Much has been written recently on gender disparities in medicine and the negative
outcomes that result for women. The impetus for examining these disparities is manifold …

On March 30, 2020, a webinar including an all-men panel, or a manel, of 9 surgeons was
held to discuss how to manage arteriovenous (AV) access during the coronavirus disease …

Importance Most pediatricians are women; however, women pediatricians are
underrepresented in academic leadership positions such as department chairs and journal …

Gender equity among medical journal editors is a longstanding, remediable issue. In 2016,
Fishman et al1 examined gender equity among editors of 3 major pediatrics journals …

On July 1, 2018, an updated equal pay law went into effect in Massachusetts to address
gender pay disparity. The updates to the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA) of 1945 …

In this issue ofTHE JOURNAL, Tesch and colleagues 1 investigate possible reasons for the
findings of other studies, cited in their publication, that it takes longer for women than men to …

Women now make up half of incoming US medical students. 1 While much progress has
been made toward equalizing levels of entry into the field of medicine for men and women …

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

Promotion in academic medicinedrives career opportunities, including leadership roles and
salary increases. Yet women physicians face slower promotional timelines and are less …

To the growing list of gender-based disparities faced by women in academic medicine, we
can add 1 more: on average, across thousands of medical journals, women with comparable …