Collage of women physicians
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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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4 MIN READ

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
Three physicians speaking at an education session
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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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4 MIN READ

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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11 MIN READ

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
Sumi Makkar Sexton, MD, and Tiffani Bell, MD
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8 MIN READ

Supporting physician mothers on their journey

Two physician moms share their experiences with balancing motherhood and a thriving medical career, while joining forces with other women for support.

Health Equity
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3 MIN READ

New policy aimed at increasing diversity in physician workforce

The AMA will work to establish health care career pipeline programs, or “pathway programs”— to draw students from diverse backgrounds into medicine.

Press Releases
AMA members at 2019 HOD Annual Meeting holding signs with hashtag WomenofAMA
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AMA principles will further gender equity among physicians

Disparities persist after controlling for specialty and experience. Employers should review pay and promotion by gender for potentially discriminatory patterns.

Health Equity
Photo of AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, giving her inauguration speech at the 2019 HOD Annual Meeting,
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New AMA president: Time for physicians to create history together

In ascending to one of medicine’s highest offices, new AMA president Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, has completed an unlikely journey.

Annual Meeting