Intersection of gender, race, and academic rank in anesthesiology

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Racial and gender disparities have been identified in all levels of medicine, including in recruitment, retention, and promotion processes.1 Nevertheless, the intersecting relations of gender and race in anesthesiology are less clear; these relations provide insight into how one’s self is socially constructed and situated among power structures, and how, in turn, society is structured by multiple interactions.2 Intersectionality can be employed as a theoretical framework to understand how intersecting power relations impact social relations across the spectrum of diverse societies.2 Intersectionality views social constructs as being interconnected and influential on each other, giving rise to advantages and disadvantages.2 Research to date has homogenized women’s experiences. Using data from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC), we sought to analyze anesthesiologists’ faculty rank representation by intersecting social constructs of gender and race. …