Women In Medicine

Elizabeth Brém, MD, was named a Coltman Fellow to support her work on SWOG’s S1918 trial, designed to assess a reduced-dose chemotherapy regimen in patients aged 75 years or older with newly diagnosed aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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MIAMI — In this Healio video exclusive, Christina A. Tennyson, MD, an attendee at the inaugural women-focused Scrubs & Heels Summit, shares her experience at this year’s event and why she will return in 2023.

MIAMI — In this Healio video exclusive, Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN, a dietician in gastroenterology, explains that in addition to featuring a host of helpful content, the Scrubs & Heels Summit promotes women in gastroenterology.

Significant disparities exist in pay, promotion and perks between the sexes in every field (not just in medicine), and this has been the case for centuries.

The Scrubs & Heels organization recently held its inaugural summit, where women in gastroenterology gathered to network and attend educational sessions, panel discussions and presentations on personal and professional development.

B.J. Rimel, MD, recently named medical director of the Cedars-Sinai Cancer Clinical Trials Office, shared her personal journey to gynecologic oncology and the important role allies can play when facing discrimination.

MIAMI — Women in gastroenterology should know what they bring to an institution and to a practice, quantifying their worth and furthering the path for other women to join the field, a presenter at Scrubs & Heels Summit 2022 said.

Overqualified women and sufficiently qualified men tend to be hired for the same jobs and ranks, according to a study published in Organization Science.

MIAMI — In this Healio video exclusive, Jami A. Kinnucan, MD, discusses some of the take-home points from her talk on work-life integration at the first-ever Scrubs & Heels Summit for women in gastroenterology.