Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards Associated with Ophthalmology
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PURPOSE: Enhancing diversity on boards has been linked to greater profitability and innovation. Unfortunately, there remains an underrepresentation of women in executive management and leadership positions in the ophthalmic corporate world. The purpose of these analyses was to examine the gender composition of directors for boards associated with the discipline of ophthalmology.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional research design.
METHODS: Using contemporary data, we examined a specific cohort, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Foundation Ophthalmic Business Council corporate members as reported in the annual 2019 meeting program (N = 23). The board composition was analyzed using an online search of publicly available information in January and February 2020. The specific outcome measures included the number and percentage of women board members and their roles.
RESULTS: There were a total of 23 Ophthalmic Business Council members with publicly available data; 37 of 195 total directorship seats (19%) were held by women, and 9 of 23 companies (39%) listed women as previous or current chairs of committees or outside corporations. Four of the 23 (17%) members of the Ophthalmic Business Council corporations had no women directors.
CONCLUSIONS: The boards of directors of the AAO Foundation Ophthalmic Business Council corporate members remain predominately male. Despite the increasing number of women entering the specialty, women remain underrepresented in the corporate world of ophthalmology. Gender parity on boards is essential for the economic well-being of ophthalmic corporations as well as the relationship of the Ophthalmic Business Council with AAO members, health care systems, insurance carriers, government officials, and the public.
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2022 |
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2022 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:239 |
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American journal of ophthalmology - 239(2022) vom: 01. Juli, Seite 154-158 |
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Englisch |
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Date Completed 20.06.2022 Date Revised 07.07.2022 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1016/j.ajo.2022.03.011 |
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| 520 | |a PURPOSE: Enhancing diversity on boards has been linked to greater profitability and innovation. Unfortunately, there remains an underrepresentation of women in executive management and leadership positions in the ophthalmic corporate world. The purpose of these analyses was to examine the gender composition of directors for boards associated with the discipline of ophthalmology | ||
| 520 | |a DESIGN: Cross-sectional research design | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: Using contemporary data, we examined a specific cohort, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Foundation Ophthalmic Business Council corporate members as reported in the annual 2019 meeting program (N = 23). The board composition was analyzed using an online search of publicly available information in January and February 2020. The specific outcome measures included the number and percentage of women board members and their roles | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: There were a total of 23 Ophthalmic Business Council members with publicly available data; 37 of 195 total directorship seats (19%) were held by women, and 9 of 23 companies (39%) listed women as previous or current chairs of committees or outside corporations. Four of the 23 (17%) members of the Ophthalmic Business Council corporations had no women directors | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSIONS: The boards of directors of the AAO Foundation Ophthalmic Business Council corporate members remain predominately male. Despite the increasing number of women entering the specialty, women remain underrepresented in the corporate world of ophthalmology. Gender parity on boards is essential for the economic well-being of ophthalmic corporations as well as the relationship of the Ophthalmic Business Council with AAO members, health care systems, insurance carriers, government officials, and the public | ||
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