Support, mentor and empower: female cardiothoracic surgeons across Europe and the role of the society

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, Guys and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center University Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany.

Editorial

Alicja Zientara et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022.

. 2022 May 27;61(6):1400-1401.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac064.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, Guys and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center University Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gender bias; Mentorship; Training in cardiothoracic surgery; Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Women in thoracic surgery.

Comment on

The impact of gender bias in cardiothoracic surgery in Europe: a European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery survey.
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