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- Title
Women in otolaryngology committee: Stereotypes and leadership: Rules are meant to be broken
- Authors
Kenna, Margaret A.; Zaretsky, Lauren S.; Bischoff, Theresa; Derebery, M. Jennifer; Freischlag, Julie; Calhoun, Karen H.; Bickel, Janet
- Abstract
Currently, woman comprise up to 50% of medical school classes but are very underrepresented in leadership positions in postgraduate medicine, especially in the surgical specialties. Gender stereotypes may be one of the challenges that women must overcome to make it to important leadership positions in medicine, business, and other areas. This presentation by the Women in Otolaryngology Committee features a panel of woman in key leadership positions in various areas of medicine. Theresa Bischoff is currently the President of New York University Hospitals Center and as of 1/1/04 the CEO of the American Red Cross in Greater New York; Dr Karen Calhoun is the incoming Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Missouri; Dr Jennifer Derebery is the first female president of the Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; and Dr Julie Freischlag is the Chair of the Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins University. Each speaker will focus on 2 areas: (1) what challenges particular to their own position have they had to deal with, such as hiring and retaining faculty when a woman is the new boss; developing a department budget; mentoring women and men as they develop their own careers; leading a large organization whose members are more than 90% male; (2) Did gender stereotypes pose a challenge to their own rise through the ranks, and if so how did they approach the issue? They will also touch on the effect of having a mentor on their ability to promote their own career, how to choose a mentor, the difference between male and female leaders, and the single most important piece of advice they can give to aspiring leaders. There will also be a question and answer session so that attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions either directly from the floor or written and asked anonymously. This presentation will provide the attendees with specific approaches to their own leadership challenges, in both academic and administrative medicine. Although a presentation of the Women in Otolaryngology committee, the panelists will discuss practical approaches to leadership that any otolaryngolgoist will find useful in their practice and career.
- Subjects
OTOLARYNGOLOGY; MEDICINE; DRUGS; TEACHING hospitals
- Publication
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 2004, Vol 131, Issue 2, pP224
- ISSN
0194-5998
- Publication type
Abstract
- DOI
10.1016/j.otohns.2004.06.433