Women in Pulmonary: Being an Advocate for Yourself
Attend the upcoming webinar on Wednesday, March 21 at 3-4 pm CT
March 14, 2018
The gender gap exists for women in pulmonary medicine. According to the Medscape Pulmonologist Compensation Report 2017, female pulmonologists earned 23% less than their male counterparts even though
- 2% of female pulmonologists work part time vs 8% of male pulmonologists
- more women (66%) than men (48%) reported seeking promotion
“Awareness of biases and expectations unfairly placed on women can help you combat these when seen. Knowledge is power” – Dr. Roozehra Khan, DO, FCCP
Despite ever-growing enrollment rates for women in medical school, female physicians are often underrepresented in academic and research settings. According to the study, “Women on Professional Society and Journal Editorial Boards," published in the Journal of National Medical Association, “between 80 to 90 percent of leadership roles in medicine, like medical school deans, are filled by men.”
Being an advocate for yourself and for other women, can assist in closing these gaps and help women across the globe achieve leadership roles, competitive pay and benefits, as well as work-life balance.
“We, as women, need to believe in ourselves, be willing to promote and sponsor each other in order to change the tide in leadership.” – Dr. Aneesa Das
In the “Women in Pulmonary: Being an Advocate for Yourself” webinar on March 21 from 3 to 4 pm CT, Aneesa Das, MD, FCCP, and Roozehra Khan, DO, FCCP, will shed light on the root of problems women face in the field, make suggestions to overcome these barriers, and demonstrate how you can set yourself up for success in the workplace.
A few topics they will discuss include:
- Negotiating correctly
- Managing guilt in work-life balance
- Creating professional relationships
- Building confidence at work
- Seizing or declining opportunities
- Defeating work anxieties
- Climbing the ladder to success and promotion
- Overcoming the imposter syndrome
Dr. Aneesa Das is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and the Assistant Director of The Ohio State University Sleep Disorder Center. She graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in Chemical Engineering. She went to the University of Virginia, School of Medicine, in Charlottesville, Virginia. She completed her training in internal medicine and pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at the University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Das joined the faculty at The Ohio State University in 2008. She is currently the Chair of the Sleep NetWork for the American College of CHEST Physicians (CHEST) and Vice-Chair for the CHEST Sleep Medicine Board Review course.
Dr. Das’s clinical focus is on sleep-disordered breathing. In particular, she is interested in clinical outcomes of patients with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing bariatric surgery.
Dr. Roozehra Khan, otherwise known as The Female Doc, has been a critical care attending physician for 5 years with a special interest in critical care ultrasound, neurocritical care, burnout, and workplace gender dynamics. She is also an osteopathic physician and has been a national speaker on topics including women in medicine and contract negotiation strategies.
Dr. Khan has stood out as an exceptional thought leader among women in medicine, and she writes about this and many other topics on her popular blog. Follow Dr. Khan on Instagram and visit her website at TheFemaleDoc.com.
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Special thanks to our Founding Supporter, Genentech, for help in launching this program in 2016.