Could 2020 be the year of women in cardiology? – Cardiovascular Business

Speaking in a release from Cedars-Sinai, Christine Albert, MD, MPH, founding chair of the Department of Cardiology at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and current president-elect of the Heart Rhythm Society, said cardiology has always lagged behind when it comes to diversity. She joins a handful of other female powerhouses that will assume leadership roles this year.

It is fantastic to see a group of women rise to this level, she said. Ten years ago, it would have been unheard of to witness multiple female leaders simultaneously serving in these top-ranked positions.

Other women hand-picked for leadership positions include Judy Hung, MD, president-elect of the American Society of Echocardiography; Maully Shah, MD, president of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society; Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH, president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology; Andrea Russo, MD, outgoing president of the HRS; and Barbara Casadei, MD, president of the European Society of Cardiology.

These female-occupied roles are certainly a change in medicine, Hung, the director of echocardiography at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School, said in a statement. Cardiology remains predominantly male, but female leaders, role models and mentors are on the rise.

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Could 2020 be the year of women in cardiology? - Cardiovascular Business