Footnotes

• Twitter @BYalamuru, @FranklinDexter, @JulieSilverMD, @SMoeschlerMD, @amypearsonmd

• Contributors BY and ACSP collected the data. BY, ACSP, and FD drafted the manuscript. FD, BY, and ACSP contributed to the interpretation of data. BY, SM, FD, ACSP, and JKS contributed to the critical revisions of the work for important intellectual content. FD performed statistical analyses. All authors contributed to the conception and design of the work and study supervision. All authors contributed to the final approval of the manuscript.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests ACSP is President of Women in Anesthesiology (volunteer).

• Patient consent for publication Not required.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.