurosurgery constitutes one of the most male-dominated scientific fields owing to several factors, including social stereotypes, nonequal opportunities for higher education, and historical circumstances. Currently, with the increasing number of women in neurosurgery all over the world, this stereotype seems to be slowly but steadily disappearing. Since 1989, Women in Neurosurgery has played a vital role in introducing and promoting talented women in neurosurgery and highlighting contributions of women to academic society and medical leadership worldwide. In Greece, although the majority of men neurosurgeons accept the idea of women entering their field, the role of women seems to remain minor, especially in academic neurosurgery. In this article, we present a brief history of Greek neurosurgery, with an emphasis on the first women neurosurgeons and their contribution to neurosurgery in Greece. We have outlined the role of Greek women neurosurgeons in neurosurgical leadership through their active involvement in the administration of national and international neurosurgical societies. Furthermore, we have attempted to explore the underrepresentation of women in the Greek academic neurosurgical community and to determine whether it is associated with lurking gender discrimination or deep-rooted social prejudice.
传统上,神经外科由于多种因素,包括社会刻板印象、高等教育机会不平等以及历史环境,构成了男性主导最为明显的科学领域之一。目前,随着世界各地神经外科女性人数的增加,这种刻板印象似乎正在缓慢但稳步地消失。自 1989 年以来,《神经外科中的女性》在介绍和促进神经外科领域的有才华的女性方面发挥了重要作用,并强调了女性对全球学术团体和医学领导的贡献。在希腊,尽管大多数男性神经外科医生接受女性进入他们领域的想法,但女性的角色似乎仍然较小,尤其是在学术神经外科领域。在本文中,我们简要介绍了希腊神经外科的历史,重点介绍了第一批女性神经外科医生及其对希腊神经外科的贡献。我们通过希腊女性神经外科医生在国家和国际神经外科学会管理中的积极参与,概述了她们在神经外科学术领导中的作用。此外,我们试图探讨希腊学术神经外科学术界中女性代表性不足的问题,并确定这是否与潜在的性别歧视或根深蒂固的社会偏见有关。