
Cybele Ghossein, MD
Vice Chair for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Department of Medicine
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
Navigating Communication in the Virtual World
Thursday January 21, 2021 5:00PM CST
The Impact of COVID-19 on Women in Academic Medicine
Thursday February 18, 2021 5:00PM CST
MD and PhD Partnering for Academic Success
Thursday March 18, 2021 5:00PM CST
Guiding Trainees for a Fulfilling Career in Medicine
Followed by:
NON-CME Product Theater
A Focus on Women in Cardiometabolic Disease
6:00-7:00PM CST
Susan Thomas, MD
Sponsor: AstraZeneca
Thursday April 22, 2021 5:00PM CST
Being an Inclusive Leader
Thursday May 20, 2021 5:00PM CST
Pathways to Leadership in Academic Medicine
Thursday June 17, 2021 5:00PM CST
Leveraging Social Media for Education and Professional Development
Thursday July 22, 2021 5:00PM CST
Building a Pipeline of Women Leaders Through Promoting Gender Equity
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Vice Chair for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Department of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Medical Education
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Chief Medical Resident
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of School of Communication, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Radiation Oncology
Vice Chair of Education and Faculty Development, Department of Pathology
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics)
Chief Medical Resident
Chief Medical Resident
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Women's Faculty Organization
Chief of Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital Medical Staff
Chief of Reconstruction and Neurourology in the Department of Urology
Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation)
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Anesthesiology
Director of Diversity and Inclusion, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University