Guest Column
FIGURE 1.
100
Medical Student Enrollment
92.10
67.50
58.30
51.40
53.20
41.70
40
48.60
32.50
46.80
20.50
20
0
7.90
1965
1975
1985
1995
2005
Full
professor
12.60%
Associate
professor
18.03%
Instructor
14%
Full
professor
28.03%
Assistant
professor
51.70%
The Future Is Female
We hope to use social media as a tool to connect with
women at all stages of training, including those at the
premed stage, to offer the chance to explore the exciting
field of hematology/oncology – which is overflowing with
opportunities for women to pursue careers in clinical
care, research, and medical education.
By building a network for both mentorship and
sponsorship of potential future female hematologists and
oncologists, we hope to improve both individual career
satisfaction and develop a strong, committed hematology/
oncology workforce.
It’s never too soon to begin networking! Existing
opportunities include the HOWPG on Facebook (open to
all hematologists/oncologists in training and practice with
a valid NPI number), the Hematology Oncology Women
Physician Group on Twitter (@HemOncWomenDocs),
and the Women in Cancer international networking
group (womenincancer.org).
We encourage all women looking for a career that
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Associate
professor
21.32%
Instructor
68.70%
Assistant
professor
41.57%
2015
offers myriad opportunities in scientific development,
basic and clinical research, and education while
simultaneously providing substantial meaning and
job satisfaction by improving the lives of others to
specialize in #SHEmatology and #WOMANcology!
We are here to provide a strong network of support
and mentorship at every level of training and would love
to share more about the reasons we love our field. ●
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the field who then offered her an opportunity to be an
institutional principal investigator for an international
thrombosis trial.
Other
rank
22.06%
Source: AAMC The State of Women in Academic Medicine: The Pipeline and Pathways to
Leadership, 2015-2016.
Source: AAMC press release, December 18, 2017.
We encourage all
women looking for
a career that offers
opportunities for
scientific development
and provides
substantial meaning
and job satisfaction
to specialize in
#SHEmatology and
#WOMANcology!
MEN
Other rank 3.65%
Women %
60
Ranks of Full-Time Faculty
WOMEN
Men %
79.50
80
FIGURE 2.
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Ariela Marshall, MD (@ArielaLMarshall), is an assistant profes-
sor of medicine, assistant professor of medicine and labora-
tory medicine and pathology, and assistant program director
for the hematology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota.
Eva Gupta, MD, is a physician at Florida Cancer Specialists &
Research Institute in Tampa.
Julia Close, MD (@JuliaLClose), is a clinical associate professor
of medicine and director of the fellowship training program
within the Division of Hematology and Oncology at University
of Florida in Gainesville.
Martina Murphy, MD (@DrMMurphy), is assistant profes-
sor of medicine and assistant director of the hematology/
oncology fellowship program at the University of Florida
College of Medicine in Gainesville and codirector of the UF
Obstetric Hematology Clinic.
Samantha Shams, MD, is a physician at Piedmont Cancer
Institute in Atlanta.
Networking Reception for Female
Hematologists
Monday, December 3, 2018
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
Coronado Ballroom
This workshop and networking reception
will provide an opportunity for women
hematologists to gather in an informal
environment. The goal of the event is to
facilitate an exchange between senior and more
junior hematologists in an effort to cultivate
mentoring. In addition to remarks from the
cochairs, the event will feature a keynote
speaker on leadership.
Speakers:
Margaret Cary, MD, MBA, MPH, PCC
The Cary Group, Washington, DC
Amy E. DeZern, MD
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Jyoti Nangalia, MBBChir, PhD
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Hinxton, U.K.
December 2018