Objectives This paper stems from a desire to deepen our own understanding of why women
might 'say no'when allies and sponsors offer or create opportunities for advancement …

Introduction: The gender gap in professorship and leadership roles persists in academic
medicine, whereas reasons for these disparities remain unclear. Materials and Methods …

Objective: Gender parity lags in academic medicine. We applied the Rank Equity Index (REI)
to compare the longitudinal progress of women's academic medicine careers. We …

Many female doctors began practicing before the end of the 19th century, paving the way for
generations to come. Nevertheless, despite the massive incorporation of women into …

OVER THE PAST CENTURY, WOMEN HAVE MOVED from near exclusion from medical
schools to-ward forming the majority of new graduates in medicine, a trend referred to as …

Purpose Prior studies have found that women in academic medicine do not advance or
remain in their careers in parity with men. The authors examined a cohort of faculty from the …

The 1970s was a decade of remarkable growth for women in academic medicine. The
percentage of women entering medical school, the number of women on medical-school …

Background: A gender gap in leadership exists in academic medicine. Medical school
faculty rosters indicate an overrepresentation of women in entry-level positions. As positions …

The trend toward female gender-dominance in women's health care carries enormous
implications for the specialty, patients, and the practice of medicine as a whole. It is unclear …

Background: The medical profession has undergone a significant demographic change, with
a dramatic increase in the number of women applying to medical school and practicing …