Background: Among US medical school deans, there is a wide gender gap, most prominent
at the highest levels. We aimed to discover how well women physicians were represented …

During the past 30 years, women have entered academic medicine in increasingly larger
numbers. However, fewer women than men have succeeded in advancing in academic …

Purpose. The percentage of women faculty at the professor level has remained at
approximately 11%. The medical community could benefit from knowing what is required to …

Importance Women in academic medicine continue to face systemic obstacles on their paths
to leadership. In addition to improving recruitment and advancement opportunities …

PURPOSE: This investigation examined the trends for gender-based advancement in
academic surgery by performing a comparative analysis of the rate of change in the …

Reaching gender parity in medical school enrollment this year should have come as no
surprise—women have represented more than 40% of the US medical student body since …

The year 2003 was the first that the total number of female applicants to US medical schools
(17,672) exceeded the number of male applicants (17,114)(Association of American Medical …

Women and minorities now make up almost 80% of the labor force. Yet women in the
professions, including those in academic medicine, live in a half-changed world. Women …

Importance Women are underrepresented in medical leadership positions; however,
representation of women among academic oncology leadership is unknown. Objectives To …

Despite the global increase in the number of female physicians, there are still fewer women
than men in key positions. 1 In a US-based study, 2 salaries of female physicians were …