1) Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
2) Committee on Gender Equality, Japan Surgical Society
3) Recruit Works Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuko Tomizawa¹⁾²⁾, Makiko Hagihara³⁾, Sachiyo Nomura²⁾, Tomoko Ogawa²⁾, Ikuko Shibazaki²⁾, Mitsuo Shimada²⁾, Emiko Takeshita²⁾, Kazuhiro Hanazaki²⁾, Tomoko Hanashi²⁾, Hiroko Yamashita²⁾, Sadako Akashi²⁾, Hideko Yamauchi²⁾, Hirotaka Iwase²⁾, Tomoaki Taguchi²⁾, Seigo Nakamura²⁾