Women in Medicine Summit offers in-person, virtual attendance options

Key Takeaways

• For the first time since 2019, the Women in Medicine Summit will offer in-person attendance in Chicago on Sept. 16 to 17, as well as virtual attendance for those unable to join in person.
• The conference will allow participants to continue building their personal and professional lives through networking and sessions on leadership, negotiation and career development.

After 2 years of virtual-only meetings, the fourth annual Women in Medicine Summit will be taking place in person in Chicago from Sept. 16 to Sept. 17. The event will also be livestreamed, providing a virtual option for those who are unable to attend.

The conference offers participants the empowerment, inspiration and skillsets needed to succeed in both personal and professional lives, while also working toward cutting down the gender disparity in health care.

In-person attendees will be required to be fully vaccinated, have a negative COVID-19 test and wear masks during the summit, Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, chair and founder of the Women in Medicine Summit and president of the nonprofit Women in Medicine, told Healio.

“We’re doing everything we can to make sure it’s a safe gathering of amazing individuals from around the country,” Jain said.

Mentorship and plenary sessions will be offered for attendees, along with breakout sessions on negotiation strategies and developing ideal career and leadership paths.

Keynote speakers include Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, the chief health equity officer and senior vice president for the AMA; Kimberly Manning, MD, the associate vice chair of diversity, equity and inclusion in the department of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine; Kavita Patel, MD, a primary care physician, advisor to the Bipartisan Policy Center, member of the HHS Physician Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, and former director of policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement under the Obama administration; Rebekah Gee, MD, CEO of Health Care Services for LSU Health; and Cindy Duke, MD, PhD, FACOG, a dual fertility expert and virologist.

Additionally, the summit will be enhancing the viability of in-person attendance for participants by offering onsite childcare and lactation rooms for those pumping or nursing, Jain said.

“We end the conference on Saturday late afternoon [or] early evening specifically so that if people do come with their families, you can turn it into a family weekend, and you’ll have Saturday evening and Sunday to have family time if that’s what you’d like to do,” Jain said.

All attendees who register for either the in-person or virtual attendance option will be able to review the summit’s content for 11 months.

For more information on the summit or to register, visit www.womeninmedicinesummit.org.