Tackling sexism is on the agenda of the peak professional body for cardiologists, which has set up a working group to address issues around training and promotion of women.

The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) has announced a women’s cardiology working group to be chaired by Monash interventional cardiologist, Dr Sarah Zaman.

The move follows a women’s forum held at last year’s CSANZ annual scientific meeting in Brisbane and coincides with the publication of a journal article describing the barriers facing female cardiologists, penned by two Melbourne advanced trainees. 

“Talented female physicians should not be deterred from pursuing a career in cardiology due to gender discrimination, training inflexibility, and recruitment inertia that maintains the current status,” write Dr Louise Segan and Dr Anastasia Vlachadis Castles in Heart, Lung and Circulation.