I would like to commend the authors for addressing this seminal issue in Urology.
This manuscript is a critical starting point in understanding the lack of underrepresented
minorities (URM) in the leadership positions within academic urology. Using Survey
Data from 320 academic urologist with a response rate of 41.6%, the authors identify
that 13.6% (18) of these respondents were URM are in leadership positions. In their
discussion, the authors describe a top down approach in which more URM in leadership
roles would provide “increase in mentorship, improved retention of URM faculty, attraction
of URM students to our specialty, and fostering of a psychologically safe workplace
where diversity is embraced”.
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