{"title":"Balancing Professional Commitments and Personal Life for Women in Interventional Radiology.","authors":"Georgia Tsoumakidou","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-04103-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interventional Radiology (IR) is a captivating yet demanding specialty, characterized by its technical complexity, time-sensitive procedures, and intensive work environment. Women in IR face additional challenges, including underrepresentation, implicit bias, limited mentorship and the struggle to balance professional and personal responsibilities. The long, unpredictable working hours, the on call duties and the physical demands of the specialty further complicate work-life integration. This article explores key strategies to create a more inclusive and supportive environment, promoting sustainable careers and advancing gender equality in the field.</p>","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-025-04103-w","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Interventional Radiology (IR) is a captivating yet demanding specialty, characterized by its technical complexity, time-sensitive procedures, and intensive work environment. Women in IR face additional challenges, including underrepresentation, implicit bias, limited mentorship and the struggle to balance professional and personal responsibilities. The long, unpredictable working hours, the on call duties and the physical demands of the specialty further complicate work-life integration. This article explores key strategies to create a more inclusive and supportive environment, promoting sustainable careers and advancing gender equality in the field.
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CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology (CVIR) is the official journal of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, and is also the official organ of a number of additional distinguished national and international interventional radiological societies. CVIR publishes double blinded peer-reviewed original research work including clinical and laboratory investigations, technical notes, case reports, works in progress, and letters to the editor, as well as review articles, pictorial essays, editorials, and special invited submissions in the field of vascular and interventional radiology. Beside the communication of the latest research results in this field, it is also the aim of CVIR to support continuous medical education. Articles that are accepted for publication are done so with the understanding that they, or their substantive contents, have not been and will not be submitted to any other publication.