The Pay Gap in Gynecologic Surgery and Its Effects on Training Quality

Abstract

The wage gap in gynecologic surgery presents what we have described as “double discrimination”—lower pay in an area of surgery that boasts of the largest proportion of female surgeons, and potentially lower quality care with fewer resources for the field's exclusively female patients. This article expounds on this premise and describes how this pay gap translates to fewer resources and less training for gynecologic surgery residents. Solutions and ways forward toward reform and equity are proposed. (J GYN SURG 20XX:000)