Abstract In this Invited Commentary, the author applies a historical lens to explore a
fundamental paradox in US medical education: the fact that long after women gained parity …

More than a decade ago, women achieved parity with men in the number of matriculants to
medical school, nearly one-third of the faculty of medical schools were women, and there …

Over the past 25 years, the number of women graduating from medical schools in the United
States and Canada has increased dramatically to the point where roughly equal numbers of …

Women represent approximately half of students entering medical schools and more than
half of those entering PhD programs. When advancing through the academic and …

Despite the fact that women now comprise half of the medical student and resident
populations, women remain underrepresented in prominent leadership positions in …

In 1960, only about 5 percent of medical students in the United States were women; today,
the numbers of women and men in medical school are approximately equal. This apparent …

Recently, Modern Healthcare published a list of the 50 most influential physician leaders of
the past year. 1 It included just 7 women (14%), a vivid demonstration of the disparities that …

In nearly all walks of life, leadership sets the tone for what gets done, who does it, and how it
is achieved. In 2020, the top ranks of academic medicine have not yet attained gender parity …

IN 2009, THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN Medical Colleges reported that 48 percent of
the individuals accepted into medical school were women.(1) Although barriers to medical …

Over the past twenty-five years, steadily increasing numbers of women have graduated as
physicians, in sufficient numbers to be well represented in senior and leadership positions in …