Women in Thoracic Surgery in Africa: a call for intersocietal coalition

Editorial: Women in thoracic surgery

“…Nowadays, women comprise nearly half of medical school graduates and, in parallel, the number of women in thoracic surgery has steadily increased ( 2 , 3 ). Societies like Women in Thoracic Surgery and Women in General Thoracic Surgery, work to ameliorate the mentorship and education of women in this specialty across North America and Europe ( 4 ); still, numerous challenges persist for the successful career of women in thoracic surgery ( 5 ). Despite all the challenges, women in thoracic surgery are perfectly aligned with their male counterparts in terms of surgical and academic skills.…”