Women can use simple strategies to build each other up and level the playing field in medical leadership, according to presenters.
Katherine Hochman, MD, MBA, the inaugural director of division of hospital medicine at NYU Langone Health, and Nazish Ilyas, MD, EMHA, chair of medicine at Northwell Health, recently spoke at the Women in Medicine Summit (WIMS). They discussed 10 challenges women in medicine face as well as practical strategies to empower them to become leaders. The challenges include:
Notably, a recent qualitative study found that gender equity is not yet present in medical