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Opinion: Women in medicine: unite (or at least stop repressing each other)

As Madeleine Albright often said, "There's a special place in hell for women who don't support other women." She's right. Let's make that "special place" much smaller for all of…

The #MeToo and #NeedHerScience movements have inspired women to take a stand against sexism in health care. What I see missing from the movements are women in medicine confronting their own discrimination toward other women.

I’m an orthopedic surgery resident. It’s a male-dominated specialty — only about are women. When I joined the ranks, I expected to have to fight hard to earn the respect of my colleagues, something everyone new to a profession must do. What surprised me was that much of the struggle for trust and respect

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