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Nature and Nurture in the Executive Suite, by Michael Skapinker. Read in The Financial Times, www.ft.com, Published February 25, 2008

It’s Constraints, Not Choices, by Phyllis Moen. Published in Science, 319: 903-904 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1153865] (in Books), February 15, 2008.

Women on the Board of Directors of RSNA in 2008:
Theresa C. McLoud, MD
President, Boston, MA
Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD
Chairman, New York, NY
Sarah S. Donaldson, MD
Liaison for Publications and Communications, Stanford, CA

How to avoid making your professional life your whole life: strategies for effective management of a busy practice. From the AAWR Luncheon during the 2007 ARRS Meeting in Orlando, presented by Julia R. Fielding, MD

Women Radiologists in the United States: Results from the American College of Radiology's 2003 Survey, by Rebecca S. Lewis, MPH et al. Radiology 2007;242:802-810

New AAMC Analysis Projects Increased Share of Female Applicants

AAWR Congratulates Its Members!

Exodus of Men from Primary Care Drives Shift to Medical-Specialty Practice

NIH Effort to Help Women in Science & Medicine
NIH Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni has created the Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers to examine issues raised in the recent National Academies report, "Beyond Bias and Barriers, Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering."

Free Executive Summary
Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine

Medicine and Motherhood -- A pediatrician reflects on 20 years of being a doctor and a mother - So Where's My Medal?, by Perri Klass, M.D. Read in The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 353:2107-2109, November 17, 2005

New York Times: Women in Science -- The Battle Moves to the Trenches
By Cornelia Dean

New AAMC Analysis in Brief
An overview and analysis of 2005-2006 data gathered from sources across the AAMC regarding the representation of women at all levels in academic medicine.

Gender Differences in Diagnostic Radiologists' Annual Incomes.
Read in Acad Radiol. 2006 Oct;13(10):1266-73

Marie Curie Society Salutes Dr. Ritsuko Komaki

Read about mentoring in AAMC's Faculty Vitae Fall 2006

Mentoring Systems: Benefits and Challenges of Diverse Mentoring Partnerships.

Mentors and Protégés: What Protégés Bring to the Equation

Summary of the ACR Intersociety Meeting: “Quality – A Radiology Imperative”
Nancy Ellerbroek, MD, FACR

NEJM Editorial: "Women in Academic Medicine — Progress and Challenges"

The "Gender Gap" in Authorship of Academic Medical Literature — A 35-Year Perspective

The Joint Committee on the Status of Women (JCSW)
was formed to facilitate and enhance the contribution of women at Harvard Medical and Dental Schools by expanding and improving our opportunities for advancement. For more, please visit the website of JCSW, HMS/HSDM.

Stanford University professor of neurobiology who has experienced life as a woman and a man, has an unusual perspective on the debate over the position of women in science.
(Read at NYT)    (Read at CNN)

Dr. Etta Pisano Appointed New Vice Dean at UNC School of Medicine

Women as Radiologists: Are There Barriers to Entry and Advancement?

We Work, But We Connect at Conclaves, too

University Aims to Support All Female Graduate Students with New Childbirth Policy

Women in U.S. Academic Medicine Statistics and Medical School Benchmarking 2004-2005 is now available

Increasing Women's Leadership in Academic Medicine: AAMC Project Implementation Committee Report

AAWR receives the 2005 Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Women in Medicine Leadership Development Award

Diagnostic Performance of Digital versus Film Mammography for Breast-Cancer Screening - Etta Pisano, MD, FACR

Learn about the History of AAWR
Read the article in Radiology by Ann M. Lewicki, MD, MPH "American Association for Women Radiologists: Its Birth and 25 Years Later"

AAWR Goodies
AAWR Paraphernalia and Booklets of interest to our Members

Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood
By LOUISE STORY
Published in New York Times: September 20, 2005

Suggestions for nursing mothers who work - from the WorldWIT
WorldWIT (Women. Insights. Technology.) is the leading global online and offline network for women in business and technology

Academic Careers and Gender Equity: Lessons Learned from MIT
by Lotte Bailyn from Sloan School of Management, MIT

A Resource Guide for Medical Faculty.
Editors: Phyllis L. Carr, M.D. Janet Bickel, M.A,.Thomas S. Inui, Sc.M., M.D.

Chapters include comments on:

  • What Does a Young Faculty Member Need to Know?
  • Everything You Need to Know About Mentoring
  • Negotiation Skills and Their Use in Academic Medical Careers
  • The Cumulative Career Disadvantages Facing Women Faculty
  • Race/Ethnicity and Related Disadvantages of Minority Faculty:
    Learning from a Collective Experience

Women on the Board of Directors of RSNA in 2005 & RSNA Officers:
Theresa C. McLoud, MD
Liaison for Education, Boston, MA
Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD
Liaison for Publications, New York, NY
Ritsuko U. Komaki, MD
First Vice-President, Houston, TX
Maryellen L. Giger, PhD
Third Vice-President, Chicago, IL

AAWR Supports Implementation of National Standards for Handling Pregnancy During Radiology Residency

Healthcare Leaders’ Program at Yale
Yale School of Management has recently announced a new MBA program designed to meet the needs of a new generation of healthcare leaders. Starting in August of 2005 faculty from Yale’s schools of Management, Medicine, and Public Health will be coming together to offer Yale MBA for Executives: Leadership in Healthcare. The curriculum combines marketing, financial, strategic and organizational skills with in-depth exploration of the human, economic, political, and technological issues that make healthcare a uniquely challenging managerial environment. The program schedule combines summer “in-residence” sessions with weekend classes to enable students to complete the Yale MBA in twenty-two months without career disruption.
To learn more about the Yale MBA for Executives, visit www.mba.yale.edu/MBA-E

Mentoring for Academic Careers
Two day workshop held at Stanford in 2004 brought together graduate students and all levels of faculty for presentations and discussions on the needs, goals, methods, and best practices for mentoring students, junior faculty, and mid level faculty for academic careers. Although this mentoring program was designed for those interested in academic engineering careers, the topics discussed would be of interest to women from all academic disciplines. To read the Proceedings from the Workshop on Mentoring for Academic Careers in Engineering visit: http://paesmem.stanford.edu/html/proceedings.html

Searching for the Garden of Equality
For women in radiology, finding a fair deal is as elusive as Eden
RT image vol. 17, no. 22 - May 31, 2004

National Standards Urged for Handling Pregnancy During Residency
RSNA Meeting Daily Bulletin - Wednesday, December 1, 2004 Misconceptions and lack of uniform safety guidelines may still be steering female medical students away from the field of radiology - Meghan Blake, M.D. reports the results of the survey of radiology residency program directors in the United States http://www.rsna.org/daily/wednesday/pregnancy.html

RSNA Abstract: AAWR/APDR Survey: Review of Current Program Policies
Regarding Pregnancy During Radiology Residency

WOMEN RADIOLOGISTS IN THE NEWS
Helen Carty, M.B.B.Ch.
Honorary RSNA Membership will be presented to Helen Carty, M.B.B.Ch. from Liverpool, U.K. for significant achievements in the field of radiology. An active educator and leader in pediatric radiology in the United Kingdom, Helen Carty has been at the forefront of the use of medical imaging to detect child abuse.
Nina A. Mayr, M.D, is the new chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Ohio State University in Columbus. Dr. Mayr previously was a professor and chief of the Section of Radiation Therapy and vice-chairman of the Department of Radiological Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Kudos and Plaudits
Valerie P. Jackson, MD, FACR, John A. Campbell Professor of Radiology
has been named chair of the Indiana University Department of Radiology. She has served as interim chair since January 2003.

Etta D. Pisano, M.D., FACR,
has been named the director of the new Biomedical Research Imaging Center at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill.

Two recent articles addressing the advancement, life style, and compensation of women in academic medicine:
The gender gap in a surgical subspecialty: analysis of career and
lifestyle factors.

Grandis JR, Gooding WE, Zamboni BA, Wagener MM, Drenning SD, Miller L,
Doyle KJ, Mackinnon SE, Wagner RL.

Eye and Ear Institute, Department of Otolaryngology, School of
Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Compensation and advancement of women in academic medicine: is there equity?
Ash AS, Carr PL, Goldstein R, Friedman RH.
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.

Why don't female medical students choose diagnostic radiology? A review of the current literature.
Potterton VK, Ruan S, Sunshine JH, Applegate K, Cypel Y, Forman HP Journal of the American College of Radiology - August 2004 (Vol. 1, Issue 8, Pages 583-590)

September Issue of Academic Medicine is now available Online
Sexual Harassment in Medical Education: Liability and Protection (this article is free to nonsubscribers)
Four papers on medical students' and residents' stress (one of these papers, "How Perceived Risk and Personal and Clinical Experience Affect Medical Students' Decisions to Seek Treatment for Major Depression" is also free)
Two papers on mentoring; one dealing with primary care fellows and the other describing a mentoring program aimed at promoting residents' and faculty members' careers.

The 63¢ question: Why are female physicians lagging behind?
The U.S. Census Bureau says women doctors make 63 cents for every
dollar male physicians make. Read more at amednews.com

American Roentgen Ray Society awards Gold Medal to two AAWR Members
Theresa C. McLoud, M.D. and Beverly P. Wood, M.D. The ARRS Gold Medal is the American Roentgen Ray Society's highest honor awarded for distinguished service to radiology.

Radiology Needs More Women, Expert Says
Radiology News, March 2004: excerpts from AAWR sponsored refresher course. An expert on career development and diversity is urging the radiology community to look at why women medical students are not selecting radiology at a higher rate, and take steps to help women see that radiology offers a great career.

The Family and Medical Leave Act
All you need to know about The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Celebrating America's Women Physicians
Discover how women have influenced and enhanced the practice of medicine. Visit the National Library of Medicine online exhibition honoring the lives and accomplishments of women.

AAWR Woman of Distinction Peggy J. Fritzsche, MD, President of the Radiological Society of North America, 2003

Focus: 2003 20th Anniversary Issue

Two excellent articles on "Pregnancy and Medical Radiation" and
"Radiation-Induced Skin Injuries" by Julie K. Timins, MD, FACR,
Treasurer of AAWR, are currently available for download. We highly
recommend those articles to all women in radiology training.

Download "Pregnancy and Medical Radiation"

Download "Radiation-Induced Skin Injuries"

Subscribe to AAMC STAT
AAMC STAT is the Association of American Medical College's free newsletter, emailed to subscribers each Monday morning.

Kudos & Plaudits!
Women's Caucus names Teresita Angtuaco M.D., a professor of radiology at the University of Arkansas (UAMS), Outstanding Woman Faculty Member.

Gender Equity in Biomedical Science
Comments from a Lone Female Associate Editor
An article of interest to AAWR members by Kay Lund, faculty at UNC, published in Gastroenterology: "Gender Equity in Biomedical Science: Comments from a Lone Female Associate Editor" The low representation of women in scientific careers and especially senior or leadership positions was a topic in a recent international debate.
Click here to read the article