Gender Diversity of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research Annual Meetings from 2013 to 2022

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  • Morimoto Tadatsugu
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
  • Kobayashi Takaomi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
  • Yamauchi Kazuyo
    Department of Community-Oriented Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
  • Nagamine Satomi
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
  • Sekiguchi Miho
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University
  • Otani Koji
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University
  • Fukuda Miyuki
    Shin-Aikai Spine Center, Katano Hospital
  • Tsukamoto Masatsugu
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
  • Yoshihara Tomohito
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
  • Hirata Hirohito
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
  • Toda Yu
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
  • Tanaka Shiori
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
  • Mawatari Masaaki
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University

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<p>Introduction: There are no reports that have examined the annual trends of the percentage of women who are members of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research (JSSR) or their roles at annual meetings. Furthermore, the status of gender diversity in the JSSR remains unclear. This study aims to identify gender diversity in the JSSR by quantifying the role of women at annual meetings over the past decade.</p><p>Methods: We performed a retrospective review to explore gender role in the JSSR annual meeting by examining the meeting programs for 2013-2022. The gender ratios were surveyed each year for the following: (1) first authors of general application abstracts (oral and poster), (2) meeting guest speakers, (3) meeting moderators, and (4) program editors of the abstracts. We also investigated the availability of gender equality symposiums.</p><p>Results: The percentage of women applying (1.1%-2.1%) and those who were invited as participants [guest speaker (0%-0.9%), moderator (0%-5.8%), and program editor (0%-0.6%) ] at the annual JSSR meetings was low, with no significant increase over the past decade. In addition, there has never been a symposium promoting gender equality at the annual JSSR meeting.</p><p>Conclusions: Our findings suggest that a strong and active role for institutional leaders and senior members to support the scholarly activities of women spine surgeons is important for adopting gender diversity in the JSSR academia. The absence of gender equality symposiums and the few invited women participants at the JSSR annual meeting may be due to a lack of gender diversity awareness among conference organizers or unconscious gender bias. Monitoring the role of women in the JSSR annual meetings may solve the gender diversity problem.</p>

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