Women In Oncology

Women in medicine experience significantly higher levels of stress and burnout compared with men in medicine, according to a literature review published in Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health.

Alexandra Miller, MD, PhD, has been named the new chief of the division of neuro-oncology and co-director of the Brain and Spine Tumor Center at NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center.

Gender differences in mentorship and sponsorship persist far into the careers of well-established senior medical faculty, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

As a young child, Coral Olazagasti, MD, participated in church community service with her mother in Puerto Rico. Fast forward years later where she continued to feed that passion by joining community medical mission trips in Guatemala and Haiti.

I am a medical oncologist from Mexico City and my main practice is at an academic institution where we mostly focus on patients with breast cancer. However, like many oncologists in Mexico, I also have some private practice where I see patients with all cancer types.

A Sudarshan Kriya Yoga online program led to significant improvements in wellness and decreased burnout among a cohort of international physicians, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Healio will present its third annual Disruptive Innovators Awards for oncology/hematology this spring.

Saturday, Feb. 3, is the 9th annual National Women Physicians Day — a day that honors female physicians breaking barriers in the field of medicine.

Editor's Note: This is part 2 of a three-part Healio Exclusive series on women on a mission. Part 1 can be viewed here.

Edith P. Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCCP, FRCP, oncologist, researcher and health care and gender equity advocate, left a significant imprint on the field of oncology.