Radiation Exposure in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Female Interventional Radiology Workers

摘要

In the 2012-2013 academic year, 27% of radiology residents and 15% of vascular and interventional radiology (IR) fellows were women. The American College of Radiology reports that 3.1% of all practicing radiologists who consider IR their primary specialty are women.2 According to Joy Gornal, director of membership and graduate medical affairs for the Society of Interventional Radiology the percent of female Society members is 9% (personal communication, September 16,2013).