Purpose Despite trends toward equal gender representation among medical school
graduates, surgical trainees and fellows, diversity in higher levels of pediatric surgery is …

Background Leadership in academic conferences is an important factor for academic
advancement. Underrepresentation of women in academic surgical conferences has been …

Purpose Diversity in the physician workforce remains a priority in healthcare as it has been
shown to improve outcomes. Decisions for choosing specific fields in medicine are partly …

Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM), a field early in its development and with a robust
pipeline of women, is in a unique position to lead the way in gender equity. We describe the …

Background Gender representation in academic publications has been considered a
surrogate for gender equity in medicine, although this concept has not been evaluated in …

Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) only recently became a recognized pediatric
subspecialty with the first certification exam taking place in 2019. As a new field composed …

Background Despite the number of female medical-school applicants reaching an all-time
high and the increasing number of females in surgical training, males retain an …

Introduction Prior work suggests women surgical role models attract more female medical
students into surgical training. We investigate recent trends of women in surgical society …

Women remain underrepresented in medical leader-ship positions in the United States in
spite of gender equity in medical school enrollment. This underrepresentation exists even in …

In medical schools throughout Europe, women make up an increasing proportion of
graduates entering the medical profession. Even though this phenomenon is also found in …