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SNIS 20th annual meeting oral abstracts
O-043 Women in neurointervention: their presence in social media and academic influence
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  1. M Saripella1,
  2. K Malacon2,
  3. Y Satpathy1,
  4. B Meyer3,
  5. S Chen4,
  6. J Collard de Beaufort5,
  7. G Amin6,
  8. J Campos7,
  9. S Narayanan8,
  10. J Fifi9
  1. 1School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
  2. 2School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
  3. 3School of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, USA
  4. 4Department of Neurosurgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  5. 5Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
  6. 6Carondelet Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tuscon, AZ, USA
  7. 7Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
  8. 8Pacific Stroke and Neurovascular Center, Burbank, CA, USA
  9. 9Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

Abstract

Introduction/Purpose Recent Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) membership data suggests women represent <10% of practicing neurointerventionalists. Our goal was to identify women practicing neurointervention, characterize both scholarly activity and social media presence, and correlate their social media influence with their academic productivity.

Materials and Methods This retrospective study conducted in March 2023 selected women practicing as neurointerventionalists as listed in the SNIS database (provided by SNIS). Data including subspecialty training, academic degrees, state of practice, public social media accounts data, H-index (GoogleScholar) and number of publications (Scopus) was collected.

Results Fifty-nine practicing female neurointerventionalists in the United States were included. Twenty-three (39%) are neurosurgeons, 24 (41%) neuroradiologists, and 12 (20%) neurologists. Overall, 58% (n=34) have a LinkedIn account with an average of 579 ± 159 connections, 90% (n=53) have a Doximity account with an average of 153 ± 45 connections, 29% (n=17) have a Twitter account with an average of 966 ± 262 followers, 20% (n=12) have an Instagram account with an average of 404 ± 93 followers, and 12% (n=7) have a public Facebook account. No professional TikTok accounts were noted. The average H-index was 13.2 ± 1.9, while women practicing in an academic versus non-academic setting had an average H-index of 15.0 ± 2.5 and 10.4 ± 2.6, respectively. The Pearson correlation coefficient (r) between number of publications and LinkedIn connections was 0.04 (p = 0.86), versus Twitter followers 0.58 (p = 0.014). The correlation coefficient (r) between H-index across social media platforms was 0.65 (p<0.001) for LinkedIn connections, 0.75 (p<0.001) for Twitter followers, and 0.56 (p<0.06) for Instagram followers.

Conclusion In women practicing neurointerventional surgery currently in the United States, there is a strong correlation between H-index and LinkedIn and Twitter followers, and moderate correlation for Instagram followers which suggests there is an overall correlation between social media presence and academic productivity. Further studies are needed to understand these correlations and their implications in professional development, mentorship, and advocacy.

Abstract O-043 Figure 1
Abstract O-043 Figure 1

Heat map displaying the count of women currently practicing neurointervention across the United States, from red (n=1) to blue (n=5), and blank (n=0)

Disclosures M. Saripella: None. K. Malacon: None. Y. Satpathy: None. B. Meyer: None. S. Chen: None. J. Collard de Beaufort: None. G. Amin: None. J. Campos: None. S. Narayanan: 2; C; Cerenovus, MicroVention. J. Fifi: 6; C; Board of Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery.

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis-2023-SNIS.43

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