I posted this piece on social media last week, but it’s so clever that I wanted to showcase it in a blog. “A lexicon for gender bias in academia and medicine” is hilarious (and sad) – definitely worth a read. While I do not know Dr. Esther Choo personally, I have heard from an emergency medicine colleague that she is a powerhouse. She clearly also has a great sense of humor.
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Sadly, Medicine is Not an Exception
For those of us who have worked in academic medicine, the findings of Gender Differences in the Salaries of Physician Researchers, a recent JAMA publication, was not a surprise. Still, it’s worth reading the commentary at the end of the article, especially for those who will be choosing specialties in the not so distant future.
Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more
