Why this is an important article (THREAD):
#MadamePresident #WomeninEP

#CardioTwitter #EPeeps #WomeninMedicine #WomeninSTEM

https://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-5271(21)00332-5/fulltext

Did you know that @HRSonline has had six women presidents?

6.

*** SIX (!!!!!!) ***
(This might be the most of any cardiac society?)

#WomeninEP #MadamePresident #WomeninCardiology #ACCWIC

This is pretty darned groundbreaking.

In a recent study of medical societies from @JulieSilverMD et al in @JAMAInternalMed between 2008-2017:

president 82.6% in 10years
president 17.4% in 10 years
*10 societies had ZERO women presidents in 10y*

ZEEERRROOO!

#WomeninEP

. #Womenincardiology are lost through a leaky pipeline that begins even before the *idea* of becoming a doctor enters our brains. This persists for various reasons throughout our careers. Here's a slide from @purviparwani with some data :

#WomeninEP #ACCWIC

Electing a #WomeninEP as #MadamePresident = highest level role modelling for the some of the earliest & leakiest parts of the pipline.

Many residents don't even consider cardiology & even fewer (6%) choose #EPeeps

If you can't see it you can't be it

https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.03.009

Continuing to elect #WomeninEP & #WomeninCardiology as #MadamePresident recognizes the important contributions & expertise of mid/later career cardiologists.

Many are under-recogized/unsupported/passed over for opportunites leading to "invisibilty"

(Leaky pipeline!)

Electing #WomeninEP / #WomeninCardiology as #MadamePresident is #SheforShe!

Data show that women leaders hire more women compared to when men lead, advancing and promoting other women, who in turn, continue to provide opportunites for more women.

https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.006

What may be even more important is that when *men* advocate for #WomeninEP or #WomeninCardiology (especially in a field that is majority male), **more men are likley to become #HeforShe **

(see our discussion here https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.019321
& also this: https://alltogether.swe.org/2019/04/the-importance-of-male-allies-a-review-of-the-literature/)

Women and men cannot do this in silos. It takes conscious effort by organizations & institutions to *step up* to recognize women's contributions & strive for gender equity.

This is why the election of 6 #WomeninEP as #MadamePresidents is so important: @HRSonline STEPPED UP.

So here's to more #MadamePresidents in the future.

(Like #RBG, I won't be satisfied until all med/STEM societies have more women in leadership positions!)

Watch luminary #WomeninEP #MadamePresdient interviews in the link

#UntilThereAreNine

https://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-5271(21)00332-5/fulltext