Racial Disparities in Pediatric Anesthesia
An Updated Review
Anesthesiology Clinics
Reviewed July 2025 by Dr Megan Wellbeloved
This narrative review serves as an update of a previous paper published in 2020 by the same authors. It serves to highlight continued racial disparities in the provision of perioperative care in...
Pediatric anesthesia in Australia and New Zealand and health inequity among First Nations and Māori children
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed November 2024 by Dr Meghan Cooney
This article provides excellent context for starting to understand health inequity among First Nations and Māori children and young people in Australia and New Zealand. It is essential reading as we...
How Did They Get There? What Perspectives From the Top Tell Us About Developing Women Leaders in Academic Anesthesiology
Anesthesia Analgesia
Reviewed January 2023 by Dr Susan Hale
This editorial focuses on the concept of sponsorship in academic medicine as raised in the above study [Basile et al, 2023] and reflects on how effective sponsorship can be promulgated at personal,...
Gender Gap
A Qualitative Study of Women and Leadership Acquisition in Anesthesiology
Anesthesia Analgesia
Reviewed January 2023 by Dr Susan Hale
Introduction This study investigated the role of internal and external factors influencing the career pathways of 26 women identified as being in leadership positions in academic anesthesiology in...
Should we change women to become leaders or should we change leadership for everyone?
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed January 2023 by Dr Susan Hale
This editorial, written by authors from the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management at Perth Children’s Hospital, describes various initiatives such as the Woman’s Empowerment and Leadership...
Global investments to optimise the health and wellbeing of children with disabilities
A call to action
The Lancet
Reviewed January 2023 by Dr Andrew Weatherall
The Bottom Line It is likely that paediatric anaesthetists are already on board with the message that more effort is required to address the needs of children with disabilities across the global...
Climate change threatens our health and survival within decades
The Lancet
Reviewed January 2023 by Dr Andrew Weatherall
The Bottom Line This editorial adds little to the climate change discussion that any member of the general public has not already had a chance to consider. There is little doubt most readers can find...
Evaluating the Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative
Supporting mentorship, career satisfaction, and well-being among pediatric anesthesiologists
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed January 2023 by Dr Susan Hale
Aim To evaluate the impact of the Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (WELI) on career development over time. Method This is an anonymous voluntary email survey study of proteges and...
