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What Men Think: Gender Wage Gap Within Medicine
Recently a male internal medicine physician was quoted in the Dallas Medical Journal stating that the gender wage disparity in medicine is “fair” and that it exists because “female physicians do not work as hard and do not see as many patients.” This created an...
Happy Women In Medicine Month! Six Tips for Success as a Woman in Medicine
#WomenInMedicineMonth This was me in 1998 at my Medical School graduation day in New York City. I had just gotten married a month prior. Wow, not only do I look really young but I had no idea what my journey would entail as I would start Pediatric internship in just a...
How to Support Breastfeeding Mommy Docs During Long Board Exams
The majority of women entering medical school are now women, leading to more women residents. Women physicians are in all specialties and all fields, medical and surgical. As an academic pediatrician, I train medical students and residents on a daily basis. Not...
Shining Light On Physician Suicide and Stressors Unique to Women in Medicine
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide rates in the United States increased approximately 30% from 1999 to 2016. Mental health conditions, relationship problems, life stressors, and...
Can You Handle “Equal” Pay
Recently, a male physician made public a common, inaccurate, and appalling opinion: Women are paid less, because they don’t want to work hard. The comment, in the September issue of the Dallas Medical Journal, asserts that women are paid less, because they see fewer...
Better Outcomes Yet Less Pay: Its Time To Close the Gender Wage Gap
Last week, The Dallas Medical Journal in their issue titled “Women In Medicine” asked local physicians if they believed a gender wage gap existed, and if so, what were the causes and what can the medical community do about it? The uproar, which I’m sure many of you...
To Plant A Garden Is to Believe in Tomorrow
“How do you provide Community Service?” These six words from a ten year old Girl Scout created a turning point that led me on a beautiful journey. Like most physicians, my life revolved around long hours, insurance-based patient care, living through the frustration of...
Four Things to Know When Dating a Doctor
We had a date planned. I was going to wear a red dress; a nice break from unisex sky blue scrubs. He planned to take me out to the House of Blues in Chicago. I had never been and was excited to go. After all, a trustworthy recently engaged friend set us up. Like...
Good Old Summertime Memories from Around the World
The word “third culture kid” or “third culture individual” has recently gained credence to describe children living the amalgamation of two cultures. I feel I am a fourth culture adult and hence my summer memories span across several continents. Most of my childhood...
When Someone Says You Can’t Do Something
When someone says you can’t do something, you should ask, "why not?" Sometimes that someone is a friend, a spouse, a coworker, a boss, or society. Sometimes, that someone is your own inner voice. I entered UCLA as an undergrad thinking I was going to be pre-med. it...
