Hamilton Barbara C S, Nguyen Dang, Grondin Sean C, Sadaba J Rafael, Myers Patrick O, Young Carolyn M, Calhoon John H, Moon Marc R, Colson Yolonda L, Keshavjee Shaf, Nguyen Tom C
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Apr;115(4):1052-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.07.032. Epub 2022 Aug 5.
Prior efforts to capture the cardiothoracic surgery community rely on survey data with potentially biased or low response rates. Our goal is to better understand our community by assessing the membership directories from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), and Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS).
Membership data were obtained from membership directories. Data for STS and EACTS were supplemented by the associations from their internal databases. The inclusion criterion was active membership; trainees and wholly incomplete profiles were excluded.
A total of 12 053 membership profiles were included (STS, 6365; EACTS, 3661; AATS, 1495; ASCVTS, 532). Membership is 7% female overall (EACTS, 9%; STS, 6%; AATS, 5%; ASCVTS, 3%), with a median age of 57 years (STS, 60 years; EACTS, 52 years). All societies had a broad scope of practice including members who practiced both adult cardiac and thoracic (20% overall), but most members practiced adult cardiac (31% overall; ASCVTS, 48%; AATS, 36%; EACTS, 30%; STS, 28%) and were in the late stage of their careers.
We present the makeup of our 4 major societies. We are global with a diversity of careers but concerning factors that require immediate attention. The future of our specialty depends on our ability to evolve, to promote the specialty, to attract trainees, and to include and promote female surgeons. It is crucial that we wake up to these issues, change the narrative, and create action on both individual and leadership levels.
此前为了解心胸外科领域所做的努力依赖于调查数据，而这些数据可能存在偏差或回复率较低的问题。我们的目标是通过评估胸外科医师协会（STS）、美国胸外科协会（AATS）、欧洲心胸外科学会（EACTS）和亚洲心血管和胸外科学会（ASCVTS）的会员名录，更好地了解这个领域。
从会员名录中获取会员数据。STS和EACTS的数据由协会从其内部数据库中补充。纳入标准是活跃会员；实习生和信息完全不完整的档案被排除。
共纳入12053份会员档案（STS，6365份；EACTS，3661份；AATS，1495份；ASCVTS，532份）。总体而言，女性会员占7%（EACTS，9%；STS，6%；AATS，5%；ASCVTS，3%），中位年龄为57岁（STS，60岁；EACTS，52岁）。所有学会的业务范围都很广泛，包括从事成人心脏和胸科手术的成员（总体占20%），但大多数成员从事成人心脏手术（总体占31%；ASCVTS，48%；AATS，36%；EACTS，30%；STS，28%），且处于职业生涯后期。
我们展示了四大主要学会的构成情况。我们是全球性的，职业多样，但也存在一些需要立即关注的问题。我们这个专业的未来取决于我们发展、推广该专业、吸引实习生以及接纳和推广女外科医生的能力。我们必须认识到这些问题，改变现状，并在个人和领导层采取行动，这至关重要。
