The under-representation of women in academic leadership roles, including in anaesthesiology, is a well-documented phenomenon that has persisted for decades despite more women attending medical school, participating in anaesthesiology residencies, and joining academic faculties. The percentage of female anaesthesiologists who hold senior academic ranks or leadership roles, such as chair, lags behind the percentage of female anaesthesiologists overall. Trends towards increasing the numbers of women serving in educational leadership roles, specifically residency programme directors, suggest that there are areas in which academic anaesthesiology has been, and can continue, improving gender imbalance. Continued institutional efforts to recruit women into anaesthesiology, reduce gender bias, and promote interventions that foster gender equity in hiring and promotion will continue to benefit women, academic anaesthesiology departments, and the healthcare system overall.

妇女在学术领导作用（包括麻醉学）中的任职人数不足是一个有据可查的现象，尽管有更多的妇女上医学院，参加麻醉学住院医师考试并加入学术机构，但这种现象持续了数十年。担任高级学术职位或领导职务（例如主席）的女性麻醉师的百分比落后于整体的女性麻醉师的百分比。越来越多的妇女担任教育领导职务，特别是驻地项目主任，人数趋势表明，在某些领域，学术麻醉学已经并且可以继续改善性别不平衡。继续进行体制上的努力，以招募妇女使用麻醉剂，减少性别偏见，