CHICAGO — Although women now represent the majority of medical school applicants, leadership positions in academic medicine are disproportionately held by men, highlighting a persistent gender gap between entry and advancement, according to a speaker.
“Women are making up most of the new generation of physicians. Women need to be represented in leadership,” Sandra Valaitis, MD, director of urogynecology at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Medical Group in Hinsdale, Illinois, and retired professor, vice chair for faculty affairs and chief physician for the AdventHealth