We read with great interest the article by Altieri et al1 describing how women are being
advised by mentors when applying to surgical residency programs. We applaud the authors …

Women are progressively outnumbering men in many medical schools. In anaesthesia, the
percentage of women entering the workforce has modestly increased by 7% in the United …

The recruitment and advancement of women in cardiology is an important priority for the
cardiology community. Despite improvements in sex disparities over the last 2 decades …

To the Editor, Equity and diversity in medicine is gaining traction, particularly as it relates to
women. 1, 2 Despite an increasing proportion of women and other socially-marginalized …

DECEMBER 18, 2018: 3224–3 1 3228 females earned first authorships 5% more frequently
than males, females held the senior author position 50% less frequently. Regardless, these …

Gender inequity in academic medicine persists despite decades of studies highlighting
disparities in salary, publications, and academic rank and implementation of initiatives to …

For 50 years, American cardiology has been a fertile field in terms of innovation, invention,
and impact on illness (1). But one thing is still in short supply in our specialty—women …

Background Disparity exists between men and women physicians. We aimed to examine
changes in gender disparity in the medical profession over the last two decades. The study …

Background Women face gender-based challenges in their medical education and career.
Inequitable access to procedural training, a confidence gap, and professional identity deficit …

Abstract In 1960, Dr Nina Starr Braunwald became the first woman to perform open heart
surgery. Sixty years later, despite the fact that women outnumbered men in American …