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. 2025 Apr;31(2):241-245.
doi: 10.1177/15910199231164838. Epub 2023 Mar 27.

Diversity among endovascular neurointerventionalists in Canada results of a national survey 2022

Ze'ev Itsekzon-Hayosh  1 , Ronit Agid  2
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Diversity among endovascular neurointerventionalists in Canada results of a national survey 2022

Ze'ev Itsekzon-Hayosh et al. Interv Neuroradiol. 2025 Apr.

Abstract

AimNeurointervention (NIR) is a relatively new developing filed of medicine. Diversity and inclusion in various medical fields has made a significant progress. However, many surgical and interventional fields are still lagging in this respect. The aim of this study was to evaluate the degree of diversity and inclusion amongst neurointerventionalists in Canada.Materials and methodsA survey was completed in June 2022 by each neurointerventional division in Canada. The survey included questions regarding demographics, inclusivity, diversity, social and personal parameters. The collected data was analysed using semi-quantitative analysis.ResultsAs of 2022, 85 physicians were actively practicing NIR in Canada. 52% were neuroradiologists, 38% neurosurgeons and 9% neurologists. 41% were immigrants to Canada (from 19 countries), for 35% English or French were not first language, 35% were visible minority. Women comprised only 21% of the practitioners, with comparable proportion of women in leadership positions. Most practitioners were in the 30-49 age group. 2.4% practitioners identified as LGBTQ. There was no gender difference in terms of life to work balance, with majority of practitioners being engaged in long term relationships and having children.ConclusionsOur study shows encouraging results in terms of diversity and inclusion amongst Canadian neurointerventionalists regarding the representation of various specialty backgrounds, immigrants, and visible minorities. NIR centers are distributed according to population density and better coverage is needed in smaller communities and remote/isolated areas. Both women and men Canadian neurointerventionalists seem to have a favourable life-work balance. Gaps still exist regarding inclusion of first nations and women which are under-represented among Canadian Neurointerventionalists. Women however are proportionally serving in leadership positions.

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion; Neurointerventionalists.

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Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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