The climb to break the glass ceiling in surgery: trends in women progressing from medical school to surgical training and academic leadership from 1994 to 2015

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 566-572.e1

  Abelson, Jonathan S ^a   Chartrand, Genevieve ^b   Moo, Tracy Ann ^a   Moore, Maureen ^a   Yeo, Heather ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic Medical Centers; Faculty; General Surgery; Medical; Physicians; Sex Distribution; United States; Women

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CAREER MOBILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CAREER MOBILITY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGEONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991716530     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.06.012     Document Type: Article

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