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Women in medicine are trailblazers, advocates and leaders

Despite the inequities we face, women continue to excel at every level of medicine and account for half of all U.S. medical school graduates.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
Esther Choo, MD
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5 ways to target medicine’s gender inequities

Gender inequity influences physician satisfaction and the quality of patient care. Time’s Up in Healthcare leader Esther Choo, MD, offers a path forward.

Health Equity
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AMA awards research grants to advance the study of women in medicine

The AMA will continue to strongly support equity and diversity across medicine.

Press Releases
Seven honorees for women in medicine event
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Grants to fund research on women’s advancement in medicine

Separate projects explore gender differences in in orthopedic surgery and women physicians’ experiences during critical career transitions.

Health Equity
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9 female physicians who raise their voices for women’s health

Learn more about AMA members who are moving medicine by using their platforms as female physician leaders to be powerful advocates for women’s health.

Leadership
Female physician walking down hallway
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Why women physicians are more likely to experience burnout

Learn more about the key factors that are contributing to female burnout in medicine.

Physician Health
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3 ways women physicians can become leaders in medicine

These three women in medicine have faced their own challenges in medicine. Here are their tips for securing powerful roles in health care.

Health Equity
Donald K. Warne, MD, MPH
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Native Americans work to grow their own physician workforce

Poverty, education disparities contribute to low Native American medical school enrollment. A program offers a successful pathway for Indians to enter medicine.

Health Equity
Deena Kishawi, Siobhan Wescott, MD, MPH, and Carl G. Streed, Jr., MD, MPH
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Gaining trust through shared identity

Three healers are changing not just how medicine treats patients in their minority communities, but also how it treats their peers.

Health Equity