Abstract Details

We performed a retrospective review of archived data from 1964 through 2020. Information on gender, race, ethnicity, and country of origin was self-reported. Data collection and analysis was approved by our institutional quality improvement review committee. 

Our cohort comprised 275 residents from 1964-2020. Approximately 43% were female with higher rates of female residents from 2010 onwards (58% vs. 36%). No information was recorded before the year 2000 on race or ethnicity. Overall, 55% identified as white with lower rates of white residents before 2010 (51% vs. 58%). Thirty-two percent identified as Asian with more before 2010 (38% vs. 29%). About 6% were Hispanic and/or Latinx without significant change since 2010 (6.5% vs. 5.7%). Nearly 6% selected two or more races after 2010, while none did previously. Only 2% identified as African American/black and less than 1% as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. Twenty-two percent graduated from foreign medical schools.  

Our program has a growing number of female residents with lower rates of African American/black and foreign medical graduates compared to national averages from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. This is consistent with national trends across US neurology residency programs in the last decade. More robust policies and programs are needed within neurology to recruit a physician workforce that is more demographically representative of our current local and US populations.