Cybele Ghossein, MD
Vice Chair for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Department of Medicine
Northwestern Women in Medicine: Thriving in the Virtual World
Women physicians face unique challenges and obstacles throughout their professional careers. These challenges may affect leadership development and opportunities for women in medicine resulting in a gender gap in the governance of academic medical centers. Women physicians currently lack a conference or forum for discussing strategies to achieve equality in the workplace, wellness and work life balance, mentorship and career development. The 3rd annual Northwestern Women in Medicine conference will help to identify the obstacles that contribute to gender inequity and will start the discourse to bridging it by hosting a virtual lecture series monthly.
We will shed light on gender disparities and then share experiences and tools to overcome the barriers that exist in medicine for female physicians so as to empower and create a network to lean upon.
Virtual Lecture Series Dates and Times:
Thursday December 17, 2020 5:00PM CST
Thursday January 21, 2021 5:00PM CST
Thursday February 18, 2021 5:00PM CST
Thursday March 18, 2021 5:00PM CST
Thursday April 22, 2021 5:00PM CST
Thursday May 20, 2021 5:00PM CST
Thursday June 17, 2021 5:00PM CST
Thursday July 22, 2021 5:00PM CST
More Information and Agenda Coming soon!
Click Here for last year's Brochure!
Course Directors
Angira Patel, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Medical Education
Lecture Series Steering Committee
Aruna Ganju, MD
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
Lisa Hirschhorn, MD, MPH
Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Jennifer Jo, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Allison Kessler Vear, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Bonnie Martin-Harris, PhD
Professor of School of Communication, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Radiation Oncology
Ritu Nayar, MD
Vice Chair of Education and Faculty Development, Department of Pathology
Nancy Sassower, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics)
Arushi Singh, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Sneha Thatipelli, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Lisa VanWagner, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
Steering Committee
Joan Anzia, MD
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Katherine Bruni
Women's Faculty Organization
Jill Holden, MD, FACOG
Chief of Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital Medical Staff
Stephanie Kielb, MD
Chief of Reconstruction and Neurourology in the Department of Urology
Robert Liem, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation)
Danielle McCarthy, MD
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Emergency Medicine
Matthew O'Brien, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
Saadia Sherwani, MD, MS
Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Anesthesiology
Linda Suleiman, MD
Director of Diversity and Inclusion, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University